Bruny Island
Bruny Iceland is an island south-east of Tasmania, Australia, and is separated from the main island by the D' Entrecasteaux Channel. Both the channel and the island is named after the French explorer Joseph Bruny d' Entrecasteaux. 1918, the spelling " Bruni " has been changed to " Bruny ".
Geography
Bruny Iceland consists of two islands, North and South Bruny, which referred only by a tombolo, as are " The Neck ," connected. The island has an area of 362 km ². The highest point is Mt Mangana with 571 m. The island has about 600 people - representing 1.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the tourist season, however, be added up to 10,000 tourists.
The southernmost part of the island is occupied by the South Bruny National Park. Have done particularly well known Bruny Iceland living there albino wallabies, who due to lack of enemies proliferated on parts of the island. The island is covered with willows and large areas of eucalyptus dry forest, which also serve the timber industry outside the national park. The Tasman Sea facing side of the island has two long sandy beaches, Adventure Bay and Cloudy Bay. The rest of the coastline is more rugged with Doleritfelsen of up to 200 meters above sea level, with the highest sea cliffs in Australia. The mainland -facing side is largely protected from the influences of ocean-going and popular with anglers and sailors.
The island can only be reached via a car ferry from Kettering, which is operated by the Tasmanian State since 1954. Currently, for the ship Mirambeena is used, which is driven by a Voith-Schneider propeller. The ferry goes from the ferry terminal Kettering and ends after about two nautical miles in Maurice Dillon terminal, close to Roberts Point on Bruny Iceland.
History
The island was first inhabited by Tasmanians, which they called Alonnah Lunawanna, a name which, survives in two place names on the island, and Alonnah Lunawanna. Along with Adventure Bay are the main places of the South Island.
Already in November 1642 Abel Tasman tried to land on the island. Both Tobias Furneaux went here in 1773 on land and gave the Adventure Bay its name, as well as James Cook in 1777. Latter carved his initials into a tree here, which was destroyed in 1905 during a bushfire. William Bligh also anchored here four times, including the end of August 1788 the Bounty, just before the famous mutiny. But only Bruni d' Entrecasteaux in 1792 had claimed that it was its own island and not a part of Tasmania. Nicolas Baudin used Barnes Bay as a base for his exploration of the D' Entrecasteaux Channel and Südtasmaniens in 1802.
Important testimony from the seafaring history of the island is the lighthouse at Cape Bruny, which was built in 1838 by convicts. He was the longest -operated lighthouse in Australia and is now a cultural monument of the management of the South Bruny National Park is under.
Politically, the island is now, together with the nearby town of Kettering in Tasmania for Kingborough Council. From Kettering you can reach by ferry in 15 minutes after Roberts Point in the north of Bruny Iceland. Only the main road of the island is paved.
Economy
The main industry is tourism today. The island has both numerous summer visitors as well as weekend homes of citizens of Hobart. The beaches and waters of the island are popular for swimming, surfing and sailing. The d' Entrecasteaux Channel offers a shielded from the Pacific Ocean sea area and Bruny even excellent anchorages among other things, in Barnes Bay, Simmonds Bay, Missionary Bay and Little Taylors Bay.
In Bruny Iceland there is the southernmost Pub Australia with a fully licensed for alcohol .. Also, is there the southern Australian wine growing region ( Bruny Iceland Premium Wines ) in Lunawanna.
Pictures
Mictyris / "Soldier crabs" on the beach
Beach on the east side of the island on the D' Entrecasteaux Channel