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Tarkine and North West

Tarkine Tasmania: Autumn Fungi

Autumn is the season where the rainforest floor comes alive in brightly coloured and fantastically shaped fungi. The shots below are all from the Tarkine rainforest in north west Tasmania. All images are macro and the vast majority were shot with a very shallow depth of field (ie f2.8~f4) to allow for nicely blurred out...Read More

Sunrise & Sunset Granville Harbour

Final preparations are complete for next month’s Tarkine photography workshop, and last week I spent a few nights in the area, including one night shooting sunrise & sunset Granville Harbour style and meeting with the good folk of Corinna Wilderness Experience to finalise our plans. Seascape Photography: Sunset Granville Harbour A sunset shoot at Granville...Read More

Tarkine Coast: Granville Harbour

The Tarkine is known for its wild and rugged coastline as the winds of the “Roaring 40s” batter Tasmania’s west coast. Apart from the very well known town of Strahan, there are mostly only small “shack” towns along the west coast, including Granville Harbour, between Zeehan and Corinna. I run an annual 5 day photography...Read More

Tarkine Photography Tour May 2-6 2015

Michael Snedic and I are very excited to launch our brand new 5 day Tarkine photography tour. The workshop is running from May 2-6 2015 and all the details on this workshop are available here. May is a wonderful time to explore the ancient Gondwanic rainforests of Tasmania. Over the course of the workshop, we...Read More

The Western Explorer in Tasmania’s Tarkine

The Western Explorer in Tasmania’s Tarkine links the remote towns of Corinna in the south and Arthur River in the north. The road is in good condition, although unsealed and very remote so great care should be taken when visiting. The road takes you through some wonderful vistas of the Tarkine – including mountain ranges,...Read More

Tarkine Fungi: Corinna and surrounds

Of the many reasons to visit and photograph the Tarkine fungi is one of the more compelling and interesting at this time of year. The rainforest in autumn is damp and cool and a myriad of colourful forms appear on the soaking wet logs, mossy tree trunks and sponge-like forest floor. On a recent visit...Read More

Tarkine Mining: Mt Lindsay Rainforest

The debate over Tarkine mining continues to gain momentum with news last week that one of the recently approved mines at Nelson Bay River may need to stop work and put people off work only months after commencing operations. Another controversial minesite is deep within the rainforests of Mt Lindsay, where tin and tungsten is...Read More

Tarkine Walks and Waterfalls: McGowans Falls

The Tarkine is a vast area of cool temperate rainforest and tall eucalypts in north west Tasmania and contains many great walks and areas to explore. One of the great Tarkine walks is to McGowans Falls. The walk starts deep in the logging roads beyond West Takone, which is accessed by turning off the main...Read More

Tarkine Photography: Rainforest Wilderness and Macro Beauty

The Tarkine is a wilderness region of north west Tasmania characterised by wild and dark green rainforest, vast coastal plains and a wild rocky coastline. Tarkine photography reflects this diversity of wild nature, and anyone planning to visit the Tarkine to take photos has a great variety of landscapes to immerse themselves in. My personal...Read More

Tarkine: “Too Precious to Lose” new video

Some of the images from my visit to the proposed Tarkine mine site on Mt Lindsay are now a part of this Australian Greens online video promoting the special and unique values of this wonderful area. Mt Lindsay is a magnificent part of the Tarkine, home to some stunning myrtle rainforest and endangered species such as the Tasmanian Devil. Check out...Read More

Mining in the Tarkine – Mt Lindsay Rainforest

A hot topic right now in Tasmania is that of mining in the Tarkine rainforest. One proposal currently awaiting approval would see Mt Lindsay, below, mined for tin. Mt Lindsay lies at the southern end of the Meredith Range and is a relatively low mountain completely covered in rainforest. If the Mt Lindsay mine goes ahead, the...Read More
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