A Mellow, Beautiful Island

We stayed two days in a cozy beach house on Bruny Island, just off the coast of...the island of Tasmania.  Even on a weekend Bruny was quiet...there are only 600-odd permanent residents.  There are fine beaches and pleasant bushland.  Also at least one winery and a distillery!

A tranquil morning on Bruny.  This path started just a few hundred metres from our house.

Bushland on a gray morning.

A secluded beach near Cape Bruny.

The Cape Bruny lighthouse.  It's been around for over 150 years, and has endured many nasty storms.  The last lightkeeper left only about 30 years ago.

Coastline at 43 degrees south.

The beach near Adventure Bay, on the east side of the island.

An oystercatcher patrols the sand.

Sunset from our house.  The wind blew relentlessly most of the time we were there, but abated this evening.

Almost dark...and completely tranquil.

The Lizards hangin' out on our verandah near the marina.

A distant view of our house...it's beyond the red roofed building near the shoreline.  Blow the pic up for a better look.

Bruny Island ferry arriving.

Farewell, Bruny.  As usual we didn't stay long enough...3-4 days would have been better than two.  We still managed to shift onto island time.  Bought some fine single malt whiskey from a tasting room there, and we scored several bottles of locally grown wine.  I'm relaxing just thinking about the place.