This time we asked co-founder of Revive the Northern Rivers and one time Tassie bushwalking guide, Tom Wolff to explain why these five 35mm photos are on the top of his list.
Film photography is experiencing a bit of a renaissance at the moment, so we thought it'd be cool to let some fellow film lovers share a few of their favourite Tassie photos.
The button-grass plains are an incredible sight to see up in the highlands of Lutruwita/Tasmania, especially when they come into flower. But for me they represent something incredibly important: that this land was managed by Tasmanian Aboriginal people for thousands of years. It’s something I always try and keep at the forefront of my mind.
I never got to spend a decent chunk of time over west. It’d always be a couple of days here or a few days there. The scale and raw nature of the western coast of Tassie always blew me away; middens the size of office buildings and wild rivers flowing into the Southern Ocean. As a surfer you couldn’t help but let your mind wander about what lay around the next headland.
Mountain huts are often an assault on the senses – particularly the nose. How good are a pair of wet, sweaty socks once they’re crusty and warm!
I was fortunate enough to work up in the mountains for a number of years as a bushwalking guide. The thing I loved most about it was walking the same track in different weather, seasons and moods. It could feel like a completely different world every time; foreign and familiar all at once.
In the modern world of geo-tagging and social media exposing
special places it’s never been harder to keep a secret. I love the idea of
finding places through word-of-mouth, exploring or sometimes just plain dumb
luck. This was one of my special spots for a swim when I used to work up in the
mountains – if you know, you know.
Enjoyed this KTW Journal entry? You might also like our Mount Field Track Notes article. It's full of tasty 35mm film shots taken on an overnighter in Tassie's oldest National Park.
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