Flinders Island is the largest of 52 Islands that comprise the Furneaux Island group. Situated in Bass strait between Wilsons Promontory in Victoria and the north coast of Tasmania, these islands are the remnants of a land bridge that once connected the Australian continent with what we know today as Tasmania.
Lady Barron
Only two of the Furneaux Islands are permanently inhabited and at last count the population numbered just a few hundred people. After appropriate counselling by a couple of locals at the tavern last evening we were well prepared for a quiet Sunday morning, Flinders Island style.
Sunday morning at the general store
A short walk found all the action going down at the Lady Baron general store with people dropping by to pick up supplies while others simply lounged outside, chatting or drinking not a bad coffee served up by the solitary store operator. Introductions were superfluous as the Bazflyers had already been identified in advance as the folk from the airplane parked overnight on the airstrip...!
View from the old man's shrine
We sought directions up to the adjacent hill top from a kindly older gentleman with an ageing dog. He was clearly familiar with the way and said he goes up every day and sits there with his dog.
Forever loved and remembered
We came across his shrine and the epitaph written to his wife. "Kerryn Hatfield 8/5/1958 - 27/10/2011 aged 53 years married on this spot 1/1/2002 forever loved and remembered".
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