The Naked Farmer - Part 7

Tasmania

We continue our series of photos by Australia's Naked Farmer, Ben Brooksby, who posts photos of naked Australian farmers to get attention for his mission to promote mental health.  Today the photos are from the Australian state of Tasmania.  Above is a photo of farmer Gary.

Americans probably associate Tasmania with the Tasmanian Devil character in Warner Brothers cartoons.  In real life, Tasmania is Australia's smallest and southernmost state, with a cool temperate climate compared to the rest of Australia.  Above, King Island, Tasmania.

Tasmania has a very diverse landscape.  42 percent of it is in protected reserves, and eco-tourism is a major industry.    Above, king of the cows on King Island, Tasmania.

Agriculture is another major industry.  Tasmania is a net agricultural exporter.  This cornfield is in Gunn's Plains, Tasmania.

All kinds of crops are grown.  This is a berry farm.

This wasn't identified, but it looks to me like a vineyard, with grape vines starting to get trained onto the wires.

This is Alan training a horse in Penguin, Tasmania.

And of course, there are sheep.  These guys are shearing sheep in Conara, Tasmania.

Plastic-wrapped bales of hay in Gunn's Plains, Tasmania provide a nice view for these guys – and for us.  I think these may be the same two guys we saw in the cornfield earlier.

We end with an irrigator in Forest, Tasmania and six guys: Mark, Tyson, Lachlan, Scott, Isaac, and Matthew.  Now when I say jump, jump!

More Naked Farmer photos to come.