Going up the Nut

Stanley is situated on the far North West Coast of Tasmania. The major attraction of Stanley is The Nut.

The Nut itself is 152m (500 ft) tall, and was formed when lava cooled to form basalt rock. It is possible to either climb The Nut by a walking track, or take a chairlift to the top. The Nut was known as Moo-Nut-Re-ker by the Tasmanian Aboriginals, and by 1851, sailors had come to know it simply as The Nut.

I choose to walk the Nut basically because it didn't look that steep. I was wrong! My heels didn't touch the path as I walked up the track, that's how steep it was.

I stopped several times in the pretense of taking photos of the scenery, I was really catching my breath. :)


This is shot from about one third up the Nut.






This is roughly the halfway point.









Finally at the top!

Framed Print Sale

A few weeks ago I got some of my favourite prints framed. I've had several prints done in the past but never got around to framing any of them, so I decided now was a good time.

I had some big areas of blank wall space I wanted to fill so I choose three of my large prints. I choose 1 - 20x30in print (of Safety Cove) and 2 - 18x24in prints (of The Nut at Stanley and IR Lake). When I got them home I found I didn't have the space for all three.

Luckily I had an idea. I knew someone was interested in purchasing the "The Nut" image. So I offered it to her and she jumped at the chance to buy it. She took possession of the print on Friday.

This image doesn't do it justice. It really looked fantastic!






These are the over two prints that were framed.