News from Parnella Accommodation and our backyard!
Love it or hate it, the Bruny Island ferry is our link to civilisation … and by civilisation I don’t necessarily mean the mainland! Waiting for the 7:30 this morning … made me once again pinch myself as it’s sometimes so hard to believe how beautiful home is!
Ray Martin discovers Bruny Island in this promotional “documentary”. Even though it is an advertorial for Fuji cameras, the video is beautifully shot and has some really nice interviews with a few of the locals. If Ray thinks Bruny Island is the unpolished gem of Australia it’s time you came and discovered Bruny for yourself.
This little wallaby is a regular visitor in the garden at our holiday cottage in Adventure Bay on Bruny Island. Along with her other furry friends, they turn up first thing in the morning for whatever hand-outs may be on offer. The Bennett’s Wallaby is really common in Tasmania but the white ones are restricted…
Getting up early to get to Parnella Adventure Bay, our cottage on Bruny Island, is always a bit of a challenge. But on most mornings the d’Entrecasteaux Channel presents an absolutely mesmerising backdrop for the voyage. This morning was especially beautiful … calm and cool. Makes you wish the voyage lasted a lot longer than…
Pic from the Tasmania – Go Behind the Scenery web site The TV series “Rosehaven” has been a popular hit. It was actually filmed in the southern region of Tasmania and is centered around an actual town called Geeveston. The following article from the web site “Tasmania – Go Behind the Scenery” gives some glimpses…
Late yesterday afternoon we shot this quick view over Adventure Bay from Parnella. Even on a cloudy day the view is awesome.
Located in the beautiful Channel country south of Hobart, Parnella Kettering offers country house accommodation in the form of a one bed studio cottage and a two bedroom garden apartment. Both of our apartments are very private and superbly appointed with everything you need for your stay. Our location is very convenient, being only a…
Surf’s up … … a heavy swell was running on Bruny’s east coast this afternoon, with some spectacular surf pounding the cliffline along Adventure Bay. We caught a slightly more gentle version on video at Two Tree Point.
The weather forecast for today was a bit bleak but the morning has been lovely and sunny. The strange thing about the Channel region is that we often miss the rain predicted for Hobart and surrounding districts. We have had many conversations with friends who live in Hobart and are enclosed in one of the…
Bruny Island Science Fun Day – for all ages – Sunday 16 October 2016.
