Leaving a cold, wet and snowy southern Tasmania for a few days winter camping at Stumpy’s Beach in the north east of Tasmania. Out of telecommunications range, mostly. Cheers Tony
Good time for camping, no snakes or mozzies. Have a good time, we are in covid lockdown here so marooned at home.
Just back; had the campground to ourselves and the kangaroos. Here’s a couple of teasers… More photos over the weekend. Cheers Tony
Nice sunset.. what sort of daytime temps was it where you were camping, Tony? Is that last photo showing the power of a lantern?
The last photo looks like one of the roadside marker posts with something perched on it. Probably a moth.
So there is! … now then, I would have said Nightjar but on looking you have something called a moth owl or Owlet Nightjar but do you have them in Tassie? It could be Something Completely Different… edit ; could it be a Frogmouth ?
Looks like a Tawny Frogmouth, they’re nocturnal and live in Tasmania and on the mainland we even have them here in Queensland. Looks like a good camping spot. Cheers Pete
@Walkop I survived lockdown 1.0 here in Blighty by lightups in the garden with ample beers. The hiss of a lantern is reassuring and gives time to reflect on the next project! Stay strong mate Chris
The last photo is of a Tawny Frogmouth (small owl) sitting on a roadside marker post. One thing we like doing when camping is spotlighting for animals at night. This little owl was checking out the small creek - probably waiting for a frog to move. Note that I had the low lights on the car so the light was not shining directly into the eyes of the owl. It stayed there as we drove very slowly past it. @podbros The photo is sunrise on the first morning. Temperature at that time was just below 0°C. Daily temperatures were between 0°C at around dawn, warming up to 15°C or slightly warmer during the day. We were blessed with no rain. Cheers Tony
wish I was camped out in the bush somewhere rather than being stuck at home enduring the covid lock down nightmare. what sort of lamps are using? taking photos of lamps lit up at night tends to show a bright ball of light as I have found out.
@bonza They are two trusty Tilley X246s (1950-54). They’ve done a lot of service for me in the field. One of them I used doing field work at Barrington Tops in the late 1970s. I like them because they are easy to service in the field. Cheers Tony
The necessary car-camping accoutrements. Black Wolf tent. Coffee and tea machine: Optimus 111, Fire Marple kettle, and 10-plate windshield. Best two-burner camping stove... Tilley X246s (1950-54). Catalytic heater for keeping warm while playing cards. Coffee!!!! The campground among the Casuarinas. Our only fellow campers. More to come. Cheers Tony
you've got some good gear there what brand are those two burner stoves? and tell me more about the catalytic heater. can they be used in a tent?
@bonza The stoves are Heinze-Geniol (European military stoves: see here, Heinze Geniol (Military Stove, Germany)) The catalytic heater needs a bit more explanation, but this version is Norwegian (I think). It can be used in a tent (no flame; but: carbon monoxide hazard; and Oxygen depletion. Therefore: always have fresh air entry). Cheers Tony
@Tony Press , two german army stoves ! What feature do I see added? Did you make a flameshield or heater shield underneith the burner? These stoves meanwhile are rare beasts. I have seen them on sale for 300euro. Impressive that you got that table in the car too ;-)
@WimVe The windshield on the left was made by a friend; the one on the right was made by me from stainless steel tube (Homemade Windshield for Heinze Geniol). Cheers Tony
Thanks for the link but I have no rights to view the pictures in more then the poststamp size. ps I had to google what a food stacker was.
A walk from Stumpy’s campground to Cobler’s Rocks/Cray Creek This easy walk traverses the coast inland from the beach, and passes through forest, low heath and coastal wet grass and sedgelands. A grass tree in flower. Acacia (wattle). Cray Creek. Cray Creek at the coast. There are two fur seals on these rocks... A moss and lichen ground forest. Casuarina in flower (a conifer). Looking out to Mt William (which is not a mountain at all... more like a hillock). Coastal wattle in flower. A creek crossing on the track. More to come... Cheers Tony
Thanks Tony Is it early spring with you yet, down there? With the flowers starting to arrive an all ? Could I ask what the first tree was, on this walk? Do I recall you saying you worked with trees ? Cheers
