Images Dated 9th October 2021

Honey Possum

The honey possum is a tiny species of marsupial that feeds on the nectar and pollen of a diverse range of flowering plants. The tiny marsupial is endemic to the south-western tip of Western Australia

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Windeward Bound, two-masted brigantine-rigged sailing vessel

Parade of Sail, opening of Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2015. Windeward Bound is a two-masted brigantine-rigged sailing vessel based in Hobart. It is named after Lewis Winde, the builder of an 1848 Boston schooner on which Windeward Bound was modelled. It is constructed almost entirely of Tasmanian eucalypt, huon pine and Oregon pine, recycled from old boats and buildings

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Convict built Ross bridge over the Macquarie River 1836

Four years in construction, the sandstone bridge was constructed by convict labour, and is the third oldest bridge still in use in Australia. The ornate carvings are the work of Englishman Daniel Herbert, who came to Van Diemen's Land in December 1827 a convicted highway robber. He continued to live in Ross and died here a free man 1868 - he was buried in the local cemetery on a hill not far from the bridge - and he would have thanked Ross Bridge for his freedom, for it was his work on its construction that gained him a pardon and his release. James Colbeck, another stonemason who worked alongside Herbert, also received a pardon for his work on the bridge

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