Wayside Sketches in Tasmania

A series of travel sketches recounting journeys through northeastern Tasmania, blending vivid descriptions of coastal bays, river valleys, and mountain scenery with geological and natural-history observations. The narrator records roads, inns, and small towns—from the Corners and Stoney Steps to Avoca and Fingal—while describing the South Esk and its trout, Ben Lomond’s rugged profile, gold-bearing gravels and tin outcrops, ruined homesteads, and sites associated with bushrangers. Local pastoral life and mining enterprise receive attention, and sketches of flora, fauna, and topography punctuate practical notes on travel, settlement, and the everyday characters met along the routes.