There's a great little photo exhibition on at the Launceston Art Gallery till 25 May, called Into the Wild. Wilderness photography in Tasmania since the beginning, following the famous names including Thwaites, Truchanas and on to Blakers and Bell. The Lake Pedder slide show is stunning. The original cameras used by Truchanas and Dombrovskis along with the latter's tent are also on display and famous photo of the former's plastic tent with groundsheet pitched in the Arthurs. Terrific, in the true sence of the word. This guy knew how to sleep rough
You can see it all in an hour. Really well put together. Queenstown's massive blast furnace bucket pouring ....copper(?) -from early lantern slides of the west.
Visit the Scout Shop around the corner if you're visiting Tas. Like the camping shops we used to know before the glitz, a small shop with friendly service and some good stuff with gas cylinders, Aku boots and well built Fairydown (canvas?) packs, up to 85 litres and plenty besided. Friendly chap with plenty of local info.
Heading off now to walk from Deloraine to Derwent Bridge then hitching down to Frenchmans to see Dick's boardwalk. Three weeks to kill- great to back after 4 years.
Cannon notes in a humorous aside, in last Saturday's Mercury that the projected Wellington to Wilderness track is now unlikely to go any further. The market's saturated with long walks. Good point tho' a pity. Most of it already appears to be there. It was going to connect to Maydena and/or the Snowys apparently. Looking at the 1/25k, there's a section from the Mt Styx access road that would have to be cut eastwards to Wellington Park.