Friday 28 August 2020

By the River Derwent

Holiday March 2020.  These photos were taken the day before we left New Norfolk then heading to the 'Left of Field', meaning left of Mt. Field National Park.

It was about this day that we first heard of Covid-19, unfortunately can't recall the date in March.

So the River Derwent is a long one, you can see the boat there through the trees.  It's a busy river in season as rowing is done along with water skiing and other water sports.

 
The below scene is of the parking area near the caravan park and by the River Derwent as next door a new Boat Club has been built with the finishing touches being done whilst we were there.



 

48 comments:

  1. What a beautiful location. I like those big trees in the second photo, they give lots of shade.

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  2. Agree with Bill A beautiful place to spend some days Funny those guys out on a big canoe:))

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    1. Well it's a rowing boat, we have them here in Tasmania, Australia, they are large have have several people rowing in unison.

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  3. Son muy bellas las fotos del río.

    La noticia de este virus me llegó a mí, a los pocos días de regresar de un viaje. Desde entonces no he vuelto a viajar a ningún lado.

    Besos


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  4. Lovely river - my husband was a rower in his youth rather like your last photo, and rather curiously he also rowed on a river called the Derwent.

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    1. Rowing is very popular Rosemary, many schools take part.
      Interesting you husband when younger did that too..probably the River Derwent was named after the one in England as many things in Tasmania are.

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    1. They are large trees and give us lots of shade to park.

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  6. Yet another glorious spot. Calm and very, very beautiful. When and if your state finally accepts visitors again I would love to go back there.

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  7. Probably the day we began wondering whether we should cut short our Tasmanian holiday. The river is big and wide at this point.

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    1. It is wide there that river.
      We had only just heard and didn't think about it at that point and was no need to stop going on our journey, same as you.

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  8. That canoe looks like a canoe that you would see in the canals of Bangkok!
    Colin

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  9. Such lovely photos of beautiful Tasmania, it is so very scenic and good that you enjoyed your trip before everything shut down.

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    1. We were lucky and it was some time after that that Tasmanians were stopped from travelling within the State.

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  10. Those rowers will build up an appetite! I was reading recently that serious, competitive oarsmen consume around 5,000 calories a day!

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    1. Oh goodness, that is a lot of calories in a day to use..

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  11. Way Cool Last Photo - Boy, Those Were The Days - Be Thankful That The Donald Isn't Running Your Country Into The Ground

    Cheers

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  12. Excellent pictures--- You've shown me so much of Australia I never knew about.

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    1. Well that is good and thank you. There is a lot more to come.

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  13. Te quedaron preciosas las fotografías, el río se ve precioso. Besos.

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    1. Very nice to live there and look at those views everyday.

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  15. What a lovely river this looks, fabulous photographs.

    All the best Jan

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  16. Row, row, row your boat gently up the stream...oops...river!

    Lovely photos, Margaret...thanks for sharing. :)

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    1. Thanks Lee.
      Always strange to me how some rivers are called creeks and visa versa.

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  17. I like any river, provided it flows smoothly and quietly; no overflowing and no causing of floods.
    Your pictures are of the highest quality!

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    1. Thank you Duta.
      It has flooded there a few times but some years ago..

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  18. Hello Margaret,
    Very nice pictures.
    Great to see that big canoe with many participants on board.

    Greetings, Marco

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    1. Was interesting to watch the racing from a distance Marco, it's a popular sport here.
      Thanks.

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  19. Hello Margaret, so glad to have “found” your blog site and be able to enjoy these great photos of such a beautiful area. I have shared several posts with my husband and he wants to plan a future trip, which may well be in the far distant future😕

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    1. Well that is lovely Beatrice, you never know you may get to Tasmania in the future...hope you both can and do. There is much to see and do.

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  20. This is a beautiful river. A great place for an outing.

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  21. Oh this derwent river is astonishingly charming :)))
    third image is magical dear Margaret :)
    i love the way you capture ,thank you for making my day !

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