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@bridgetbunchy Mar 3, 2018, 2:54 AM UTC

Turn of the tide

I sat here and waited for that magical moment right before the turn of the tide. The river calms to a holt, long enough for mirrored reflections to form. A short time later the river started to gradu…

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@bridgetbunchy Mar 1, 2018, 4:04 AM UTC

Have you ever stood underneath a lighthouse in the inky black of night?

I was down in the Low Head grassland to one side of the lighthouse. My torch covered in red cellophane let out a dull restrained light so as not to blind the penguins I was on a hunt to find. Dodging…

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@bridgetbunchy Feb 17, 2018, 10:34 AM UTC

Bay of Fires

Nature sure is nailing the complimentary colour scheme of orange and blue. This place is a visual feast - sugary white sand, a sapphire horizon and crystal shores are punctuated with huge boulders dr…

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@bridgetbunchy Feb 11, 2018, 11:35 AM UTC

A slightly insane visit to an Abandoned Asylum

Open for more than 170 years the New Norfolk asylum was decommissioned by the Tasmanian government in the nineties and eventually closed down in October 2000. After more than a decade of abandonment,…

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@bridgetbunchy Feb 2, 2018, 11:18 PM UTC

A day at ‘The Nut’

Nestled in a place named the ‘edge of the world’, the seaside town of Stanley is just gorgeous. The town hugs the base of a large rock formation (a stump of an old volcano) called ‘the nut.’ Towering…

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@bridgetbunchy Jan 23, 2018, 9:59 AM UTC

15 seconds into a sinkhole via a giant slide

You can walk down if you want but the quickest way to arrive in Dismal Swamp is to take the giant 110 metre long slide from the tree tops right down to the forest floor. Dressed with a hair net and h…

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@bridgetbunchy Jan 17, 2018, 11:28 AM UTC

Sweet Snaps - Cygnet Folk Festival

Colourful little details to capture the essence of this free-spirited creative event, held annually in Tasmania's Huon Valley. Until next time xx

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@bridgetbunchy Jan 9, 2018, 6:56 AM UTC

By the light of the silvery ocean

I am looking out to sea, across three hundred kilometres of water towards Melbourne. This is the bass strait. From here in Burnie (Tasmania), the ocean looks silvery, moody, glittery and serene. Out…

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@bridgetbunchy Jan 7, 2018, 7:20 AM UTC

Bypass the highway with me – Oatlands Tasmania

This little village is home to the largest number of colonial sandstone buildings of any town in Australia - eighty seven in total. With a population of around 500 people, it is a quiet yet utterly f…

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@bridgetbunchy Jan 5, 2018, 9:34 AM UTC

The Apple Isle

I set foot on this island with life's possessions in the boot of a car. It is peak tourist season and summer, although it feels like neither of these things here. I love the rugged isolation of Tasma…

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