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Had to check this out as we passed on our way to a walk into Lake Myrtle at the weekend. It was lifted into place with a crane, then tied off to nearby trees. They were filming at Lake Parangana too. I think it was for a James Boags ad.
Curious to know for what reason you would want a cottage on a raft floating on a lake?!!! We will just have to wait & see...

lyndoor

Fantastic....

I hope it's still there next Sunday when we visit Lee's Paddocks....make for some good pics in the early morning...

Thomas

Maybe Tastrekker knows - he put a photo of this into "the game" with a cryptic note about it being there for only 1 week

Hey TT...

Can you confirm.?? Is there only for a week.??

Thomas

No log cabins there on my last visit...only nice reflections......

Thomas

One of mine as well...



Obviously much better than my Brothers...

HAHAHAHAHA.....very funny....

Hi Thomas & Haydnb,

Sorry I didn't respond. The Advocate beat me to it yesterday. I've attached below for the benefit of non-Advocate readers.

I was on my way to a very pleasant walk to Rinadeena Falls with family and friends when I had to look twice to believe what I was seeing as we drove past. On the way back we took a closer look. Filming was planned for that night.

It's interesting to read the the Mole Creek publican refering to Echo Valley. The "bloke in barrel" bit was filmed at Lake Parangana. To me, Echo Valley is the farmland near Croesus Cave downstream from the Olivers Road bridge. This is based on a wooden sign that used to be on the farm fence there. I wonder if that whole narrow valley from Liena to Howells Plains (under Lake Rowallan) was originally known as Echo Valley.

I remember my father saying before the dams were built the pool at the junction of the Fisher and Mersey River (under Lake Parangana) was reputed to be bottomless. Perhaps a fisherman with a depth sounder could go out there, find the old junction and have a go at estimating the depth of the original pool.


P.S. Did anyone notice the forum member who featured in the main article on that page of the Advocate?

Thanks TT.....interesting read...

Thomas

Hmmmmm.....

Little fisher falls....been there twice this year...great spot...!! Did you manage to see the attached..??

Thomas

G'day Thomas,

We saw some pretty cascades just above the falls. Not sure if we got to that one. I had small children in tow and the creek was flowing strongly. We 'circumnavigated' the falls and crossed about 50m upstream so anyone falling in the swollen creek would end up among boulders rather than over the main fall!

14 years ago I took a group to Long Tarns and Mersey Crag. We returned by following the creek all the way down from the plateau to Rinadeena Falls. On that trip we saw several gorges, waterfalls and rock overhangs on our way down.

Maybe you saw this one.....it's one of my favourite pics i took up there.....

All is now revealed!
Howells Bluff in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park broods over the choppy water and dead strees of Lake Rowallan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0D38ODmciw

Great to see a GOOD Tasmanian made advert!

Nice...

Saw the add for the first time on TV last night......pretty good..!!

Thomas

I love Boags' ads, and that has to be one of the best. The atmosphere is sublime.

Woo Hoo! All is revealed...

just watched the second boags ad with the barrells and piano on lake parangana, its nice to see the local touch.

Can anyone help identify the waterfall location used ?

anyone got a link to the ad?

cheers john (i had a lazy moment there)

There's a series of at least 3 ads (on you tube at least). The other 2 I saw were for Boags Draft (with the Rowallan one being Boags Premium).

I'm interested in that waterfall as well....

Any ideas..??

Thomas.

The falls with the row boat in front look like Pencil Pine Falls.

GerryDuke wrote:The falls with the row boat in front look like Pencil Pine Falls.

Spot on Gerry..just checked out this photo of the falls..

http://www.touringtasmania.info/pencil_pine.htm

Sorry Guys but it is Russell Falls. Check out this link...

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/201 ... the-water/





The first part of the ad was filmed at Lake Parangana - I was passing as they filmed.

Interesting. It's not the Russell Falls I was expecting (Mt Field). Is there another set of falls named Russell somewhere else??

tasadam wrote:Great to see a GOOD Tasmanian made advert!

Think you'll find the vast majority of crewing, production and post production was done via mainland contractors

Post by GerryDuke » Wed 16 Feb, 2011 10:27 pm
The falls with the row boat in front look like Pencil Pine Falls.

Post by ILUVSWTAS » Mon 21 Feb, 2011 9:33 am
Interesting. It's not the Russell Falls I was expecting (Mt Field). Is there another set of falls named Russell somewhere else??

You know, Guys, you are right on the money. The website quotes them as Russell Falls but it is actually Pencil Pine Falls. A quick image search on Google confirms it.

My humblest apologies

No worries Lyndoor, not your mistake!!

You can pretty much take it for granted the media will get names wrong in this type of thing. This year they have been VERY bad.