White Water Rafting ‘Great Ravine’
‘Thunderush’ in the Great Ravine provides some great class IV whitewater rafting at medium to high levels.
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Blog posts about wilderness white water rafting expeditions on the Franklin River with Water by Nature Tasmania, Franklin River Rafting ™
Summer Rafting Trip Along the Franklin River
The perfect trip. Great water levels, 6 days of sunshine and 1 day of rain … on our rest day at Newlands Cascades.
Tasmanian Tourism Awards 2014 Finalist
It is our great pleasure on behalf of Tourism Industry Council Tasmania to congratulate your business …
Best-of Video & Images Franklin River Rafting Trip, Oct 5-11 2014
Some highlights (best-of video and images) of our first trip of the 2014 season.
Video Franklin River Amphibious Echidna
Watch an Echidna or spiny ant eater, a monotreme and close relative of the Platypus, crossing Interlude creek at Rafters Basin. Spotted on a Franklin River Rafting tour with Water by Nature Tasmania.
SMH Traveller, Aug 2013, Novelist Richard Flanagan and the Franklin River
For novelist Richard Flanagan, Tasmania’s Franklin River provided the most important lesson of his life.
Restaurant Australia
Water by Nature Tasmania lists in Tourism Australia’s ‘Restaurant Australia’ Campaign
The Franklin River in the Tasmanian Wilderness
The Tasmanian Wilderness satisfies an outstanding seven out of ten selection criteria for the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Timeline of the Franklin Dam Controversy
“NO DAMS” was one of most significant successful environmental campaigns in Australian history
Outside Magazine Feb 2014, ‘Surviving Tasmania’ by Stephanie Pearson
A fascination with a cartoon animal and a Class V river lured her to the empty wilderness of Tasmania. Turns out the raw side of Down Under offers an amazing number of pristine places to camp, surf, hike, mountain bike, and kayak. Stephanie Pearson goes all in.
The Australian April 2013, ‘Go with the flow along the Franklin River’ by Graham Lloyd
Environment editor Graham Lloyd finds what was saved by the historic protests 30 years ago along Tasmania’s Franklin River.