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INSIDIOUS
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TASMANIA MISREPRESENTS
ITS THEME PARK AS A TARKINE ADVENTURE |
| In an attempt to adopt the iconic Tarkine brand for
its own perverted and duplicitous activities, Forestry
Tasmania has changed the name of its tourist theme
park attraction called Dismal
Swamp near Smithton in Tasmania to Tarkine
Forest Adventures. The Dismal Swamp slippery dip
has been operating for four years and it attracted 24,000
visitors last year. MORE
AT THE HOBART MERCURY |
| FORESTRY
TASMANIA HAS THE SOLUTION TO
CLIMATE CHANGE BY EXPORTING TREES FOR BURNING!!
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Bob Gordon, the boss of Forestry
Tasmania, the government body managing the state's
forests, recently stated that generating power from wood
rather than coal was part of the solution to climate change......
''Unlocking the stored sunlight
in wood for the production of renewable energy has taken
off across the globe, with good reason,'' Mr
Gordon said. Starting in October [2008], Tasmanian timber
giant Gunns
will export native ''fuelwood'' from Triabunna
to the Japanese company Chubu Electric. MORE
AT THE CANBERRA TIMES |
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A literal
no brainer from Bob Gordon
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SEE MORE ABOUT THE GUNNS TIMBER GIANT
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ABOUT
THE TARKINE
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The Tarkine region is located in the north-west of Tasmania.
The area encompasses 447,000 hectares of wilderness including
the Southern Hemispheres largest single tract of temperate
rain forest, a wild coastline with an extraordinary wealth
of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage sites, and habitat for
over 50 threatened species MORE...
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To experience the Tarkine’s giant old-growth rain
forests and powerful coastline is nothing short of extraordinary
and something that we are bursting at the seams to share,
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FROM TARKINE TRAILS + YOUTUBE VIDEO... |
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A relic from the ancient supercontinent, Gondwanaland,
the Tarkine rainforest is one of the most significant
temperate rainforests on earth. It is home to 56 threatened
and endangered species, such as the Giant Freshwater Crayfish
- the world's largest freshwater invertebrate and the
Tasmanian Wedge Tailed Eagle - the largest Eagle in Australia,
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FROM THE TARKINE WILDERNESS LODGE... |
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Home to numerous threatened or endangered plant and animal
species and with almost no introduced predators, the Tarkine
has long held a special significance for Indigenous communities,
said to have inhabited the area up to 10,000 years ago,
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FROM WWF AUSTRALIA... |
The extensive rainforests, beautiful river gorges, buttongrass
mountain tops, flowering heathlands and long wild beaches
combine to make the Tarkine one of the world's great
treasures. TARKINE
NATIONAL COALITION | MAPS
& GUIDES
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Tarkine, a new Tassie frontier FROM
G MAGAZINE |
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We invite you to Corinna where you can feed your soul
and nourish your senses, in and around this remote settlement
on the banks of a primitive river – an unforgettable
experience that unlocks the secrets of the Tarkine rainforest
and the wild west coast. Tarkine.net.au |
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The Tarkine, can be cold and wet, with a very high rainfall,
and much is only accessible by the fittest of bushwalkers,
accompanied by experienced guides. A flight by helicopter
can enable guests to experience this magical place, which
is under imminent threat of logging, from the comfort
of a luxury aircraft, MORE... |
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TARKINE RAINFOREST 2009 CALENDAR |
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