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Stanley is the last major township on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Located 22 km from Smithton, 127 km from Devonport and 231 km from Launceston, it is a classified historic town full of beautifully preserved buildings.

As you approach Stanley you see The Nut rising like a strange box above the bay. There is a plaque at the lookout on the southern side of Sawyer Bay. It reads: 'The Nut, discovered by Bass and Flinders in 1798, rises abruptly 143 m from the sea to a flattish top. The geological survey of Tasmania has confirmed that The Nut is the stump of an old volcano.

Stanley is the main fishing port on the north west coast of Tasmania. It was named after Lord Stanley, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies in the 1840s. The first European to see 'The Nut' was Matthew Flinders who in 1798 recorded that he had seen a 'cliffy round lump resembling a Christmas cake'.

I took this photo at the far right side of The Nut towards the bay, see the WS for that view..
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Stanley Tazmanya'nın kuzey-batı kıyısındaki son önemli yerleşim birimidir. Tarihi olarak sınıflandırılmış bu kasabada bütün özellikleriyle korunmuş birbirinden güzel binaları bulmak olasıdır. Stanley'e yaklaşırken buranın ününü veren 143m yüksekliğindeki kutu görünümlü The Nut, 'fıstık'ı görürsünüz, volkanik bir patlamanın sonucu oluşan bu tepeden çok geniş bir bölgeyi izlemek mümkün oluyor, bu fotoğrafı da tepenin en sağındaki yükseltinin olduğu noktadan çekmiştim.. 'Fıstık'ın nasıl bir yer olduğunu görmek için de WorkShop'a bakmanız yeterli..

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