Lake Mackenzie is yet another hydro lake in Tasmania with a reputation as a trout fishing location.  We'll put it down to the wrong time of day that now fish were caught or even seen.

The Lake with it's level well down provided plenty of Photographic opportunities for me while Nathan tried to offer the trout a range of his flies.

There was plenty to photograph but the long dead trees that are very often submerged beneath the lake were the most eye catching.

My husband and I went for a wander around the Tasmanian Arboretum this morning, at the far end of the arboretum there is a New Zealand Section.

For those of you that I don't know personally, I'm a Kiwi by birth though after nearly 14 years in Australia I became a citizen in 2011, but that doesn't stop me being a Kiwi and once in a while it's nice to indulge that part of me.

NZ (in the arboretum that is) is looking a little unloved at the moment, it got hit pretty badly by the floods we had here in January and the current crop of volunteers don't seem particularly inspired by the trees of Aotearoa, may be one day I'll have some time and energy to spend there.

But still it's nice to explore a little pocket on new Zealand here in the North west of Tassie, Nathan spent more time examining the river than the plants and needed an ice-cream for being such a good helper - carrying my camera bag the whole time.

1.  I don't care if my beanie looks dopey, it keeps my head warm and hair out of my eyes in the wind, this being particularly handy when taking photos.

2. Very happy with my 2nd hand 70 - 200 mm L series lens, it's not in perfect condition, it has a couple of scratches here and there but shoots nicely, considering the outlay even for 2nd hand I'm very relieved.

I went for a wonder around the tasmanian arboretum this morning to give the new lens a work out, the beanie was just about my most important piece of kit with the blustery winter winds we've got here in Tasmania at the moment.