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Tasmania West and Central

Central and western Tasmani is mostly wilderness. The main city is Queenstown which is in the center of a large mining area. Great swaths of forest were mowed down for fuel for the mineral smelters (mostly copper) leaving the land looking like a moonscape. But most of western Tasmania is quite beautiful with coastlines, forests, villages, lakes and…wilderness.

Eucalyptus forest

Mining monument in Queenstown. In the 1900s alluvial gold was

West coast mining sign

Copper ore at the mining monument

Hydraulic driller at mining monument

Drawings of mining operations

Old mine shaft

Vietnam War memorial in Queenstown

Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the

Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the

Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the

Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the

Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the

Regrowth

Regrowth

Scrapbook club in downtown in Queenstown on Saturday night

Blossoming

Blossoming

Warning sign for Short-beaked Echidna. The Short-beaked Echidna also known as

Warning sign for Short-beaked Echidna. The Short-beaked Echidna also known as

Warning sign for Wombats. Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged,

Lake St Clair Park

Lake St Clair Park

Lake St Clair Park

Entrance to Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A

Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A work in

Metal eagle at entry to the Wall in the Wilderness

Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A work in

Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. The carved

Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A work in

Pretty 'scotch broom' in blossom

Central and western Tasmani is mostly wilderness. The main city

Yolla town topiary skills gone awry!

Old mining shaft

Old mining town museum

Old mining town cable cars for ore

Road sign in Western Tasmania

Zeehan town

Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum

Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum

Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum

Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum

Approaching the west coast sand dunes

Approaching the west coast sand dunes

West coast sand dunes

The western half of Tasmania is lightly settled and remains

Home sweet home, through the garden gate

Strahan town along the Macquarie Harbor on the west coast

Strahan town along the Macquarie Harbor on the west coast

Strahan town along the Macquarie Harbor on the west coast

Tasmania's western wilderness

Empire Hotel in Queenstown

Woodwork inEmpire Hotel in Queenstown

Old and new in Queenstown

Old theatre with painted mural in Queenstown

Main street in in Queenstown on Sunday morning

New library in in Queenstown

Scrapbook club in downtown in Queenstown on Saturday night

Scrapbook club in downtown in Queenstown on Saturday night

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