Franklin River Rafting in Spring
Some of our spring Franklin River rafting trip highlights. Spring (October till mid December) is our favourite time on the Franklin River.
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World Heritage
Info about the Franklin River in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Wild Yoga
Water by Nature Tasmania is collaborating with Rebecca of Wild Yoga to offer an enhanced wilderness journey.
Rafting the Franklin River – are we mad?
10 days without a shower. 10 days without a toilet (I told you we left nothing behind).
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Afloat On the Franklin: A River Rescued
Powerful political symbol, demanding physical challenge, a deep well of tranquillity or unsettling Wi-Fi-free wilderness …
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3 Ways to Explore Tasmania’s Wilderness
It is over 30 years since UNESCO bestowed World Heritage Area status on the Tasmanian wilderness. Here are three memorable ways to experience it.
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Video of a Wedge-tailed Eagle above the Irenabyss
Video of a Wedge-tailed Eagle soaring on thermals over the ‘Irenabyss’ or chasm of peace.
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Wilderness Rafting along the Franklin River
The Franklin River has a thousand faces and low water levels bring out some of its prettiest features.
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Franklin River Art Gallery
A few ‘arty’ shots from our last trip down the Franklin River, a typical February 10-day expedition
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Timeline of the Franklin Dam Controversy
“NO DAMS” was one of most significant successful environmental campaigns in Australian history
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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.
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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.
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