Title:  Gordon River
By:  Sublime Sojourn
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In early May I journeyed through Tasmania and spent one amazing day cruising into the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park in the island’s northwest.  Tasmania has set aside over 40% of its territory as natural conservation area, and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (WHA) is only one of two IN THE WORLD that meet seven of the 10 qualifing criteria, natural and cultural, for WHA listing (a site need only meet one criteria to be listed).  What an amazing discovery!  This area is home to ancient pristine rainforest habitats, rare and endangered plants and animals found nowhere else on earth; as well as sites of cultural and historical significance with respect to Australia’s indigenous and western heritage (including one of the original penal settlements).
This photo captures the mirror image of the ancient landscape in the tannin-stained waters of the Gordon River.  The tannins derive from a native plant called ‘button grass’. They turn the water - the cleanest on earth - a brownish-color, but it is only through these tannins that such perfect reflections are achieved.

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