An #Aboriginal #Tasmanian hunting party came near a settlement as #RisdonCove on #ThisDayInHistory in 1804, and despite showing no threat, not even carrying spears, the #British soldiers opened fire with grapeshot cannon (anti-personnel fire), killing a large (uncounted) number.

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Bright, bubbly and dangerously drinkable.

#gin #brightnightgin #cocktails #drink #australian #tasmanian

Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about mainland Tasmanian tigers

Newly documented rock art in Arnhem Land has raised questions about how long Tasmanian tigers lived on the mainland before they were wiped out.

Another taken through the kitchen window - our #Tasmanian Black Currawongs appear to be sorting out who has first rights to the #bird bath (with the winner giving the loser an impressive death stare).
#WildOz #Nature #Birding #Wildlife
Getting a nice list of #Tasmanian made games up on the @[email protected] website! This is only the beginning of the list! 😍 tasgamemakers.com/tasmanian-ga...

Tasmanian Games
Tasmanian Games

Tasmanian games, and games with Tasmanian developers involved.

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Tuesday 24th February’s 1st Quarter #Moon (in a clear #Tasmanian sky but on a bit of a shaky tripod).
#Photography #Astronomy #SoTas #Nikon
The neighbourhood Grey #goshawk has been coming & going these past weeks, spending an hour in one of our Eucalypts, before deciding a wattle might suit better. Alas, no feed here on this day - he’s recently taken all 8 of this years #Tasmanian native hen chicks! #birds #birdwatching #WildOz

@TheDinosaurDave
not knowing anything about paleonotology in Tasmania, today I just read the wikipedia page for the Knocklofty Formation , nearly empty aside from a list of temnospondyl (stem-?)amphibians and fishes, and I learned @alcootatooter described one of the temnospondyls, Rotaurisaurus. And it's an Induan formation, that seems quite unusual, to have a fossiliferous formation from the Induan?

#fossils
#temnospondyls
#tasmanian

Taken through the dirty window: A couple of Tasmanian Native hens, one of the #Tasmanian endemic birds, wandering past the kitchen and grabbing a bite to eat as they go. #WildOz #birds #birding 🪶

They know the drill!

Still putting out wallaby pellets, until we get better grass growth. Up to 24 #Tasmanian pademelons turn up each evening, and these small, distance-separated piles reduce the competition & allow even the old & frail to get a bite to eat. #WildOz #Marsupials