Peacock

 Peacocks at the Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania.

The Gorge is only about 10 to 15 minutes away from the city, there is a chair lift, beautiful gardens, swimming pool, swinging bridge and a couple of restaurants.  The one I'm showing is rather lovely inside and out and the peacocks come to visit, can jump on the tables outside and demand a morsal of food.  Such beautiful birds.

The Wattle

 It's Wattle time once again, so off we went to find some in flower which wasn't very hard to do.  All the wattle isn't out as yet and we were only about 10 to 15 minutes west from home.

The wattle in the photos is known as Acacia pataczekil, commonly known as Pataczek's wattle or Wally's wattle, is a rare leguminous species of flowering plant endemic to Tasmania, Australia.  An attractive evergreen shrub to small tree grown ornamentally outside of it's native range, it is believed to be the most frost hardy of all the Acacia.

The Lake is called Trevally Lake and you can see the wattle across it on the other side.

In another area close by there is another place to have a picnic, the loos above and the shelter below with a fireplace and a chimney with wood provided along with table and chairs.

As we were driving through the neighbourhood where the houses are we came across this peacock wandering around as if he owned the place.

The Gorge, Launceston

Saturday afternoon youngest son who lives at home here with us took 2 of his 3 children for a walk up the Gorge which is about 15 minutes from home and about 10 minutes from the city of Launceston.

He went up the zig zag track there being two tracks on each side of the Gorge.  Photos are from his phone as I asked him to take some.

The cottage is inside the gate and was once used by a caretaker.  There was a small fee many years ago to enter the Gorge from this way which was the only way, once.

 Taken from the zig zag track looking over to the much easier side of the Gorge to walk.

The suspenion Bridge over the 'Basin' a swimming place and of course there are peacocks within the grounds.

Peacock at the Gorge.

A trip up to the Launceston Cataract Gorge this morning for a bit of a walk before the heat of the day.
Being springtime the Peacocks are about with the males and their plumes, showing off.  I took a few photos of a very active male. He was quiet and still, then he got a bit active, it was hard to get a clear sharp imagine of his plume.
There is a post/photo [here] of the peacock I took last season, that one stayed still.

Peacock at the Gorge

Went for a walk up the Gorge this afternoon and came across several Peacocks.
Now it has been my aim to get a photo of one of the Peacocks with his plume out in a fan - today after many trips up there over the years, it happened!  Big smiles on my face and I got some beautiful photos of the Peacock.

 So beautiful.