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Raft heading down Thunderush rapid in the Great Ravine

White Water Rafting ‘Great Ravine’

Franklin River Tales, News / By Brett

‘Thunderush’ in the Great Ravine provides some great class IV whitewater rafting at medium to high levels.

Brett and crew running Logjam rapid on the Franklin River Tasmania

Summer Rafting Trip Along the Franklin River

Franklin River Tales, News, World Heritage / By Brett

The perfect trip. Great water levels, 6 days of sunshine and 1 day of rain … on our rest day at Newlands Cascades.

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Tasmanian Tourism Awards 2014 Finalist

Media, News / By Brett

It is our great pleasure on behalf of Tourism Industry Council Tasmania to congratulate your business …

All smiles after running Logjam rapid on the Franklin RIver Tasmania

Best-of Video & Images Franklin River Rafting Trip, Oct 5-11 2014

Franklin River Tales, News, Videos / By Brett

Some highlights (best-of video and images) of our first trip of the 2014 season.

Foam trails on Interlude Creek at Rafters Basin, Franklin River Tasmania

Video Franklin River Amphibious Echidna

News, Videos, World Heritage / By Brett

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.

The Franklin River surrounded by temperate rainforest

SMH Traveller, Aug 2013, Novelist Richard Flanagan and the Franklin River

Franklin River Tales, Media, News, World Heritage / By Brett

For novelist Richard Flanagan, Tasmania’s Franklin River provided the most important lesson of his life.

Brett preparing a lunch buffet on a beach along the middle Franklin River, Tasmania

Restaurant Australia

Media, News / By Brett

Water by Nature Tasmania lists in Tourism Australia’s ‘Restaurant Australia’ Campaign

The Franklin River above Newlands Cascades

The Franklin River in the Tasmanian Wilderness

Franklin River Tales, News, World Heritage / By Brett

The Tasmanian Wilderness satisfies an outstanding seven out of ten selection criteria for the UNESCO World Heritage List.

No Dams, The Tasmanian Wilderness Society

Timeline of the Franklin Dam Controversy

Franklin River Tales, News, World Heritage / By Brett

“NO DAMS” was one of most significant successful environmental campaigns in Australian history

Brett and crew running the corkscrew rapid

Outside Magazine Feb 2014, ‘Surviving Tasmania’ by Stephanie Pearson

Franklin River Tales, Media, News, World Heritage / By Brett

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.

Reflections of limestone cliffs along the Lower Franklin River, Tasmania

The Australian April 2013, ‘Go with the flow along the Franklin River’ by Graham Lloyd

Franklin River Tales, Media, News, World Heritage / By Brett

Environment editor Graham Lloyd finds what was saved by the historic protests 30 years ago along Tasmania’s Franklin River.

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Franklin River Rafting  
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