I found the vegetation on our walks in Tassie very interesting and lots of the flowers very pretty. Some of them had information boards close by although sometimes it was difficult to match up trees and names. Like a lot of native Australian plants you have to look closely to really appreciate the beauty of [...]

Our last day at the Pump House, on the 14th of November 2019, began in spectacular fashion with this rainbow as seen from the Shore House. As you can see the weather had finally cleared up for our drive back to Hobart. It came and went over the lake – close to the water – [...]

On our second full day (but third all up) at the Pump House, the 13th of November, heavy rain was forecast to last all day so we drove to Queenstown through staggeringly beautiful country. Rainforests, meadows of rust coloured sedge, winding up and down and between mountains. All through pouring rain. On the way we [...]

Day two of our stay at the Pump House saw us head off for breakfast over the causeway. As we soon discovered always an invigorating start to the day. Over breakfast we decided to walk around the lake to the Lake St Clair Visitor Centre. As a way of understanding our immediate surroundings. Weather was [...]

We spent three days at Lake Saint Clair, driving up from Hobart on the 11th of November 2019. It was a warm summer’s day for most of the trip but the weather grew steadily worse the closer we got to our destination. Here’s our first glimpse of The Pump House; our home for the next [...]