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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A REWILDING MOMENT… Jagged branches twist skyward, stubbornly defying the passage of the years, of the decades. Morning sun glints off of a trunk hardened and smoothed by summer sun and the winds of the Roaring 40s. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #trees #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

An anti-tourism car sticker in Tasmania discloses unease over the number of tourists, most from the Australian mainland, coming into the island state in summer.

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Signs of spring: first flowers on apricot tree.

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The first flowers of the season bloom on the apricot. The plum, too. Nearby, the golden spheres are Cape gooseberries (Physalis peruviana). Out front, the wattle trees are in bloom. The first sign of spring. #Gardening #Flowers #FruitTrees #permaculture #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A REWILDING MOMENT… From the sun A journey of eight minutes and twenty seconds Then, sunrise Golden light spreads across the land. #photons#Sunrise #Morning#Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

THE WILD… Crossing Tasmania's Franklin River is easier these days. An old photo reawakens memories on journeys past, and on the present state of wilderness walking. READ HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/.... #tasmania #franklinriver #rivers #bushwalking #bushwalkingaustralia #Backpacking #memoir

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM… Here, near the southeastern Tasmanian town of Cygnet, a rusting traction engine decays through the decades next to an early gasoline powered road roller. #Tasmania #Cygnet #Technology #machines #IndustrialRevolution

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

You will find this superb example of an Art Norveau doorway at the Saint Marys Hotel on Main Street, St Marys, Tasmania. The flowing line of the window frame that makes an almost-complete circle that is repeated in the surrounding brickwork. #ArtNorveau #architecture #StMarysTasmania #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

THINGS IN THE WORLD… Nearly every morning a large, black bird with a pointed head lands on the railing, and looking inside through the window makes the same three note call. What is it after? #Birds #Wildlife #Tasmania #Tasmanian wildlife #ForestRaven

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

THE WILD… We were near Beatties Tarm, following the Mt Field East Track in Tasmania’s Mt Field National Park. This challenging alpine circuit reaches 1261m, it takes around 4-5 hours to walk 10.5km for a total ascent of 566m. #Tasmania #bushwalking #MtFieldTasmania #hiking

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

THAT SINKING FEELING… Taking on water along Lewisham foreshore trail in Tasmania. #boats #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM… The bandstand in City Park in Launceston, Tasmania, is a historic structure that has been a central feature of the park for over a century. Built in the late 19th century, the bandstand was designed as a performance space for bands. #launceston#Tasmania #photography

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Just another sunrise here on the Tasmanian coast. After a display of warm morning colour, it disappeared to replaced by the grey clouds we now have. A cloudy sky means no chance seeing an Aurora tonight, if there is one thanks to the solar geomagnetic storm. #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

ALONG THE TRAIL… Join us for Tasmania's annual Turning of the Fagus pilgrimage. READ THE STORY HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/.... #tasmania #mtfieldnationalpark #bushwalking #hiking #hikingadventures #camping #tyennariver #hobartandbeyond

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

THE WILD… They are out at this time of year, hanging on the branches of tough wiry shrubs, little dots of white that blend into the snowy terrain of the past couple days. They are another gift of edible nature to humanity. READ THE STORY HERE: Mountain snowberry medium.com/per.../mount....

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

HERE ON THE COAST… It’s the first day of winter here in Tasmania, 6.5°C and still, as and the sun rises into a sky wispy with a thin layer of cirrus. #sunrise #photography #sunrisephotography #winter #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

TODAY IN PHOTOGRAPHY… Pink, red and a touch of yellow. #photography #Tasmania #colours

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Tasmanian non-hybrid seeds ready for planting. The seeds of non-hybrid plants can be collected to be planted in the next growing season. They are also swapped between gardeners. Tasmania has several small scale non-hybrid vegetable and herb seed companies. #Gardening #Permaculture #Tasmania #seeds

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A woodworking demonstration at the recent sustainable living Tasmania festival. #Woodworking #Tasmania #Hobart

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Fishing boats cast reflections on the calm waters of Constitution Dock, Hobart, Tasmania. #Boats #Hobart #Tasmania #ConstitutionDock#Photography

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Wooden dinghies at the Wooden Boat Centre, Franklin, Tasmania, where boat building skills are still taught and practiced. The centre collects, restores and builds boats. Franklin is an old boat building town on the Hume River. #Tasmania #FranklinTasmania #WoodenBoatCentre #WoodenBoats

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM… An early brick building passes the decades beside the road in South Hobart, Tasmania. The old dwelling is typical of the design of the period. The roof is galvanised iron, extensively used because of its cheapness, versatility and long life. #Buildings #Hobart #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A wooden dinghy at the Wooden Boat Centre in the old boat building town of Franklin, on Tasmania’s Huon River. #Boats #WoodenBoats #WoodenBoatCentre #Tasmania #HumanRiverTasmania #FranklinTasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Built in 1917, the Nancy was a 10.7m ferry on the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania and is now at the Wooden Boat Centre. Constructed of huon pine, a timber indigenous to Tasmania’s West Coast, cool temperate rainforest. The timber was used for ship building because it does not rot in the water.

