Laurence Skilton Photography

 The rivers that meet at Launceston, the North and South Esk and the Tamar, Tasmania The evening sun offers so many different moods to any river. And the setting sun on a full tide is not to be missed The river runs to the hear of the city of Launceston in Tasmania. Black swans in Australia are not something out of place, they cut a beautiful line on the water. Cycling the Esk path on an evening is a wonder of reflections when the tide is on the turn. and such colours as seen below amaze one The North and South Esk rivers that flow into the Tamar at Launceston are tidal in their lower reaches and as one goes up river it changes as seen here at St Leonards. The river is cleansed of its mud where the fresh water flows from the mountains.

 Paradise New Zealand A few years ago we I looked at an online map of the South Island New Zealand and saw a place marked Paradise, researching further I found a picture of a road sign on the road to Paradise which said 'Paradise no exit'. Well that caught my imagination and we decided we would have to see such a place.  Here in pictures I present Paradise, too get there you go to Glenorchy at the othere end of the lake from Queenstown on the South Island. You travel on a gravel road that crosses the River Jordan, merely a stream, then through a stand of trees called the gates of heaven and soon turn left up to the property called Paradise and on that property there is a large padlock called Eden.

 Launceston Tasmania at night As evening draws on so the lights emerge The Launceston seaport is at the inland extremity of the Tamar where the marina restaurants and cafes line the boardwalk. The silo converted to a hotel The bridge across the water is illuminated at night and in warmer weather is alive with people.  Light through thed trees in darkness on David Street The fountain in the Quadrant

  Holly bank Forest on the road to Lillydale in Tasmanian north  

 Foul Wind Point  on the west coast of New Zealand South Island       Early morning in autumn of 2014 this magical place on the West coast not far from Westport held us spellbound as the spray ascended like a shroud to bless the sky.