Just outside of Launceston is a picturesque gem, tucked away behind cliffs and hills. Cataract Gorge is a great place to spend the afternoon wandering by the water. It is one of those places that makes you forget that a city is so close.
The first thing you notice when you arrive are the peacocks. They wander freely and they pretty much ignore you unless you get too close.
I actually only have two photos of the gorge itself because we arrived just after the sun had gone down behind the hills, and it was a little dark for landscapes, and I had also wasted the little light we had following the peacocks around.
Their feathers have a hypnotic effect, especially when you are staring them straight on.
This peacock is regal in the way it stands, with its plumage relaxed and lowered like a dress. Its chest puffed out slightly, standing perfectly still, except for its head as it scans the field presumably for food, or maybe to check I wasn't getting too close!
I don't think it cared about being the subject of a photoshoot. I guess it knew I would be gone soon enough.
So we kept wandering around the gorge, until it got too dark for us.
I enjoyed the bridge over the gorge itself, but meg took offense to the swaying... which I caused by jumping up and down in the middle in a rather immature fashion. Immature, but fun.
But by then we were starving and had to go sample the seafood that everyone had been telling us about all day.
DanedeBeau
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Mismatched Travel Diaries - Tasmania - Part 4 - Lavender Farms of Launceston.
Mismatched Travel Diaries - Tasmania - Part 3 - The Wombat.
Mismatched Travel Diaries - Tasmania - Part 2 - The Tassie Devil.