THE GORDON RIVER

WILD TASMANIA...Wild Rivers N.P...Up the Gordon without a paddle.

November 16th 2014
WILD TASMANIA...Wild Rivers N.P...Up the Gordon without a paddle. One of my sisters was in the protest years ago. The Tasmanian Premier would have called her and others: a "ratbag collection of mainland unemployed''. Others would later call them "Greenies". Their banners were "No Dams" stickers on cars...in bus shelters...on telegraph poles...on our bedroom walls. They formed a ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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15th November 2014

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Water everywhere!
Definitely my fave of your Tasmanian idyll--love those blues and reflections! And a sailing boat wins over a cruiser any day--good call. How great that your sister participated in the protests to stop the dam and preserve an area of such beauty, as I did down in Patagonia. In the US, we're now blowing up dams and letting more and more rivers run free. Here's to free rivers!

15th November 2014

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Water everywhere!
Gotta agree Tara. Everyday in Wild Tasmania was a delight and beauty was everywhere. But the colours and reflections up the Gordon were out of this World. Hope my pics give a taste of what it was like in reality. Having seen the spectacular beauty of the Rio Baker in Chile I can see why "No A La Inundacion de la Patagonia' was your cry. Having seen the trickle of the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia I have also seen how the wild rivers can change when dammed. And having sailed up the Gordon I feel very fortunate indeed.

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