Tessie what a Place!There
Just spent four of the most interesting days of my life in Tassie. Yellow Boats rule! Rob and his mates showed me the ocean side of Bruny Island,Dororite cliffs and caves a lesson in the “Less Noble”….Less Noble things give way, erosion take there toll! an ancient proposal,a bit like life actually. Australian fur seals,dolphin, the Great Southern Ocean…ancient cliffs and Fauna…..people care !!!!!!
Tasmania a beautiful place,and filled with really interesting people.!
Tassie is logging old growth forests,and using it for wood chips! Myrtle over hundreds of years old cut and felled for wood chips!…this makes me as an Australian feel very uncomfortable. I ponder at what the Australian fur seal hunters, of a bygone time, considered the right amount to take, or mutton birds.! I ponder over understanding the thinking of sheep versus the Tasmanian Tiger. Land and the expansion of the coloney,what do we need to protect and yet continue to prosper.
I regognise that “Bloody Actors” having a say ! what would they know, a bit like Garrett bashing!
I’m not an expert but I figure I know the difference between to much and progress, lets face it it all gets down to bucks!
Love some data around Eco tourism and its benefits for the future.
I hope the balance between “Return to the Shareholder” and the Idealism around preserving wilderness doesn’t tip so far that the damage done,creates a threat for future generations
Family”s that earn from mining and logging want the best for there family’s ,however will they be at more risk if the attitude changes towards is the current thinking? Change happens fast, the distance between Tassie and the rest of the world, is changing.
There is an election in five weeks! my question is can Tassie lead the way in recognising the special place they have and share this with the world and turn this into an earn?
My time with 7th generation Tassie occupants was special,the place is special,I ask can we talk about a lass reliant wood dependence for the “Apple Isle”and a recognition,of extraordinary skills to survive in a harsh environment,with a balanced approach. Moving into the 21st century!
However I’m a “Mainlander!” what would I know!
Simon, I 100% agree with the logging mess. It is criminal to see the devastation in certain areas of the island. Oh yes, some make a pretence of being hidden behind foreground scrub but if you get off the beaten track you see it at its worst. That’s the only thing I detest about the one-time beautiful apple isle.