Tag: Tasmania

From Sellars Point – a couple of kilometres east of Red Bluff – Flinders Island’s longest beach stretches along almost the entire southern half of Flinders’ east coast.

Nominally, Planter Beach is two beaches, separated (at East River Bluff) by what justifies Cameron Inlet’s status as an inlet.

Only rarely, however, does Flinders’ largest inlet contain enough water for it to open its “mouth” and “kiss” the ocean.

Planter Beach (North) and Planter Beach (South) are usually a single, uninterrupted strand.

The featured image looks south; on the horizon are Strzelecki National Park’s mountains, which dominate the southern end of Flinders Island.

The vantage points become progressively closer to the “Head”,  but the telephoto lens’ focal length remains the same: 400 mm.

Killiecrankie Bay is on the northwestern side of Flinders Island.

Both of this post’s photos offer a wide angle view (32 mm).

The featured image looks north, from the southern half of the bay’s shoreline.

Its high point – Mount Killiecrankie – rises circa 316 metres above sea level.

(Alleged altitude readings for Flinders Island’s peaks are highly unreliable/inconsistent. Some add another couple of metres to Mt Killiecrankie. Others lop 30 metres off it!)

The first three photos in this post were taken within a “window” of just one minute.

At 6.38 pm on 17 March 2025 the sun was low; it would soon “sink” into Bass Strait.

”Paradoxically” (not, in fact) this circumstance saw the west-facing, upper reaches of Strzelecki National Park bathed in “gold”, whilst their lower flanks were “greyed” by shade.

…with a cloudy backdrop: I love what happen when simultaneously-present sunbeams and clouds dapple steep slopes.

A recipe for quiet delight…

1: Be in a place with dramatic topography (ideally, clad with both forest and exposed rock faces and/or outcrops) and oft-changing weather.

2: Find a comfortable vantage point, with late afternoon sun behind you, dramatic topography in front, and a sky that is neither cloudless nor overcast.  Ideally, bring camera/s and/or binoculars.

3: Watch closely, as clouds form, dance, dissolve, whilst the sunlight becomes progressively lovelier as its daily “disappearance” draws closer.

A “static” landscape – even a “stolid”  one – becomes deliciously dynamic when “golden hour” sunlight and shadows move across it.

(The southwestern corner of Flinders Island is an ideal location)