Category — Only in Tasmania

Launceston-based photographer Peter Daalder consistently travels around Tasmania in search of images that capture the essence of the State.

He has a finely-tuned eye for detail, visual contradictions, and the impacts on an island going through enormous change.

For his first thisTasmania portfolio we have selected images that show the diversity of Tasmania’s rural landscapes.

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Visit Sheila Smart’s portfolio.

My husband and I have lived in Australia since 1974 but it was not until 2004 that we decided to visit the only State we had yet to see — Tasmania.

It was long overdue and was very much an eye-opener for both of us. We were immediately struck by the beauty of the countryside and the friendliness of the wonderful people. Coming from frenetic Sydney, it was a joy to relax and let Tassie take over.

Photography being my great passion, I was not disappointed. From the wilderness of the Gordon River and Cradle Mountain, albeit in constant drizzle, to the white sands of eastern Tasmania, specifically Swansea, we were besotted by the landscape and plan to return in, hopefully, the not too distant future. — Sheila Smart

A convert to the world of digital photography, Sheila Smart is a Sydney-based freelance photographer, living with her husband and two cats in the northern beaches suburb of Avalon Beach.

Her varied portfolio includes candids of Sydney folk, black and white images, including infrared, aboriginality of urban Sydney and also urban wildlife. Enjoy more of her work here.

Our webcam, courtesy of Hobart’s Rose Bay High School, is updated every 10 minutes — day and night, and features permanently in our ‘Noteworthy’ listings to the right.

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The mass escape by thousands of big Atlantic salmon from Tassal’s west coast fish farm has fuelled a mid-winter boom in sleepy Strahan.

The fish were about to be harvested two weeks ago when their pen ripped while being towed across Macquarie Harbour.

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Mt Wellington dominates the Hobart skyline and its profile is constanting changing as weather changes sweep in from the Roaring Forties.