W/NW Ruins...Derelicts...Abandonments

The 'Airstrip House' | Cradle Mountain, Tasmania

F2, Nikkor 28/f2.8 Ais and HP5+

This was one of the early residences in Cradle Valley, likely built by the Ellis brothers mid-Century. Apparently it was moved to its current location to make way for the Cradle Mountain Airport, which has since become the Visitors Centre carpark...

As far as I know it's never been used since moving to it's current home. There are regen eucalypts growing through the verandah...

 
At an abandoned prison. Nikon D750, Nikkor 50mm/f1.8 AIS

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Great shot! In normal times I would be planning a road trip to Maine with my 5x7 just to shoot this.

It is a lovely shot, and a record of things now gone. The wrecks rotted to a point at which they became a public hazard, and they were removed quite a few years ago. The schooners were made in the 1920s and were obsolete almost immediately. The Hesper and the Luther Little. And the town is Wiscasset.
 
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