Your eyes fix on a large fawn-coloured ‘dog’ with a stiff tail (Thylacine) – and dark stripes. Your spine tingles. Does the Tassie ‘tiger’ still stalk the Tarkine? Your eyes fix on a large fawn-coloured ‘dog’ with a stiff tail — and dark stripes. Your spine tingles as you fumble hopelessly for your camera. Does … Continue reading Thylacine, ghost or grim survivor? →

The Tarkine is a wild, spiritual place. An ancient culture remains embedded in the landscape. The Tarkine is a wild, spiritual place. It takes its name from an ancient culture. The Tarkiner people, who once occupied the coastal region near Sandy Cape, were one of three Aboriginal tribes on the West Coast from the Pieman … Continue reading The first Tasmanians, renewing an ancient culture →

Let nature sweep you away Tasmania’s wild western river, the Arthur, brews a tempest in the Southern Ocean as they meet. Wind and waves enliven the spirit. Let nature sweep you away.  Tasmania’s wild western river, the Arthur, brews a tempest in the Southern Ocean as they meet. Wind and waves enliven the spirit. Let … Continue reading Arthur River, white water at the edge of the world →

The city fell silent as tens of thousands of people paid tribute to the victims and survivors of the world’s first atomic bomb. On the other hand, we denounce..