Road to Tarraleah.

Today we went for a drive down the road to Tarraleah.

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We pulled over on a logging road and went for a brief walk.

 

On this route, tentative spurts of native forest suffer the interpolation of power lines, roads and budding pine trees. 

Tomorrow we are going to Lachlan.

                                      

Down at the dam.

The countryside surrounding Ouse is somewhat reminiscent of certain locations in Ireland.

Ouse, Tasmania

Kerry, Ireland (image retrieved from http://www.geograph.ie/photo/425649.)

I think the similarity lies in the fact that the hills in this part of Tasmania are uncharacteristically devoid of trees.  We are also surrounded predominantly by farming country, acres of green that fade to brown in summer; the trademark forest-laden vistas are not as prevalent here.

Today we went for a walk to Repulse Dam, near to where we are living.  Wylie enjoyed himself.





Our neighbours.

They're pretty lively...

Stock droving.

On the highway, outside my bedroom window...

Dog days.

Life in Ouse.

We are now living in Ouse, pronounced ooze, a town in Tasmania's highlands with a population of approximately 150 people.  The house we are staying in is a veritable palace, as evidenced in these photographs...