Into the heart of the Tasmanian wilderness

Fri, 10/21/2011 - 02:58 — Anonymous There are few places on earth more wild
or remote than the west coast of Australia's island state, Tasmania. One
side is lashed by 20-meter waves and violent Southern Ocean winds, while the
other is distinguished by 13,800 square kilometers of inhospitable mountain
ranges. The area around Macquarie Harbour –- a stillwater respite from the
maritime mayhem that begins at the Franklin and Gordon Rivers -- long
remained the last bastion of colonization. Once known as "Hell's Gate," the
harbor was only seen by the most despised convicts en route to Sarah Island.
It later became the scene of a long-running conservation battle, when the
Tasmanian government planned a dam before being stymied by the federal
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