Thursday, 26 April 2018

Little Blue Lake, Tasmania

A little bit about Tasmania, the Island I live on and in..

Tasmania abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie is an island state of Australia.  It's located 240 km (150 mile) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait.
The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands.  The state population is approximately 519,166, just over 40% of people live in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the State Capital and largest city, Hobart.

Tasmania's area is 68,401 km (26,410 sq miles), of which is the main island covers.  64,519 km (24,911 sq miles) promoted as a natural state, protected areas of Tasmania covers about 42% of the land area of the state, which includes National Parks and World Heritage Sites.
Wikipedia..

The photo below is of the Little Blue Lake which is located in the north eastern area near Gladstone, Tasmania.  Photo taken by youngest son as we have never been there, a place to visit in the future. We have been to Gladstone some years ago.
Son left home here at 8.30am and arrived back home at 2.35pm, so it took a fair while to travel in and around that area and back home.
The lake is called Blue Lake due to the minerals it has in it.


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36 comments:

  1. CatarinaThursday, 26 April 2018 at 02:05:00 GMT+10

    It is a beautiful lake.
    I am assuming the temperatures are very mild even in the winter.
    It must be a very nice region to live on and in.
    : )

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    1. Margaret DThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:27:00 GMT+10

      Tasmania's climate is temperate..to me it's coolish in winter at 14 to 15 deg C during the day occasionally down to 9 deg C and lowest would be about -3 or -4 in the night where I live...

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  2. David M. Gascoigne,Thursday, 26 April 2018 at 02:20:00 GMT+10

    Thanks for this encapsulation of Tasmanian geography. I think that the tourist board should send you your cheque!

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    1. Margaret DThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:29:00 GMT+10

      Well sometimes they do take my photos without asking :) In NSW the government body associated with tourism did ask..

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  3. VENTANA DE FOTOThursday, 26 April 2018 at 03:58:00 GMT+10

    Sus aguas azul turquesa, son una maravilla.

    Besos

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  4. Elephant's ChildThursday, 26 April 2018 at 05:48:00 GMT+10

    Yet another very pretty area of a truly lovely island.

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    1. Margaret DThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:30:00 GMT+10

      Seems to be pretty there, son was impressed with the little lake.

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  5. AdamThursday, 26 April 2018 at 06:49:00 GMT+10

    That water is so pretty

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    1. Margaret DThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:31:00 GMT+10

      Nice colour, came from his phone straight to my blog without altering anything.

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  6. AnonymousThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:18:00 GMT+10

    The lake looks wonderful. I wonder if it is the same mineral that makes Mount Gambia's lake blue.

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    1. Margaret DThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:33:00 GMT+10

      We wondered that and it's possible...there is a small pink lake that I've seen somewhere in our travels and wondered what chemicals made it pink.

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    2. HuggybearThursday, 26 April 2018 at 09:48:00 GMT+10

      As Andrew has written, it certainly looks like that Blue Lake at Mt. Gambier, SA.
      It really is something to behold.........beautiful photograph.
      Colin

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  7. Lowcarb team memberThursday, 26 April 2018 at 08:20:00 GMT+10

    Many thanks for the info on Tasmania.
    Just love that blue lake, that is a lovely photograph.

    All the best Jan

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  8. AnonymousThursday, 26 April 2018 at 09:23:00 GMT+10

    This was very interesting and your son's photo is spectacular!

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  9. Jo-Anne's RamblingsThursday, 26 April 2018 at 11:09:00 GMT+10

    Oh so pretty

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  10. LeeThursday, 26 April 2018 at 11:28:00 GMT+10

    That's an interesting area...beautiful. I wonder how strong that ladder is!!

    Until now, I'd not known there was a "Gladstone" in Tassie, too.

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    1. Margaret DThursday, 26 April 2018 at 11:35:00 GMT+10

      In the photo the ladder looks strong, but one would never know unless used, or try to use.
      Well there you are - another name the same :)

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  11. RiverThursday, 26 April 2018 at 12:55:00 GMT+10

    So it's a smaller version of our Blue Lake at Mount Gambier? it's very pretty. is Australia the world's largest island? (You'd think I'd know one way or the other)

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    1. HuggybearFriday, 27 April 2018 at 10:12:00 GMT+10

      Here's the answer:
      "Australia is considerably larger than Greenland. If separation is key, then Antarctica should also be considered an island (making Australia second largest). ... Australians themselves are divided, and often claim that Australia is both the world's largest island and the world's smallest continent."

      I personally think we are the largest island per se and the smallest continent.

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    2. Margaret DFriday, 27 April 2018 at 14:13:00 GMT+10

      It's a matter of opinion Colin.....agree with you.

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  12. AnonymousThursday, 26 April 2018 at 16:07:00 GMT+10

    Interesting to read about Tasmania. Beautiful place to visit:)

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    1. Margaret DFriday, 27 April 2018 at 14:10:00 GMT+10

      The people that come here usually return for longer the next time, some people even come here to live..

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  13. Bill Thursday, 26 April 2018 at 16:57:00 GMT+10

    Errol Flynn and the Tasmanian Devil--- a couple of Warner Brothers stars from the good old days. One was old at 43, the other never gets old. Excellent post-- I wish I could see it in person.

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    1. Margaret DFriday, 27 April 2018 at 14:09:00 GMT+10

      So true regarding Errol and the Tasmania Devil..
      Thanks re post.

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  14. Marco LuijkenThursday, 26 April 2018 at 21:04:00 GMT+10

    Hello Margaret,
    What a great place to be. Amazing these colors of the blue water.
    Nice shot.

    Kind regards,
    Marco

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  15. Author R. Mac WheelerFriday, 27 April 2018 at 01:56:00 GMT+10

    I was wondering why it was called Blue Lake. Go figger.

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    1. Margaret DFriday, 27 April 2018 at 14:06:00 GMT+10

      Lakes like the one in the photo are often more bluer at different times of the year - it's because of certain chemicals at different times..

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  16. krishnaFriday, 27 April 2018 at 11:25:00 GMT+10

    The lake looks very calm and serene..

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    1. Margaret DFriday, 27 April 2018 at 14:07:00 GMT+10

      It does indeed, was a nice day also and that makes a difference.

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  17. Bob BushellFriday, 27 April 2018 at 17:56:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful scenery in the last picture, Tas is wonderful.

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  18. likeschocolateFriday, 27 April 2018 at 17:57:00 GMT+10

    Seriously beautiful! Would love to visit there some day! Haven't been Down Under in 25 years! It is time to visit again!

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  19. bailiWednesday, 2 May 2018 at 21:56:00 GMT+10

    blue is my so favorite dear Margaret so i find this lake MAGICAL :)

    thank you for sharing about your home island which sounds really beautiful with interesting surroundings

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