Hold me now, oh hold me now, until this hour has gone around. And I'm gone on the rising tide, to face Van Dieman's Land
Theme Thursday again, and this one is rather easy. I am Tasmanian, you see, and aside from being all around general geniuses - as I have amply described previously - we are also very familiar with the concept of WATER.
Tasmania is the ONLY island state of an ISLAND continent. That means, we're surrounded by WATER. That should help explain why I take so many photographs of water.
Tasmania was for a long time the place where the British (an island race terrified of water) sent their
Of course, being on an island - even a bloody great big island like Australia - separates you. It frightens you. It insulates you. It keeps you away. It keeps other away from you. It comforts you. All of that WATER.
Then there is Tasmania. If Australia is Down Under, Tasmania is down under Down Under. It is further away. It is more isolated. It is more frightening. It is more comforting. You can't get much further away from the world than Tasmania and survive, next stop is Antarctica.
Tasmania is an island. Aside fom our big island, there are another 334 islands that make up Tasmania. Every single one of those islands is surrounded by WATER. The water that surrounds us can kill us. There are millions of creatures in the water that can kill us. Great White Sharks can bite us in half with one nibble. Blue Ringed Octopus can sting us to death before we even know that they're there. The cold, frigid waters of the Great Southern Ocean will do away with a person in the blink of an eye.
We're Tasmanians. We hate water.
We're Tasmanians. We love water.
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Did you during ice-ages Tasmania was joined to Australia? You must be knowing that Australia had beautiful large animals (megabeasts). Most of them got extinct about 30,000-40,000 years ago. But they still survived for more than 5,000 years (even when the megabeasts had died out in the continent) in Tasmania. But unfortunately they all died out too with the arrival of the Aboriginals in Tasmania!!!
Did Henry or Ez find any remnants of ice-ages/fossils in their last adventure?
The info about Tasmania I did not know, so thank you.
It seems like a love-hate relationship that Tasmanians have with all the water that surrounds them!!
Also must be great to say, "Surf's up!" and have no problems in pursuing the activity.
Thank you. I really like it all. And both pictures were great. I love water.
I also checked out some of your recent posts. Your photography is absolutely stunning. Such vibrant colors! Do you enhance the colors on your PC, or is your photographer's eye really that good?
The pics are great! Nice post :)
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By the logic presented by you I must be a Tasmanian Delhiite. Coz I too share a love-hate relationship with water.
Occasionally I fiddle with the colour post production, but that’s generally to manage issues related to light. For example, the light is low light in the rainforest, which meant that there was an overly bluish tint to the images that wasn’t the case to the eye. Therefore, I applied a filter to bring it back to something more natural. You’ll note that the first image I posted doesn’t have this filter.
The Franklin is much like many other rivers on the west coast, just a little more steeped in mythology. I like Arthur River.
Tasmanian...hmmm...you're from actor Errol Flynn's island.
What an very informative, amusing and interesting post about Tasmania and water.I would like to visit Tasmania...one day, but I must admit that I have a "fear" of water...especially, a vast amount
of water.
But thanks, for sharing!
Deedee ;-D
I truly enjoyed your post, Kris.
"What a very informative, amusing and interesting post about Tasmania and water."I sometimes forget to proofread!...
...I guess from visiting so many wonderful blogs on Thursdays.
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Deedee