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

We are nearly halfway through the first month of autumn here in Tasmania, and every week the sun rises a little further to the north. #photography #Tasmania #Australia #sunrise

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

ON THE TRAIL… We chose a lunch spot with a view along the walking track that takes you out to Mt Connection and leads on to Collins Bonnet on southeast Tasmania’s Wellington Range. That’s Collins Bonnet in front of us. #Tasmania #mountains #bushwalking #hiking

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

THE WILD… Up high in the subalpine zone, above 1000 meters on the mountain called kunanyi-Mt Wellington, the main tree species is snow gum, Eucalyptus coccifera. Snow gum is a small to medium tree that’s well-adapted to the strong winds, cold and snow. #Tasmania #trees #forests

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

CELEBRATING ABUNDANCE… Pineapple tomatillo from the home garden. Resembling cape gooseberry—they are the same plant family—the fruit is used to make salsa and other foods. We put them on our morning muesli—add a dash of Greek yogurt. #vegetables #fruit #gardening #permaculture #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

CELEBRATING ABUNDANCE… Saving seed of barlotti beans to plant next season. Seed saving perpetuates the genetic line of non-hybrid seed. Sharing seed with other gardeners safeguards species against loss. Seed saving is DIY crop curation. #vegetables #gardening #permaculture #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

CELEBRATING ABUNDANCE… Gem squash from the home garden with mushroom and onion topped with grated parmesan cheese makes a tasty and cheap lunch. Home gardens save on food expenses and bring an element of self-reliance. #food #vegetables #gardening #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

HERE ON THE COAST… Like our friends who have started their new vegetable garden on Tasmania’s southeast coast, growing vegetables, herbs and fruit is popular on our island state. Beyond, the blue waters of the bay reflect the early autumn sky. #Tasmania #gardening #permaculture

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

HERE ON THE COAST… Quintessentially Australian, eucalyptus leaves and the sea. The Tasmanian southeast coast at Dodges Ferry. #tasmania #coasts #eucalyptus #trees #Australia

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Permaculture Tasmania is a community organisation in the state from where permaculture originated. #permaculture #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

HERE IN TASMANIA… Tunnel. #MONA # MuseumofOldandNewArt#Tasmania #Hobart #Photography

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

HERE IN TASMANIA… Friends gather around the firepit to share food and talk as a half moon rises above the trees. It’s early autumn here in Tasmania and we make the most of the mild evenings. Soon, winter will be upon us with its cold winds blasting in from the Southern Ocean. #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

HERE IN TASMANIA… Early autumn’s harvest. A walk through the garden this morning yielded green and pineapple tomatillo, Dutch Cream potatoes, birdseye chilli, jelepano chilli, butter beans, capsicum and baby Roma tomatoes. #Tasmania #Vegetables #Gardening#VegetableGardening #Permaculture

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

HERE ON THE COAST… The sky darkens. Rain approaches. Sweeping in from the southwest. Maybe it will miss us here. Seems the it is a little north of us. We live in hope, however. The sky darkens. #Tasmania #Clouds #Rain

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Vans parked at Binalong Bay at the Bay of Fires in northeastern Tasmania. Binalong Bay’s permanent population of just under 1000 grows substantially during the January holiday period. #vanlife #Tasmania #BinalongBay

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Granite boulders on the shoreline at Binalong Bay in the Bay of Fires, northeast Tasmania. #photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

VEG PORTRAITS… Squash. Family Cucurbitaceae, the cucurbits. This variety does well in the cool temperate maritime climate of southeast Tasmania. The centre of diversity, the place of origin of cucurbits is the Andes and Mesoamerica. #squash #vegetables #gardening #permaculture #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The Dutch Creams were abundant this summer and they tasted as creamy as their name. We have dug up only one plant and had so many potatoes we had to give some away. And there are more to come. #potatoes #vegetables #gardening #vegetablegardening #croprotation #permaculture #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The beach creates linear perspective leading the eye to the undulating hills on the horizon. A short walk from the campsite brings you onto Lagoons Beach, one of several free campsites along Tasmania’s East Coast. #photography #landscapephotography #Tasmania

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

PLANT NOTES: mizuna Mizuna is an Asian vegetable that brings diversity and bees into our gardens and feeds us at the same time. What is your experience with the plant so we can all learn from each other? READ HERE: medium.com/permaculture.... #mizuna #vegetables #permaculture

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Low tide exposes the bay’s sandflats on an overcast day. Dodges Ferry, Tasmania. #coasts #Tasmania #blackandwhitephotography

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

It’s time to harvest our spontaneous crop of wheat here on the southeast coast of Tasmania. How wheat seed was in the bale of oat straw we bought to mulch our vege garden is anyone’s guess. What to do? Thresh? Give it to the people next door to feed to their chooks? #gardening #vegetablegardening

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Harpist busking in the town of Richmond, Tasmania.

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LIFE AT 42°S - Russ Grayson @rg1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Diagonal lines. In photographic terms, diagonal lines are said to add strength to a composition. I suppose this might be because some people see them as suggesting movement. It was just the starkness of the image which attracted me. So I picked up my phone and made a picture.

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