Tuesday, 9 August 2022

The Spiky Bridge

 The Spiky Bridge on the Southern East Coast of Tasmania is no longer required so the highway goes around it these days.  In days gone by the bridge was used so cattle travelling along the road would not fall down into the gully below.  The photo is where a farm house once was with a few stone only being left if you look hard.




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    1. We are as not much rain has fallen down the east coast at all.

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  2. I resti di un tempo che fù a perpetua memoria per le nuove generazioni, ciao Angelo.

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    1. Yes a good memory of years gone by and it's become a tourist attraction now.

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  3. Progress has come there. Surely with a good road in its place.

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    1. Yes the road is certainly different now, it's a bit windy and narrow as it was built a long time ago.

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  4. Can't tell it was farm house before...the place looks very deserted.

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    1. It does look deserted and one can hardly see any on the remains of the house that once was, it's a tourist attraction these days is the Spiky Bridge.

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  5. Love that spikey bridge. Thanks for featuring it. I like your camellia header too.

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    1. Thanks re header, camellias just come into bloom up the side of the house. Interesting is that spiky bridge, some good ideas way be when.

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  6. De la casa apenas queda nada. Debe de haber tenido bastantes años de abandono.
    Que tengas una buena semana. Besos.

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  7. That is a rather interesting construction.

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    1. Yes the house it seemed no one cared that it fell to the ground, I think these days someone properly wished it was still there.

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  8. Bizarre spot! The spiky bridge was built by convicts, and it is an historical attraction for visitors.

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    1. You are correct Duta, a long time ago and they did a good job building it as it has lasted.

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  9. Os tempos mudam e o que ontem era belo e necessário, hoje é desnecessário e aboleto. Assim foi o destino dessa ponte. Fotos cobertas de arte fotográfica que elogio
    Cumprimentos poéticos

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  10. Molto interessante questo scorcio di passato e tradizione

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    1. A long time ago, it is interesting what was once done to get cattle from one place to another, these days they use trucks.

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  11. There is something interesting around every corner!

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    1. There is indeed as you well know as we have many corners like other places in this world.

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  12. A very interesting landscape. Here you can clearly see the passage of time.

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  13. Margaret, your entry today did not come out Wild things (August 9)

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  14. Thank you for highlighting The Spiky Bridge, I'd not heard of it before.
    I did a google search and there is a lot of information about it ... so thank you.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Interesting isn't it. I too found a fair amount of information, interesting read.

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  15. I think I have bypassed this bridge when I was last there in 2012! I did a lot of bokeh shots on these sharp looking shards on the bridge. Beautiful images

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    1. I'm certain if you went up or down the east coast you would have seen this spiky bridge. Thanks.

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  16. Paisajes que por aquí se ven mucho Margaret. Hay mucho abandono rural.
    Buen miércoles.
    Un arazo.

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    1. Shame in a way that things from the past are left in ruin in some areas.

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  17. An interesting construction... I hope it will rain soon where you are... we also urgently need rain here.

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    1. Indeed it is different. It's supposed to rain today where I live but no rain as yet!

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  18. i found stones intriguing the way they appear as ruins .
    few of our cities are having rains again but no ours though . i got from your words that spiky bridge exists no more ??

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    1. Hopefully it rains here today, it's supposed to so waiting. The spiky bridge is still there but it's not used for the purpose it was built for, it's now used as a tourist attraction and the highway has gone a different way.

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  19. That is a very interesting bridge and a clever construction to safeguard the cattle. I don't think I have ever seen anything like it.

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    1. We used to travel down our east coast many times years ago and never knew it was there until one day there was a sign, the road was partly done so then we knew it was there, these days the road has improved, signage also.

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  20. I like those original constructions that are seen, it seems that there is also a lack of rain as here, at this point in the summer we are with a lot of salt and terrible drought.
    Happy weekend.
    Best regards.

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  21. Me gusta el paisaje, se ve muy parecido por aquí, nos hace falta mucha agua, pero todavía no es tiempo de lluvia. Besos.

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