tasmania – tommy the travelling turtle

I made a table….

But first the back-story… back in 1985, severe drought conditions dropped the Gordon River Dam water levels low enough to expose the Huon Pine trees that had been flooded when the 140m high Dam was built in 1974. Dad obtained a permit to collect some of this exotic timber and took 9-year-old me and myContinue reading “I made a table….”

The Twelve Days of Tassie

Originally published on the findyourfeet.com.au blog on Jan 08, 2020 We’d spent the last six months planning a trip to Tassie’s Western Arthurs. Maps, gear list, transport, etc all sorted. About a month out my mate Gaz rings me from a hospital in Dubai “There may have been an incident…” he says “but I should beContinue reading “The Twelve Days of Tassie”