That Old Grey Shack by the River

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[alfbranch]

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Nice set Mark I like them.

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Thanks Alf, but do you mean it's a "nice view" ?

(Must get to bed, 12:23AM)

[Olybirder]

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Great shots of a couple of characterful dwellings in a beautiful setting Mark. I guess building regulations and planning permission were less stringent when they were created.

Ron

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Actually those miner's shacks are National Heritage listed and you'd be shot if you so much as scratched one, Ron.

Edited in: This sequence taken progressively as the fog lifted and the light changed
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[Zuiko]

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I love those old shacks, as very appealing subjects in a lovely location and as somewhere to stay overnight, if that was possible.

[brian1208]

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three goodies but the large one takes the prize for me, a great sense of character and the sort of place you can imagine filled with backwoods types. I loved the way the track just disappears into the water, makes me wonder, is it a ford, does it dry up in Summer or what

Is it Rain Forest or just a damp misty day? (it reminds me of similar tin shacks I've seen in Borneo, sat in the middle of nowhere with the Rain Forest as their back garden)

[banjukes]

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Great shots and a reminder of simpler times.

[Guest]

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three goodies but the large one takes the prize for me, a great sense of character and the sort of place you can imagine filled with backwoods types. I loved the way the track just disappears into the water, makes me wonder, is it a ford, does it dry up in Summer or what

Is it Rain Forest or just a damp misty day? (it reminds me of similar tin shacks I've seen in Borneo, sat in the middle of nowhere with the Rain Forest as their back garden)

Brian, I have added three more views of the shack from different aspects that shows the 4WD track that fords the river. You are right, but the river doesn't completely dry up in summer.

I love those old shacks, as very appealing subjects in a lovely location and as somewhere to stay overnight, if that was possible.

The location is remote John and a pass and a key is required to enter the historical Osmiridium mining area. The shack I believe is privately leased as a holiday cottage to some influential person no doubt. Osmiridium is an extremely hard metal that was once used to tip fountain pen nibs and in its day was more expensive than gold.

Great shots and a reminder of simpler times.

They were once referred to as "the good old days", but not for everyone.

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[Bill Gordon]

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All of these images are just great!! Thanks for posting them!!

[Floribunda]

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No 1 for me Mark, I like the atmosphere the fog creates.
And the camera was?
This looks like a nice 4WD destination for us, but I suspect it wasn't all that difficult to get to, or did you walk in on one of your treks?

[OM USer]

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Nice pictures of an interesting subject.

[Guest]

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No 1 for me Mark, I like the atmosphere the fog creates.
And the camera was?
This looks like a nice 4WD destination for us, but I suspect it wasn't all that difficult to get to, or did you walk in on one of your treks?

Thank you Lyn. The E-520 + kit lenses did the honours.
Quite easy to get to so long as you have a permit and a key from Parks & Wildlife Tasmania to open the gate. See following post, "Seven Times the Price of Gold" in which there is an oblique reference to someone you know quite well.

All of these images are just great!! Thanks for posting them!!

Nice pictures of an interesting subject.

Bill and OM - thanks for commenting, much appreciated.