This basket was a gift for our very dear friend, Pier Luigi, who lives in Italy. Unfortunately I was unable to get a photograph of the completed basket before it was presented to him. I shall just have to go to Italy to take one!
Basket Evolution
started 27 December 2015 on a walk to Cape Raoul on the Tasman Peninsula;
completed at home at the end of April 2016.
Passport Stamps
In the course of its construction, this basket has been to:
Cape Raoul, Tasman Peninsula
Schnells Ridge, South West Tasmania
South Picton Range, South West Tasmania
Clemes Tarn, Mt Field National Park
Mt Sprent, South West Tasmania
Mt Montague, Wellington Range (Tasmania)
Lake Skinner, Snowy Range (Tasmania)
Trieste, where it now resides, via Helsinki
Biography
Walking to Cape Raoul, Tasman Peninsula
Wires ready!
Looking back toward the Huon and Serpentine impoundments (Fake Pedder) on a walk to Schnell’s Ridge in Tasmania’s south west.
View across to the Mt Anne massif on our walk to Schnell’s Ridge.
Resting on the way to Schnell’s Ridge.
The Mt Anne massif and Lake Judd in the distance.
Lunchtime weaving at Schnell’s Ridge.
View south towards the Western Arthurs from Schnell’s Ridge.
GK in the distance.
Walking back from Schnell’s Ridge, looking toward Lake Judd
Alpine plants on the South Pictons
Mt Chapman in the South Picton Range.
Walking to Cleme’s Tarn in Mt Field National Park. Looking toward The Watcher from K Col.
Lunchtime view at Cleme’s Tarn, looking past Florentine Peak (note the pretty lichens).
Late afternoon on a walk up Mt Sprent in south-west Tasmania. Mt Field West in the distance.
View from Mt Montague in the Wellington Range. Looking down the valley of Mountain River towards the Huon River.
Mountain River settlement from the summit of Mt Montague.
Deciduous beech (Nothofagus gunnii) at Lake Skinner.
The plateau above Lake Skinner looking towards Snowy South.
Lichen-encrusted dolerite boulders on the Snowy South plateau (above Lake Skinner).
Alpine tarn on the Snowy Range.
The plateau above Lake Skinner, looking towards Mt Wellington.
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