After the high line lap of the Cradle Mountain Landscape we needed a day or so to recover. What’s Jayne’s idea of rest? 5 loads of washing, ironing, knitting, making up a batch of green curry prawns, baking some cakes and then doing work on the computer until 11pm. The woman is a machine. A very sore machine, that’s creaking a bit at the moment, but unstoppable never the less.
Work, Work, Work….
Not the usual happy smile.
Rest day activity – Recharge the batteries, put the kettle on and
have a noice cup of tea with Orange & Almond cupcakes
We did manage to venture out to do a couple of short walks just to loosen up the stiff muscles & check a few more walks off the list. Today’s effort included The Enchanted Walk, King Billy Walk, Knyvet Falls and another look at the Pencil Pines Falls from another angle.
Pencil Pine Falls from the other side
I’ve red about this fungi but here’s the real deal
Old King Billy Pine
Somehow we missed the walk to the Alpine Spa
Noisy Black Currawong
Wildflower 1
Wildflower 2
Wildflower 3
An unexpected delight today was a visit to the Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village Gallery. The gallery has an impressive collection of wilderness photography. While we were there we watched a short film called “Wildness” that gives some insight into the lives of 2 Tasmanian wilderness photographers (Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis) and their influence on saving the Franklin from being dammed. 
Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, by Peter Dombrovskis
The iconic campaign sticker
“No Dams In S-W Tasmania · World Heritage ·”
was used to show opposition to the Franklin Dam in the early 1980s
“The dispute became a federal issue the following March, when a campaign in the national print media, assisted by the pictures of photographer Peter Dombrovskis, helped bring down the government of Malcolm Fraser at the 1983 election. The new government, under Bob Hawke, had promised to stop the dam from being built. A legal battle between the federal government and Tasmanian state government followed, resulting in a landmark High Court ruling in the federal government’s favour.”
It’s not until you are in amongst the wilderness that you appreciate what that decision means to a 2000 year old forest.
The poster using Peter Dombrovskis’s photo
Tasmanian Wilderness Society advertising against the dam’s construction
So now I’m all artistically inspired. So expect more strange photography
Artistic Tree Shot
Arty Creek Shot
More walking tomorrow
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