01-27-2016, 02:05 AM
(01-25-2016, 03:38 PM)gstanford Wrote: Up on the NW Coast we have the Tarkine Wilderness, some of which is very old and untouched. In the SW of the state is our oldest, largest forest, mostly untouched.
A large part of it was going to be dammed for hydro power generation until a national backlash and protest put a stop to it. That was what would have been the gordon below franklin dam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Dam_controversy
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Hope it's not any worse since that article was written:
http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/arti...n-tasmania
Have you seen the Styx Valley, where there are the tallest trees in the southern hemisphere (Eucalyptus trees up to 99 meters tall)?
BTW, amusing maps of Australia!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/aust....qt2zEARz8