Please enjoy this small gallery of videos and photos of things we love and care about: remote wilderness and in our Island home of Tasmania.
Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?” That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.
– Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Photos
Franklin River wilderness
Tasmanian waratah Pig Trough waterfall One of the many side creeks Verandah Cliffs Spotted Quoll Shower Cliff Moods Franklin River Rocks Irenabyss Luscious green Huon Pine Temperate rainforest Camping Reflecting at Rafters Basin Rock Island Bend Newlands Cascades Rest day activities The Junction Elliot Range The water is the colour of weak tea.
Franklin River Rafting
descension-gorge-raft-rapid-quartzite-franklin-river-tasmania Nasty Notch portage Raft drifting through the Irenabyss Middle Franklin River Paddling along, Franklin River Tasmania Rafting the Corkscrew rapid Thunderush in the Great Ravine paddling Newlands Cascades Franklin River Tasmania inflatable kayak on the lower Franklin River Tasmania
Videos
Franklin River Rafting Spring
Spring is our favourite season to raft the Franklin River.
Franklin River Rafting Experience
Rafting the Franklin River is one of the worlds great wilderness journeys.
Franklin River Rafting Season Highlights
A few snippets of the many good times rafting the Franklin River in the years 2014/15
Franklin River Rafting High Water Descension Gorge / Irenabyss
High water run through Descension Gorge, Class III-V white water
Best of Franklin River Rafting Trip 2014, Oct 5 – 11
Highlights from a picture perfect Franklin River Rafting trip in October
Jedi’s Franklin River Rafting trip – Sep 14 – 19, 2021
A very early season Franklin River trip with flowering wattles and loads of pink robins.
Wedge Tailed Eagle above the Irenabyss
With a wingspan of up to 2.74m, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle is the largest raptor in Australia.
Franklin River Amphibious Echidna
Echidnas are good swimmers, paddling about with only the snout and a few spines showing.
Franklin River Packrafting
A couple of our guides spent 4 days packrafting the Franklin River in late June
The Best Level to Raft the Franklin River
This video showcases a medium (= ideal) level trip.
