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Aussie Overlander Tours

Locality: Hobart, Tasmania

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24.01.2022 Camping in one of the oldest rivers on Earth. Finke River. 2019

24.01.2022 Sounds like a good read.

22.01.2022 The Tassie casual stroll..... 2019

21.01.2022 Reflections. The Kimberley 2019.

21.01.2022 What a view. John Hayes Rock Hole at its finest.

17.01.2022 On This Day 1st July (1983) High Court rules to block construction of the Gordon below Franklin Dam We will be judged, not by what we built, but by what... we destroyed. 37 years ago today, in a historic and landmark decision, the High Court of Australia ruled by a 4 to 3 majority in favour of the Federal Government's legislation to overturn a Tasmanian government decision to build the Gordon below Franklin Dam. It was standing room only inside the Banco Court in the Supreme Court building in Brisbane to hear the judgment delivered. It took just 45 minutes for the Chief Justice, Sir Harry Gibbs, and four other judges to read out the answers given by all seven High Court judges to a series of questions of law framed by the Commonwealth and Tasmania to determine the case. The dam was a significant issue in the March 1983 federal election. It’s argued that the photo "Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River' by Peter Dombrovskis which portrayed a section of the Franklin River that was to be submerged by the proposed Franklin Dam actualy swung the 1983 federal election. History tells us that soon after Bob Hawke led the Labor Party to a landslide victory in the March 1983 election (by a majority of 75 seats to 50 seats). When a fresh attorney-general, Senator Gareth Evans, swept into his first cabinet meeting following the election of the Hawke Labor government in March 1983 he brought a new aggression to the battle to stop the Gordon Below Franklin dam in Tasmania. The Tasmanian government demanded that the Federal Government withdraw the application for world heritage listing of the area. On March 16 Cabinet decided that if the Tasmanian government refused to stop the project it would invoke the external affairs power and make regulations under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation act. If these were ignored the commonwealth would seek a High Court injunction to stop the dam and also seek to pass the World Heritage Properties Protection Bill. The Tasmanian government refused to stop work on the dam and the issue went to the High Court on May 31. After the court ruled 4-3 in favour of the Commonwealth on July 1. this decision also largely ended the building of dams for the generation of hydroelectricity in Australia. The High court found the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 to be substantially valid law under the Commonwealth's power over external affairs, corporations, the power to make laws with respect to Aborigines and the inherent power. Since the Federal Act is valid, Tasmanian legislation providing for construction of the proposed $453 million dam is inconsistent and therefore rendered invalid under Section 109 of the Constitution which provides for Commonwealth law to prevail over inconsistent State law. The campaign galvanised the Wilderness Society and the Australian Greens Party as a national force, sparking a new environmental era in Australia. The Franklin-Gordon WIld Rivers National Park, located in Tasmania's rugged south west, is now protected for ever and lies in the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area. The rivers are wild, the landscape is rugged and the mountain peaks are dramatic and imposing. Pristine fresh waters stained by tannins from surrounding vegetation weave their way through breathtaking gorges. This case illustrates that the importance of environmental implications of water structures must never be under-estimated. We will be judged, not by what we built, but by what we destroyed.

17.01.2022 Great day for a little hike up Mt Amos. .

13.01.2022 At home in the Huon Valley. It's been a little cooler than The Kimberley where we are usually touring this time of year.

11.01.2022 I reckon this is just about right!

11.01.2022 The Tassie casual stroll..... 2019

10.01.2022 Trephina Gorge. East MacDonnell Ranges.

08.01.2022 West Coast - Strahan. Gateway to the Gordon - Franklin World Heritage region. . . . .... . . . #tourismtasmania #walking #tasmania #discovertasmania #privatecharter #privatetour #bespoketours #wild #wilderness #australia #outback #remote #adventure #hiking #4wd #tourismaustralia #aussie See more

06.01.2022 This little devil spent some time in the shed working on the truck with me today! . #Repost @lisa_gormley ... We had an rare and amazing visitor wonder into the shed today. Tasmanian Devil. She had a bit of a limp and big facial tumors but after discussions with the experts it was decided to let her to leave again. Its her territory, with plenty of wilderness and she may of had young back in the den. Won't forget this anytime soon! . Please support the research and protection of these amazing endangered animals. @tasdevilappeal . . #Tasmania #TasmanianDevil See more

04.01.2022 Afternoon hikes in the Kimberley. Well before Covid BTW!

04.01.2022 Gentle Tasmanian Giant.