Stacks Bluff in smoke haze
The bales of hay in the foreground point to a bumper season. It has been unusually dry this summer in northeastern Tasmania. Unfortunately that's why there is a smoke haze over the mountains. A bushfire further north at Lebrina/Pipers Brook (right near the wineries, which caused some concern for the quality of this year's vintage), meant that the whole Fingal Valley was covered in a smoke haze. Tragically, a helicopter pilot who was fighting the fires, lost his life when his aircraft crashed on a mission.
In this drive-by shot, taken from the window of our car, we can see the prominence of Stacks Bluff at the very southern end of the Ben Lomond plateau.
Stacks Bluff in smoke haze
The bales of hay in the foreground point to a bumper season. It has been unusually dry this summer in northeastern Tasmania. Unfortunately that's why there is a smoke haze over the mountains. A bushfire further north at Lebrina/Pipers Brook (right near the wineries, which caused some concern for the quality of this year's vintage), meant that the whole Fingal Valley was covered in a smoke haze. Tragically, a helicopter pilot who was fighting the fires, lost his life when his aircraft crashed on a mission.
In this drive-by shot, taken from the window of our car, we can see the prominence of Stacks Bluff at the very southern end of the Ben Lomond plateau.