Lost in the highlands
It was in 1978, after a late night start and very little sleep, that a search party set out on
Read More
Category: A Tasmanian journey
Figure in a landscape—walking the Tasmanian high country
Solitude and reverence for the mountains experienced on a solo walk along the Overland Track in the Spring of 1980
Read MoreTo the summit, one last time
It was a grand weekend adventure to climb Mt Anne but, unknown to the climbers, it was to be their
Read MoreHome from the mountains— a stopover in Ouse
I remember her then. Checked wool shirt of the kind favored by bushwalkers and outdoor types. Warm wool trousers, dull
Read MoreGoing to Launceston? Just don’t breathe too deep
CAUGHT BETWEEN rapacious extractive industry on one hand and the sublime beauty of nature on the other, Tasmania remains a
Read More
City in memory
We inhabit our own geographies... geographies formed by patterns of movement from home to work, from home to our recreational
Read MoreMisadventure on the way to the Walls
Tasmania, some time in the 1970s. CLAAAANG! Someone slams the car door and the party sets off into the early
Read MoreJust a minor incident
Tasmania, the late 1970s. UP AND UP. Through a dark, wet forest of towering trees. Along a rough track that
Read More