Could it be a female Rose Robin?

Lol I will pay that one Lyn about the pie cart. :)

Agree with Denis that it is unlikely to be a Rose. Could be a Pink because they do not not have white(ish) wing bars and yours does not.
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Attached is what I reckon is a Pink Robin that I shot in our neighbourhood a couple of years ago. Yours doesn't seem to have the light eye ring that is present on my bird.
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These LBJ are murder to identify....

HI Tark
Me to got no idea but nice shots.

Hi Tark and GeorgeP
George's nice photo is very typical of a Pink Robin - female.
Note the tiny buff mark above the beak. It is missing in Tark's bird.
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BiBY Bird Finder says:
"There is a small white spot above the bill, which is a buff spot on the female. Males have a diagnostic pink wash on the breast which extends right down under the belly. Females are a warm olive-brown above, with cinnamon buff underparts with a pinkish tint. Females and young birds have diagnostic buff wing patches."
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It doesn't help with what it is, but it does tend to rule out female Pink Robin.
Hope that helps.

Denis

to me it looks like a Dusky Robin

Hi Tark - lovely bird, lovely photo and good luck in identifying it. I loved the pie conversation - the bit about 'something forensic was found floating belly up down the Torrens' gave me the best laugh I've had in a while. LBB is probably 'little brown bird'

Yes they do but not as obvious as in some other robins.
Would you have another photo with a more posterolateral view of the bird?
In your photos I can see a pale edge on the outer wing and tail which makes me think that it is a dusky robin.
Cheers,
al

G'day Tark, Great pictures. Sorry I cant help with ID and I woudn't eat a scallop pie if you paid me, however you must tell me where you buy you'r petrol. 16 bucks for 20 litres, I havn't seen those prices for years.
Ray

Hey Tark, I think she might be a whistler species. I went for a walk through our local park and spotted this female Golden Whistler which looks very similar to your girl. She seems to have the same light-coloured shoulder bar that your bird has. What do you and others reckon ?
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Hope this helps.
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Gheers,
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George

Hi Tark and Al and everybody
I'm with Al's suggestion of the Dusky Robin.
The Birdpedia site has a reasonable photo
http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?m=006_01&id505=1000000211
Text says: "Above, dark grey-brown. Wings and tail, dusky, with off-white band in base of flight feathers, and outer tail tipped white. Throat, off-white. Below, light brown, with center of belly, white. Eye, brown. Bill, black. Feet, black."
Not much to disagree with there.
I had a feeling there was an endemic (Tasmanian) Robin, but I lack the reference books to hand. Glad that Al offered a name I could search for.
I'd say it is a 95% match for Dusky Robin.
Cheers
Denis

Hi Tark
The "no man is an island" reference was geographical.
Apart from that slight problem, you are fitting right in on this forum.
As for "Fantasia" I think you have gone some way towards creating a Tolstoy novel with the length of this post.
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I avoided the obvious suggestion of the female Golden Whistler, as it has a track record of many problematic ID debates on this forum. I thought: "Oh No! Not another one".
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I can tell you one trick with female Golden Whistlers. They have a small but totally diagnostic bunch of yellow feathers around the "vent". As you managed to photograph the stomach of your bird, without any sign of the yellow tuft of feathers, I do not think it is a Golden Whistler.
I did wonder, about that at first, but the small beak put me off too.
Size is the hardest of all things to judge in a photo, but a Golden Whistler is a stocky bird, and your bird seems finer.
Check out all the various female and juvenile GWs on this COG link. There are many to look at.
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/Species%20HTML/golden_whistler.html
I still favour the Dusky Robin.
Cheers
Denis

Hi Tark.
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There are things which experienced birders learn to sense, or recognise, or look for, about the manner of various species - which set the different types of birds apart.
I wish I could spend some field time with you to help you "read" the birds. Perhaps you could contact a local bird watching group or field naturalist society, to get some experienced birders to go bush with. I am sure they are there, in Tassie.
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To me a Robin is a Robin and behaves as such, and a Whistler looks and behaves somewhat differently.
I know that it takes experience to learn these things, that's why I would love to help you with some field time. Alas it is not likely to happen, for geographical reasons.
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Firstly, just size and weight. A Golden Whistler is a chunky bird as "small birds" go, in the Aussie bush. The Robins, especially the "red breasted" (Petroica) group, (not so much the "Yellow Robin" group) are relatively fine (light, or slight) in build. They probably weigh only half as much as the Whistler.
Then there are calls.
Golden Whistlers are quite noisy birds, even when not making their tell tale call, they have other single note calls which carry a long distance.
To be honest, I hear GWs frequently, but seldom see them, because they are birds of the forest thickets. Whereas most of the other Robin group are birds which love to sit on fences and signs, to get a good look around, to spot prey.
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I cannot say anything about the Dusky Robin, as I have not seen it, but I suspect it would fit my description of the other Robins, in behaviour.
BiBY says:
"The Dusky Robin occurs mostly in open habitats from sea level to 1200 m, usually in dry sclerophyll forest. It favours ecotones (the edge zones) between forests and clearings. Territories tend to occupy areas with greatest shrub cover. The Dusky Robin is found in newly cleared areas, regrowth and recently burnt areas. They are occasionally recorded in wet sclerophyll forest and sometimes in coastal heathland or sedgeland or on button grass plains."
"It feeds on the ground or in trees. It typically sits on stumps or posts and darts to ground for prey, but occasionally hops along the ground or forages among foliage or in the air. In recently burnt areas, it often forages on the ground with Flame Robins and Scarlet Robins."
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So, that more or less confirms what I was suggesting about the Dusky Robin's likely behaviour - hopping around in open country, sitting on fences, or rocks, near vegetation patches - "Edge country".
So, putting those clues together, you might well conclude that your bird was a Whistler, after all.
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I have examined both photos, closely, by the way, and I do see the faint lines on the wing - the edges of the "primary" flight feathers as being similar. Colours not so close.
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But, I come back to the "feel" of the bird, in the bush as being a better guide than a snapshot image. And ultimately, that has to be your decision.
Best wishes.
Cheers
Denis