Tasmania - Tas25 sand

Tasmania - Tas25 sandLooking through the bars at one of the prisons in Tasmania. The Island State of Tasmania is separated from the mainland by the Bass strait some 240kms away. Initially known as Van Diemens land, Tasmania was subject to the practice of "transportation" where convicts were sent to the island as punishment and kept in penitentiaries and prisons. This practice ceased in 1853. Today, Tasmania relies heavily on tourism, agriculture and aquaculture as its

Today the dam wall showcases a giant 8000 square metre mural which was painted by artist Guido Van Helten over a period of approximately four months

the rugged swells can present plenty of danger for those that are not prepared

It is aptly named due to a large channel that has been carved by thousands of years of strong seas and currents

Canal Rocks is a beautiful series of granite rocks South of Yallingup in the Southwest of WA

The waters around the island are the Cook Strait

Canal rocks showing off its beauty and strength

flows along the ground and cascades over a rocky ledge

Granite stone wall stretching from land and disappearing into the surf at Cape Leeuwin

In the months of Autumn the display of colour is amazing from the many deciduous species

at water level

Stunning and solo within it's own ecosystem

Large rock protrusions are heavily dotted around the landscape on the coast