About 45% of Tassie is conservation area. The Franklin/Gordon River area is huge and magnificent. The forest contains Huon Pines which are now protected. One is 3000 years old. Debris pines from the logging days are still used for timber - they never rot. Some debris trees have been estimated to be 12000 years old. The waters are black from tannin and produce amazing reflections on a still day - unfortunately this was NOT a still day.
@golftragic It's a great cruise - so professionally done that I didn't hear a single person complain about the weather! And they showed an excellent video on the way back - all about the men who logged the Huon pine - had some gorgeous shots of the river on a windless day! :)
@photobird Thanks photobird - the red flag was a bit confusing for a while - I didn't know that boats used a red version. As you say though - great for the photo! :)
@robz Yeah, red ensign for non-military boats and ships. The RAN flies the white ensign, the rest of us the blue version. When I was a kid the red and blue were used inter-changeably by the general public, but some years later that was all sorted out.
