Tasmania 2013

Visit to Tasmania for the fourth meeting of the lead authors of the IPCC WG1 AR5, and the CLIVAR WGOMD workshop on sea-level rise and ice-sheets.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2013.

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Conclusion of the SPM meeting, Saturday 19th January
f002-0278a Kanikicharla Krishna Kumar and Drew Shindell f002-0290a Nathan Bindoff
f002-0291 David Vaughan f002-0292 Valérie Masson-Delmotte
f002-0293a Pauline Midgley and Melinda Tignor f002-0294 Kasper Plattner, Monika Rhein and Dennis Hartmann
f002-0295a Jerry Meehl, Drew Shindell and Reto Knutti f002-0314 Dennis Hartmann and Reto Knutti
f002-0297 Qin Dahe and Valérie Masson-Delmotte f002-0298 Alex Nauels, Simon Allen and Pauline Midgley
f002-0300a David Wratt and Nathan Bindoff f002-0301a Kanikicharla Krishna Kumar
f002-0305a Dennis Hartmann f002-0307a Jean Jouzel
f002-0308a Kasper Plattner and Simon Allen f002-0309 Jean Jouzel and Thomas Stocker
f002-0316 Thomas Stocker and Jerry Meehl
f002-0311 f002-0312a The Technical Support Unit and the Developed Country Co-chair
Views of Hobart and its surrouding from the Wrest Point, the venue for the IPCC meeting
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Around Hobart harbour
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f002-0495 Monument to Tasman f002-0506a Tasmanian Museum
Salamanca Square viewed from John and Majnun's flat
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Hobart city centre
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Visit to Port Arthur, Sunday 20th January
Organised by John Hunter.
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f002-0329 f002-0332 f002-0333 Tessellated Pavement
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f002-0341 f002-0343 Tasman's Arch and nearby coastline
f002-0357 Prison buildings at Port Arthur f002-0356 The Governor's house
f002-0354 f002-0345 f002-0346 f002-0349 The Isle of the Dead and its famous tidal benchmark
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f002-0358 f002-0359 f002-0360 Coastline near Remarkable Cave
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Mt Field Park, Australia Day, Saturday 26th January
With Steve.
f002-0370 f002-0371 f002-0373 f002-0374 Tarn Shelf track
f002-0377 f002-0379 Climbing up to The Watcher
f002-0380 f002-0382 f002-0384 Views of Mt Field West from the K Col track
f002-0385 Lakes Belcher (nearer) and Belton seen from K Col f002-0386 f002-0387 K Col
f002-0389 f002-0392 Lake Seal f002-0394 Typical woodland view from Lake Dobson
Mt Amos (454 m), on the Freycinet Peninsula, Sunday 27th January
With Steve.
f002-0397 f002-0399 f002-0400 Mt Amos and views of Coles Bay
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f002-0409 Near the summit of Mt Amos f002-0406 Wineglass Bay on the L, Hazards Beach on the R
f002-0407 Cape Forestier f002-0413 Sunset over Coles Bay
Mt Graham (579 m), on the Freycinet Peninsula, Monday 28th January
With Steve.
f002-0414 f002-0417 Wineglass Bay beach
f002-0416 f002-0418 The Hazards seen from Wineglass Bay
f002-0419 f002-0421 Ascending Mt Graham
f002-0422 f002-0424 Views from Mt Graham, Hazards Beach on the L, Wineglass Bay and the Hazards on the R
f002-0426 In the forest S of Mt Graham f002-0427 f002-0428 Cooks Beach
f002-0429 Hazards Beach, with Mt Graham and Mt Freycinet behind f002-0430 View to sea from Hazards Beach track
Steve's back garden at Strickland Avenue
f002-0443 Looking down the garden towards Hobart rivulet f002-0441 f002-0490 Mt Wellington
f002-0446 Smoke coming over the mountain from a bushfire at Molesworth, five miles away
Lunch at Zum Cafe, Saturday 9th February
f002-0449 John and Majnun f002-0452 Rohan, their son
f002-0448 Alex, Rohan's partner, and John Gould f002-0451 Hilary Gould
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Mt Anne, Sunday 10th February
With Steve. On the way up the visibility was poor and the weather unpleasant, so the views are all from the descent.
f002-0461 Mt Anne seen from Mt Eliza f002-0459 f002-0460 On Mt Eliza
f002-0457 Lake Pedder f002-0462 Ridge descending Mt Eliza to the hut
f002-0464 Mt Anne seen from the lower slopes f002-0463 Nearly back at the campsite
Views from Edgar Dam
f002-0466 Shore of Edgar Pond f002-0467 f002-0469 Western Arthurs
f002-0465 f002-0470 Mt Anne
Mt Hesperus (1098 m), Monday 11th February
With Steve.
f002-0472 f002-0473 f002-0475 f002-0476 Forest views on MacKay's track from Scott's Peak Dam on Lake Pedder to the Port Davey track
f002-0477 Mt Hayes and Mt Hesperus f002-0478 Fording a river just before the junction with Port Davey track
f002-0479 Mt Hesperus and the Alpha Moraine etc-scroggin Eating scroggin on the summit of Mt Hesperus
f002-0481 View SE along the Western Arthurs ridge from Mt Hesperus, Lake Pluto on the L (half in the picture), Lake Neptune, Lake Triton f002-0483 Lake Fortuna
f002-0484 Descending Mt Hesperus
f002-0485 f002-0486 View back across the forest to Lake Pedder
f002-0487 Mt Anne and Mt Eliza
Hartz Mountain Peak, Sunday 17th February
With Steve, Nathan Bindoff and his son Leo.
f002-0497 f002-0498 On the way up
f002-0500 f002-0502 Views from the summit
f002-0503 f002-0504 Ladies' Tarn
Sydney, Saturday 23rd February
A day of strong wind and continual heavy showers.
f002-0515 f002-0516 Sydney downtown, Opera House and Harbour Bridge seen from the Botanical Gardens
f002-0519 View from Circular Quay, with the Cunard liner Queen Victoria
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Coogee Bay, Sydney, Sunday 24th February
The wind was still strong. The orange sign says "Beach closed - dangerous conditions".
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