Queenstown

o0o you know we hear names of places and get an idea
in our heads as to what they are like ... I had no idea pre
conceived ideas actually about Tasmania other than I
have seen wonderful coastline oOo

Mists, low clouds ... why had I not thought of this ;-)

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Bev, Tassie is a marvellous place. Probably the most 'European' part of Oz; yet quite different. Also with more preserved history than most places here. We love returning for visits.

Wonderful street view!

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;-) ah ...scotch mist on the rocks ~ cin cin

Interesting the vegetation still hasn't recovered. The growth on the mountains outside Kellogg, Idaho had also been devastated by smelter fumes in the early 20th century, and the slopes were still barren in the early 1980s. When I was thru the area in 2012, however, I was astonished (and delighted) to see the forest had made a good recovery. In fact, the area is now a hotbed of high-end real-estate development!

There's a Mt. Lyell in Yosemite, too--presumably they're both named after the same pioneer of modern geology.

Part of the problem here is that the rainfall is over 2 M annually (84in), so once the vegetation went, the soil followed soon afterward. There seems to have been some effort at revegetation but to little avail. I've found that Mt Lyell is the highest mountain in Yosemite, but I have not yet been able to find the details of the (presumed) joint geological pioneer.

Sir Charles Lyell's "Principles of Geology" first appeared in 1830 and, along with James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth" (1799), pretty much founded the modern science of geology. We still tell students about him in intro classes! I know the mountain in Yosemite is named for him--there are some surrounding peaks named after other pioneering geologists and naturalists--and it seemed probable that your Mt. Lyell also was.

Denudation of the topsoil would certainly inhibit revegetation. At least the high rainfall should also lead to high weathering rates, so--geologically speaking!--it won't take as long as you might think. That could still be a while on human timescales, however!

Thank you for the info on Lyell - and advice on the likely timescale for weathering to create new soil. :)

A place I would love to visit. Beautiful shot.

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Great to see, long overdue a visit to Tassie. The scarred landscape around Queenstown is amazing.