A Tasmanian journey
In the scrub, by the bay — a rediscovery
March 15, 2015 | Russ GraysonIT WAS AT THE END of 2104, December, when I accidentally rediscovered the Tyler family graves.
My discovery of them was back in the 1970s when I was with a group bushwalking down that way. The only person I recall … Read More
Shelter most basic
August 6, 2014 | Russ GraysonA SLEEPER CURLS UP SEEKING WARMTH in an overnight camp in the wet eucalypt forests of the Picton in south east Tasmania.
I don’t recall whether it was evening or early next morning that I made this photograph, probably on … Read More
The Organ Pipes Track — sunshine and ice
February 16, 2014 | Russ Grayson | One CommentA Tasmanian journey…
“WHAT’S THIS?”. Fiona holds out her hand as if to catch whatever it is that has started to fall from the sky… small, soft flakes that disappear as soon as they settle on the ground.
“It’s snow. … Read More
Forgotten islands
February 1, 2014 | Russ GraysonA Tasmanian journey…
LIKE THE AUTHOR, when I lived in Tasmania I too felt the allure of the Bass Strait islands. Unlike the author, changing circumstances prevented me doing anything about it. Now I get to look down on Flinders … Read More
Found: the book that influenced a generation
January 8, 2014 | Russ Grayson | One CommentA surprise discovery in a mountain hut closes the circle of time…Read More
High on a mountain, a little stone hut
January 8, 2014 | Russ Grayson | 2 CommentsHigh on a Tasmanian mountain there’s a hidden hut, so late one day we went to look for it….Read More
Otago
January 4, 2014 | Russ Grayson | One CommentShipping has played an important part in Tasmanian history but it’s rare to find shipping and literature in a rusting hulk…Read More
Return — hut on a point
April 9, 2013 | Russ GraysonIT’S BEEN DECADES, I thought as the driver throttled back the engines to approach the jetty. Decades… and there was no jetty, no fast catamaran then… just an old wooden launch captained by a man in late middle age. Not … Read More
All that remains… ruins on a Tasmanian mountainside
April 8, 2013 | Russ GraysonALL THAT REMAINS is a bit of stone work where the house once was. And a few pieces of iron rusted by the decades since the fires of ’67 devoured the building and the rest of the farm — one … Read More
Three huts on a trail
August 1, 2012 | Russ GraysonTHE HUT WAS LARGER than I remembered. Longer too. And was that metal table there when last I came this way decades ago?
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