Tasmania — The Tarkine
Forested wilderness in North-Western Tasmania, March 2022
Named after one of the bands of Aboriginal people who lived in the north-west of the island, the Tarkine is a region of cool-temperate rainforests — the remains of forests that 100 million years ago also covered the Antarctic continent — and rugged coastlines to the north and west. We had planned to visit in early 2020 but were derailed twice by COVID lockdowns and unlawful internal border restrictions.
Finally, in March 2022, we were able to spend four days travelling to several of the best-known forest trails and coastal areas. This e-book collects some of the photographs I made there.
The day before flying to Tasmania, I picked up a new OM-Systems OM-1 camera and one lens (the Olympus 8–25mm f/4.0). I had a small Sony RX-100 as backup, but shot only with the OM-1 — so if you detect a wide-angle perspective here, you'll understand why.
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