Roger Barnes

Creek Bed, Faraway Creek, South Coast Track, Tasmania

View from Red Point Hills, Tasmania

View from Red Point Hills, Tasmania

Looking ahead, the Ironbound Range loomed large. There’s no way around it, but we were lucky to be delayed by a day and not taking it on in gloomy weather.

View from Red Point Hills, Tasmania

Day 2 of the South Coast Track. We made our way through scrubby plains after departing the Buoy Creek campsite. At the top of the first significant ascent, Red Point Hills, we could see all the way back to the beach we had left.

Sun Rays over the New Harbour Range, South Coast Track, Tasmania

As seen from Buoy Creek

Sun Rays over the New Harbour Range, South Coast Track, Tasmania

Sun Rays over the New Harbour Range, South Coast Track, Tasmania

The wind whips up dry sand over the beach while the sun puts on a show through the clouds. As seen from Buoy Creek.

Zen Rock Stack, Micro-Cairn

An impromptu sculpture, inspired by a breathtaking location and a lack of emails, phones, TVs and other distractions

Buoy Creek, South Coast Track, Tasmania

Fishing boat debris and other materials are used as markers, makeshift furniture and clotheslines.

Buoy Creek, South Coast Track, Tasmania

The tannin coloured water is a feature of every creek on the track. Despite the colour, it tastes fine.