Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for taking a peek, Daniel. The ruins are preserved carefully now. However, at the end of the penal colony era, many Tasmanians wanted to completely remove the evidence of an historical period that they regarded as shameful. Finally it was decided that the site was historically significant enough to retain. Now it is a carefully manicured and modern tourism facility. I imagine it was rather more bleak when it was occupied by the original inhabitants. There is an interesting parallel that the historical site was also the location of a modern and horrible crime, some ten years ago. The response now has been to almost raze that modern building, too, leaving the walls only and adding a discreet memorial. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 02:08 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] New picture posts from Hoppy I am surprized at all the ruins. What happened? The prison I can understand, but the church? The houses on the hill? Daniel G Hopkinson wrote: > Hi folks, now that the monthly comp is complete, once more, I can post > related pics. > > I recently had a couple of days in Tasmania, which is the southernmost > island state of Australia. I used a great deal of > transparency film in my M7. Here is the first installment of images, for > those that would like to peek. > > M7, almost all f2 28 asph Otherwise the Summicron 50 (current) > > This series is from Port Arthur which is a popular and scenic area. It is > the site of a former penal colony from the 1800's. > > There is no doubt that bright Aussie sunshine and Velvia 100F is a potent > combination through the yummy 28 > > I'm proud to say that I encountered a tourist from Europe on this > particular trip, with M7 in hand. He said to me, "we know the > difference" > > No polarizing or other filters btw! > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ykdse4 > > http://tinyurl.com/ycdeau > > http://tinyurl.com/yfgzdh > > http://tinyurl.com/ynf5aq > > http://tinyurl.com/yl4zpb > > http://tinyurl.com/yk9pxp > > http://tinyurl.com/ynen9a > > http://tinyurl.com/ym7jal _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information