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...Thomas' four-day Tarkine Trail ($470, including gourmet organic meals, transport from Hobart or Launceston and tent accommodation) skirts the ridge above the magnificent Eason's Creek, before plunging into the wooded gorge. It took Thomas more than 100 days to pick out the trail, following animal tracks that zigzag through giant ferns across the forest floor and following the natural contours of the land?a practice that reflects his commitment to causing minimum disruption to the environment. Along the way, walkers encounter the Tarkine Falls?a majestic, three-tiered wall of water, partly veiled by fern?and the magical...
...Great Depression and the cold war years, and today's situation is that whenever it seemed as though fear should have overcome the American psyche, our resolve and courage rose up to beat it back. Fear is a victory for terrorists and the enemies of America. Adam Hobart Royal...
...ADAM HOBART...
...Back then, after a week-long fast in 1976 on the chilly summit of Hobart's Mount Wellington to protest against the visit of an American nuclear warship, Brown had a growing profile in Tasmania as a slightly eccentric, shy but deeply earnest young man. At Liffey he tried to write philosophy and "put forward ideas for a better world," but spent many days on this same verandah, in his overcoat as the snow fell around the cottage, despairing "that it was all too much...
...shoulder a backpack, how difficult could sitting in a raft be? "Don't worry about the paddling skills," the tour company's owner had said after quizzing me and my companion for details of our outdoor experience. "It's all about endurance." Weeks later, we arrive at a tiny Hobart hotel room scattered with life jackets and safety helmets to meet our fellow rafters. Eight men look up to study us intently as we walk in. Several of them look decidedly unfit, and I look around for the natural leader of the group, the tough veteran of the voyage...