Trial Harbour and the Great Southern Ocean with a good fresh breeze a couple of points to the south of sou' west. Nothing between here and the Antarctic.
Trial Harbour was the exit point for much of Tasmania's early wealth. Rich seams of silver were found ~15k inland at Zeehan - up to 6kg silver per tonne of ore in one mine. A haulage way was constructed to the shore and the silver loaded by lighters onto steamers lying offshore. Inbound goods the same.
At one point Zeehan was Australia's richest city boasting numerous hotels, music halls and all the trappings of a boom town.
A rail line was eventually constructed from Zeehan to Strahan to the south where a safer harbour made transport much easier but the weather no less savage. Of course the silver ran out, most of the people left and our West Coast climate and vegetation began reclaiming its own.
There was plenty of drama in the squalls that were coming through and I was hoping for a big sea the day we were there. Although the day was wild, the swell hadn't yet made up. Have been wanting to experiment with slower shutter speeds with waves for a while.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor 70-200/4 VR, 2 secs at f/8, ISO 100 FL~160mm Breakthrough Photography 6 Stop ND filter.
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