Devonport Dockyard arrivals & departures
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While waiting to get the ferry from Devonport to Auckland, this is the view from the ferry station. I was lucky to get there on a clear night
The "Spirit of Tasmania I" sits in port as the passengers disembark. This day sail left Melbourne some 10 hours earlier. The Spirits of Tasmania are roll-on roll-off ferries. Most passengers have brought their own vehicle, and quite a lot of freight is on board as well.
There are 11 decks in total if we count the helicopter deck on top that is used in case of emergency. The lower decks 1-6 are all vehicle decks.
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An adventure across the harbour by ferry to the romantic suburb of Devonport revealed some wonderful sights. This cottage was one of them. Perched half way up Mt Victoria, with wonderful views of Auckland harbour, was one of the highlights of my day.
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The centre is based in the historic Signalman's House on the slopes of Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland.
Sorry last one for tonight !!. A parting shot from the deck of the ferry Spirit of Tasmania I as the fog clears over Devonport. The ship passes through the narrow estuary of the Mersey and then out into Bass Strait for the 10 hour journey across to Melbourne. The ship provides a great viewing point.
Photo By Steve Bromley.
Reworked an old image using new processing knowledge. Devonport Leat in the mist.
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Since the middle of the 19th century the River Tamar has been the border between Cornwall and Devon. On the left is the small and historic village of Cremyll in Cornwall, while on the opposite bank is Plymouth, in Devon. The small passenger ferry runs between the two. Both have a tradition of shipbuilding, and Cremyll still has a small boat repair yard. Many of Britain's naval warships pass this point as they head for their home port of Devonport, out of frame to the right. This shot was taken from Devil's Point, on the Plymouth side of the river.
After the climb to the summit of Mt Victoria, the views of Devonport were very rewarding.
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These silos are used to load cement onto ships. The cement itself is delivered via freight trains that arrive on the tracks shown in this photograph: www.flickr.com/photos/luminosity7/49486314746/in/album-72...
Mt Lyell No 3 departs Coles Beach heading for Don as part of the Don River Railway's 50th Birthday weekend.
Mt Lyell No 3 was visiting from the West Coast Wilderness Railway based on the West Coast of Tasmania in Queenstown.
Saturday 15th February 2025
Originally constructed in the 1790s to bring fresh drinking water from Dartmoor to the expanding Napoleonic naval base at Devonport. At Raddick Hill, it cascades through a sluice and onward over an aqueduct towards Buarrator Reservoir.
one of the more unusual features of Dartmoor are it's leats - man-made water channels that snake across the moorlands.
The leats were designed to carry water, by means of gravity, from its point of extraction high on the moors via a natural water course to its destination. Once there, the water would be used for a whole host industrial, agricultural and domestic purposes. The art of the leat builders was a skilled job as they had to ensure the flow of water was not too fast so as to flood and not to slow as to stagnate. This was achieved by ensuring the leat followed the natural contours of the landscape which in effect reduced the force of gravity enough to allow for a gentle and manageable flow of water.
Today on Dartmoor there are eight leats which still have water flowing along them, this shot is part of the Devonport Leat. It was originally built in the 1790s to carry fresh drinking water all the way to Plymouth Dock, a total distance of 28 miles
Diesel-hydraulic locomotive 1002 pushes back into the loop road at Coles Beach to cross a train from Don as part of the Don River Railway's 50th Birthday weekend.
Locomotive 1002 is one of four part of the 10 class built for the Emu Bay Railway by Walkers Ltd, Queensland during 1963. Today 1002 is the only one left in Tasmania, with 1001 in Victoria with the Walhalla Goldfields Railway and 1003 and 1004 in New South Wales with the Zig Zag Railway.
Saturday 15th February 2025
The Spirit of Tasmania II sits beside its terminal at Devonport. The early morning arrival in summer means a quick turnaround as it will return to Geelong on a day sail in a few hours.
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English Electric locomotive Y6 sits in the loop road at Coles Beach to cross a train from Don as part of the Don River Railway's 50th Birthday weekend.
Friday 14th February 2025
Devonport Leat fed by five Dartmoor rivers: the West Dart, the Cowsic, the Hart Tor Brook, the River Meavy and the Blackabrook, designed to carry water all the way to Plymouth Dock, a total distance of 27 miles (43 km), but has since been shortened and the operational part of the leat now stops near the Burrator Reservoir dam. Some of the water goes through underground pipes to the water treatment works at Dousland; the rest goes into the Burrator Reservoir which provides most of the water supply of Plymouth.
I have looked at old maps and am confident that this was taken from Mount Pleasant. Nowadays it seems to be called Blockhouse Park. The year I took the photo was 1968. Miranda SLR, 50mm lens.