Monday, 16 February 2015

The Hazards with 11 Armed Seastar

The Hazards are the range of coastal hills the form one edge of Coles Bay in Tasmania.  They were named after an American sealer who worked the area.  The Hazards form the spine of the Freycinet Peninsula and ether is a great walk up the flat topped hill on the middle - Mt. Amos.  Picture of that will appear soon.

They are, to say the least, scenic!



Despite its rather exotic look, the seastar in the foreground is a native species.  On the day we went for a walk along this beach we found three or four of these strange animals.  They seemed healthy enough, with many waving tube feet.  Interestingly, they were be studiously avoided by the local gulls - maybe they taste bad!

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30 comments:

  1. holdingmoments16 February 2015 at 20:35

    Love that first shot Stewart.

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  2. eileeninmd16 February 2015 at 22:23

    Beautiful scene and I love the seastar! Great photos, have a happy week!

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  3. diane b16 February 2015 at 22:25

    Great shots low angle with sea star in foreground. You hiked up the mountain?? Must be younger then me.

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  4. Bas.16 February 2015 at 23:10

    prachtig.

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  5. Author R. Mac Wheeler17 February 2015 at 00:14

    cool creatures. They can lose a lot of tentacles and keep going.

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  6. thewovenspoke17 February 2015 at 01:15

    Great photo of the sun star, I saw one similar last summer.

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  7. Revrunner17 February 2015 at 01:24

    Or maybe they just don't like all those wriggling feet. Yuck!

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  8. Andrea @ From The Sol17 February 2015 at 01:39

    My goodness, Tasmania here I come. This looks like a great place ... and why is it that the beaches are so barren. Where are all the people? Your little blue crabs and Sea stars are amazing ... maybe the sea star has a sting to it ... care to find out? Our National Geographic (Nat Geo, now that everything has to be abbreviated) just had a two night series on Animals of Australia. It was quite amazing and I felt pretty good because I saw many things that I was already familiar with ... thanks to you :) Australia is at the top of my Bucket List, but I will be going to Thailand first for my son is married to a young lady from there (as of last Saturday) and they are going back to have a Thai Wedding with her family next year. My friend and I discussed going to Australia on the same trip until we started seeing the flashing dollar signs in our head. But, it is the next adventure for sure :)Great posts, Stewart ... you are the best!

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  9. OceanoAzul.Sonhos17 February 2015 at 01:42

    Beautiful...!

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  10. Mary Hone17 February 2015 at 01:47

    Oh wow, love those!

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  11. TexWisGirl17 February 2015 at 02:09

    pretty cool!

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  12. Optimistic Existentialist17 February 2015 at 02:13

    I'm curious why the locals avoided them!?

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  13. Anonymous17 February 2015 at 02:19

    Wow - simple yet gorgeous shots.

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  14. Irma17 February 2015 at 02:33

    Hi Stewart,
    What a wonderful images of this starfish.
    It is a huge starfish, so large they are not here.
    Best regards, Irma

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  15. Sylvia K17 February 2015 at 03:06

    Terrific images indeed, Stewart, as always!! I've never seen one of these, but then they may not even live in this area! Really interesting, I'm going to see what I can find out some more about them!! Have a great week!!

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  16. Breathtaking17 February 2015 at 03:31

    Great shots of seastar in the foreground, and the long stretch of sand to the Hazard hills.

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  17. Margaret Birding For Pleasure17 February 2015 at 03:35

    Peaceful and stuunnning

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  18. John @ Beans and I on the Loose17 February 2015 at 03:36

    I'm impressed with how clean the beach is - no driftwood, rubbish, plastics or even seashells.

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  19. This N That17 February 2015 at 03:50

    Pretty beach..Maybe the Seastars have stingers or something in those tubes??? :)

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  20. EG CameraGirl17 February 2015 at 08:07

    The scene is indeed beautiful, Stewart. The sea stars do look very exotic!

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  21. carol l mckenna17 February 2015 at 09:58

    Absolutely beautiful place and wonderful photography ~ love starfish!

    Happy Week to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  22. maryaustria17 February 2015 at 10:03

    Beautiful scenery! The seastar is impressive!

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  23. Linda W.17 February 2015 at 12:03

    I've never seen a seastar with so many legs!

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  24. Jarek17 February 2015 at 17:13

    What a wonderful images of this starfish. Love those!

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  25. Pieni Lintu17 February 2015 at 20:45

    So cool!! We don't have anything like that in Finland! :D

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  26. NatureFootstep18 February 2015 at 01:06

    It´s a beautiful place and very good images. Wish I had been there too. :)

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  27. A Colorful World19 February 2015 at 03:00

    One always thinks of seastars as having six legs. These are very interesting! Love the exotic look of the scenery too.

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  28. Bethany Carson21 February 2015 at 13:22

    Love the view!

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  29. Fun6025 February 2015 at 23:25

    Wow what stunning scenery.

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  30. amanda1 March 2015 at 11:33

    After multiple family circumstances have kept me away from blog reading for a week or more, I'm being introduced to all kinds of wonderful things today during my catch up!
    11 Armed Seastar... fantastic! Its background surroundings are not shabby either!!

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