Welcome to Tasmania (Palawa).

The latest leg of our journey: Tasmania (Aussie slang "Tassie", Aboriginal Palawa), Australia.

Australia is a notably relaxed place, with vast amounts of sparsely inhabited land. Tasmania feels even more relaxed. Things seem to move more slowly, time feels as if it is close to standing still. 

We've been here just a few days, and one of the places we have visited are the Alum Cliffs (Tulampanga), just a few minutes drive from our stay.

Alum Cliffs [360°]:
[Note: I swore I would never use camera sticks, aka "selfie sticks", however with 360° self-captured video, it has a practical use in distancing myself from the camerashot, thereby expanding the view of the environment.]

Tulampanga, or Alum Cliffs, was a place of particular social and spiritual significance to Aborigines because of the ochre to be found in that area of the Gog Range. Many tribes travelled to Tulampanga to obtain this highly prized material and for them this was a sacred celebration place. [source]

Only women were permitted to gather the ochre, which would then be used in community ceremony by everyone for ochre hairstyling and body painting as they dance into the night.

The large cliffs of Tulampanga are a nesting ground for the Australian peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus macropus), a totem animal for the Aboriginal people. It has lived in this region for thousands of years largely undisturbed, in contrast to the falcons seen in cities, which have adapted to perching on skyscrapers.