Anne Belton Photography
In 2013, Marg and I went to Tasmania prior to attending a conference in Melbourne. We hired a guide through Inala Nature Tours. We flew into Hobart and spent the 1st night there.
Australasian Magpie
The first evening we went to a city park where we found Common Brushtail Possum invading the garbage bins!
Day 2 - we flew to the South West World Heritage area, accessible only by plane, boat or a long walk (days).
Marg as co-pilot
Deny King is a legend in Tasmania - he lived in this small house, raised a family and cared for the land.
Olive Whistler
Superb Fairy Wren
Yellow-throated Honeyeater
Orange -bellied Parrots - an endangered species. there is a breeding program at this site. These birds migrate to the Melbourne area.
Beautiful Firetail
Tree Martin
Mountain Dragon
Views of south Tasmania as we flew back to Hobart
Tiger snake
New Holland Honeyeater
Dusky Robin
Common Bronzewing
Day 3 - around the grounds at Inala where we were staying. And in the afternoon a boat ride along the south coast of Tasmania.
Welcome Swallow
Pandemelon
Tasmanian Thornbill
Crescent Honeycreeper
Not sure which snake this is but we saw quite a few different kinds.
Hooded Plover
Hooded Plover
New Holland Honeyeater
Tasmanian Native Hen
Frackled Duck
Australian Fur Seals
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-faced Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Short-tailed Shearwater
Kelp Gull
Shy Albatross
Australasian Gannet
Dusky Robin
Forty-spotted Pardalote
Australian Magpie
Day 4 - On and around Bruny Island and then travel towards Mount Field National Park.
Freckled Duck
Chestnut Teal
Purple Swamphen
Pacific Black Duck
Echidna
Crescent Honeyeater
Tasmanian Scrubtit
Pandemelon
Day 5 - drive to the Trowunna Wildlife Park an route to Cradle Mountain area.
Eastern Spinebill
Noisy Miner
Australian Pelican
Superb Fairy Wren
Black Currawong
Spotted Tailed Quoll
Cape Barren Goose
Shelduck
Eastern Grey Kangaroos - not loving - a struggle going on...
Tasmanian Devils - at this nature park they had a breeding program. The devils in the wild are dying out due to a virus that is attacking them.
Brown Falcon
Wombat
Day 6 - Around Cradle Mountain, accommodations at Valley Wilderness Holidays and area
Platypus
Spotted Pardalote
Black Currawong
Wombat
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
Tasmanian Thornbill
Tasmanian Scrubtit
Tasmanian Scrubwren
Day 7 - Drive towards the north coastline and Narawntapu National Park.
Galah
Tasmanian Native Hen
Brown Falcon
Bennett's Wallaby
Silver Gull
Superb Fairywren
Silvereye
Lowland Copperhead Snake
White-faced Heron
Tasmanian Scrubwren
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Pied Oystercatcher
Day 8 - Drive towards Launcestown then on to the east coast to Coles Bay
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
Grey Butcherbird
Southern Brown Bandicoot
Welcome Swallow
Spotted Pardalote
Grey Butcherbird
Galah
Day 9 - Freycinet National Park
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Yellow Wattlebird
Pallid Cuckoo
Day 10 - travel day towards the Southern forests
Lunch stop
Green Rosella
Little Wattlebird
Greater Crested Terns
Silver Gull
Australasian Pelican
Superb Fairywren
Day 11 - south Tasmania
Great Egret
Australian Reed-warbler
Green Rosella
Pied Oystercatcher
Grey Fantail
Common Blackbird
Laughing Kookaburra
Tasmanian Native-hen
Laughing Kookaburra
Banded Lapwing
Dusky Woodswallow
Masked Lapwing
Sooty Oystercatcher
Hooded Plover
Musk Lorikeet
Day 12 - back to Hobart to fly back to Melbourne
Our last B&B Jetty House in Southport
