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Daisy Dell

12/26/2017

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Daisy Dell is an area of the Tasmanian Highlands north of Cradle Mountain, it is an area rich in human history and diverse in natural values. On boxing day 2017 I got to visit a little corner of this special place with one of the land owners who has worked with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy to preserve and protect this area.
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Tangdimmaa

12/23/2017

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Stunning! Yatawatja puwantina - North Cave, Rocky Cape. Aboriginal living place for up to 8,00 years.
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Highland Christmas Trees

12/14/2017

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Day One of 5 takayna Days

12/10/2017

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Day one of our trip started at Corinna after a night spent at the Hotel there and a cruise down the River on the lovely Arcadia II.

​We were dropped off on the north bank of the river by dinghy, starting our walk just before midday. We ate lunch at the always spectacular Rupert Point.

​After arriving at interview river we spent some time fishing and exploring the rocky shore before setting up camp We had fresh caught Wrasse & creamy pasta for dinner.

Pieman River to Interview River

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Boarding the Arcadia II at Corinna.
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A calm day at the cauldron of Rupert Point
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Surveying a midden that has a 4WD track across it.
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Bull Kelp exposed at low tide.
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Looking for a fishing spot
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Abalone Maybe?
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Interview River Camp, one of the best on the coast.
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Sunset across the Dunes.
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Day 2 of 5 takayna Days

12/10/2017

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There was a lot of open sandy coast line on day two and a couple of quicksand moments.

​We walked from Interview River to Lagoon River then scoped the rocky head land north of Lagoon river for a camping spot and a likely fishing location.

This area had plenty to offer heaps of wildlife, massive middens fields and the all important running water.

Interview River to lagoon River​

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The stretch of coast we walked from Interview River to Lagoon River (off in the haze about 12 Km's ahead).
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A very skinny sea Lion/Seal camped at Interview River.
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Speedy Wombat north of Lagoon River.
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Skippy in the Dunes north of Lagoon River.
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Abalone mission- no luck at this spot.
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Chimney Creek Dune & Midden one of my favourite spots.
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Some of the common midden artefacts; variety of shells and Spongolite stone shards.
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Day 3 of Five takayna Days

12/10/2017

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Day three we set out from out campsite a couple of Km's North of Lagoon River, our walk began by skirting a large midden field and took us along the coast to Sandy Cape.

Nathan caught his first Abalone since arriving in Tassie nearly eight years ago- I think he's hooked. He cooked it up for dinner in garlic butter.

​We didn't encounter any other humans on the walk but called home from near the Sandy Cape lighthouse to check in with the Kids and  Dogs.

Lagoon River to Sandy Cape

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The edge of a large deflated Midden, acres of shell, bone a many types of stone tools are exposed here.
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Italian River
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Granite formations at Native Well Bay, a coastal geology change.
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Round-leaved Pigface (Disphyma crassifolium) at Sandy Cape.
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Abalone success - Happy Husband.
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Cooking fresh Abalone for dinner- what a place.
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Sunset view South across Native Well Bay and our day's walk.
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Day 4 of Five takayna Days

12/9/2017

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This was our longest walk and our worst weather, we got rained on twice, the second time was as we were trying to set up camp.

Vehicle tracks and modern human activity became a lot more pronounced from this point on.

Sandy Cape to Brookes Creek

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Departing our camping site on Thursday morning.
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The rain shower passed over us, giving us a good soaking.
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Sea Eagle watching us trudge past, you can see the exposed midden content on the lower surface of the dune.
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Exposed and damaged middens at Thornton River
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Coastal Petroglyphs
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Ordnance Point middens, viewed from Brookes Creek as the rain began again.
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Day 5 of Five takanya Days

12/9/2017

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My husband and I just completed a five day coastal walk along Tasmanian's takayna/Tarkine coast from the mouth of the Pieman River to Temma Harbour a distance of around 70km, a basic guide for the walk can be found in a book called Tarkine Trails by Phill Pullinger.

The experience was great the weather was spectacular except for one evening, the landscapes and seascapes were epic, we collected and  ate fresh seafood and most memorably witnessed the outstanding evidence of occupation of this landscape by Tasmanian Aboriginal People.

Commonly known as middens the accumulated remains of thousands of generations of living sites along the coast are now exposed due to erosion and damage from vehicles and insensitive land use.

The whole stretch of coast line we walked is very obviously one  continuous living place, these middens often appear to be sand dunes until you understand that the sand and humus has been formed over the stone tools, food remains and family lives of people.

​I'll be posting a selection each days images separately and in reverse order (because that's the way I'm editing), feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Brooks Creek to Temma Harbour

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Friday morning sunrise
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Middens at Gannet Gulch
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Hazard Bay
A lot of walking of 4wd tracks for this stretch, not so fun.
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Darty's Corner, just 40mins walk from Temma Harbour.
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    Tasmanian based, New Zealand born
    ​Environmental 
    and Event Photographer 
    ​Kelly Slater

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