A long and winding road! (One local said it’s called the 99 curve road!) so not a lot of pictures.
We visited Queenstown 30 years ago, around the time copper refining was being closed down and the landscape was like the moon’s surface. Now the trees have regrown and it looks much like any of the towns in the south west - apart from some areas on the edge of the town which still show the soil degradation caused by over harvesting of trees for the smelter and pollution from the gold and copper refining process.
We stopped where the road crosses the Franklin River to have a quick look at this famous waterway (famous for those who were around in the 70s). At this point it’s a gentle stream flowing dow to enter the Gordon River just below the Dam.
In Hobart we walked down to Constitution dock for an ice cream, then since it was such a beautiful day, we decided to wait around to eat in one of the many eateries around the wharf.
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