Well, we didn’t expect this.
It appears that some readers have recognised Edith’s name in the Faeries of Tasmania book. This has pleased Lady Plummage, as now she may have new information to the life of Edith in Hobart.
Edith is a mystery and any further help to her life or the Frears chocolate brand, would be much appreciated.
Most of the images on this website have been taken by Neil, our local photographer, with exceptions to the odd one from Lady Plummage.
Neil loves wandering through bracken, discovering new areas and new angles. Although as beautiful as they are, we have noticed with his bag full of impressive lenses, they seem mostly to be macro.
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‘I do like to get up and close to the subject. You never know what could be hiding behind a leaf, rock or fungi.’ Neil
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Neil spends most of his time trekking around Tasmania, finding amazing locations where others would not dare venture. From icy mountain caps, to small rocky islands off the southern coast, he loves it all.
Neil, even though hasn’t personally seen a clear sighting of a faery, keeps an open mind about them. He’s seen the odd strange shape lurking in the shrubs or a blur of something flying past, which he can’t explain. During his downtime, he quite likes collecting coins and often visits garage sales trying to find that elusive coin or vintage camera. He also loves a good meringue from Daci & Daci, Hobart. He’s been part of Lady Plummage’s team since 2019.
Lady Plummage has a certain casual style to her photos. Some would say, candid.
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‘Although, some people I have met do need a helping hand with lights and fudgery, I like to keep my images raw and natural, reflecting this unique wilderness.’ Lady Plummage
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Originally, Lady Plummage used a Polaroid J33 Land camera, but then moved onto a camera phone, which she only uses for taking photos. Lady Plummage regards her privacy sacred and will visit people if she needs to talk to them.
As Lady Plummage is very busy, we’ve taken every step to make things swift and easy for her to carry out her research.
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‘I’m only 3 clicks away from taking a photo. Anymore than 3 clicks is simply wasteful and very demanding.’Lady Plummage
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Neil, our photographer has put together a beautiful video showing the flight of a faery. From the grounds of the lush forests that are carved with trickling streams to islands off the north coast. We travel over varied landscapes accompanied with the signature Faeries of Tasmania melody. We hope you enjoy it.
Lady Plummage holds Cradle Mountain close to her heart. The majestic mountains open up to reveal beautiful lakes dotted with a variety of plants and animals. These include Wombats, pademelons and echidnas. Also, the Nutmeg, Whiskered and Mauve Chested Faery.
This is where Lady Plummage had her first encounter and where her mission began to collect other sightings that may have happened in Tasmania. She still visits the place from time to time, although as the tourists grow in numbers, the encounters of faeries are becoming fewer.
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‘It’s a balancing act really. Much like eating the right amount of cake to not broaden ones physique. A case of finding that sweet spot where we can have both, without upsetting the other.’ Lady Plummage
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Lady Plummage is very proud to announce that the book is now available.
You can read more about the details here.
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‘It’s a stunning book!.’ Lady Plummage
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Lady Plummage introduces you to her world and her collection of a certain chocolate brand in Tasmania, Australia. Then, a few selected eye witness accounts of faeries fill out the rest of the book.
Lady Plummage is extremely annoyed. It appears that a faery, or so she has been convinced, has swapped the capital ‘W’ with a lower case ‘w’ in Terry Whidborne’s name, which appears on the spine of the wrap. Lucky for us, Terry finds this all very amusing and doesn’t expect anything less from the cheeky Tasmanian faeries.
Can you find the faery or the upper case ‘W’?
We do hope they stay well clear of book 2. But who knows what they’ll do.
So wonderful to see this cheeky illustration come to life.
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‘There is more life to what you see is old. How you treat it will decide how much is given back.’ Lady Plummage
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Lady Plummage has been wanting to make walnut ink for some time. With knotted and gnarled walnut trees in her garden, Lady Plummage has been collecting the black, shrivelled skins, most are void of nuts due to the amount of plump possums in the area. She then prepares the walnut skins for the pot, where they are boiled, filtered, cooled and then carefully bottled.
Lady Plummage has given her book artist a bottle for testing before it hits our website.
The Faery Archives is very much like the Magic Circle for Magicians, you have to be part of it to really know what’s going on.
Lady Plummage is part of the Archives of which the Faeries of Tasmania is a small arm. Even though they are governed by the same set of rules, Faeries of Tasmania operates independently under the guidance of Lady Plummage.
The Feary Archives believe we are unknowingly living with faeries in our day to day lives.
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‘With the work of Lady Plummage, the naysayers are becoming quieter and in some cases crossing over.’ Faery Archives
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The naysayers or ‘Others’ as we have come to call them, are out to dispute claims of sightings and that this whole organisation is a farce, a notion for only children’s books and wide-eyed people wanting to believe. Ultimately the Others have no evidence to substantiate their claims.
The Faery Archives have a wealth of knowledge and research spanning many years, of which some are in the Faeries of Tasmania book.
This was sent to us from a follower, who would like to remain anonymous. Their mum caught the Faery accidentally whilst videoing her Bird of Paradise for a friend. It wasn’t until later, whist watching back the footage, noticing the tiny flying creature. It looks like it briefly watched mum, before chasing another faery.