Recovering the resource (2)





RAM towing small raft of logs from B. Creek




Very tight and little room for error




Heading back to base after 3 days in the bush




A single tree approximately 60ft long... 5 tonnes...root system intact




If the boat ever sinks at least we have an alternative to get back!




Cleanliness is a must out here...diving from an ice-split, rock platform to bathe




A small cache of harvested logs




Another small cache of harvested logs




Preparing a raft to move to a designated load out ramp




Approximately 250 tonnes of a very precious resource




Forestry Tasmania officers manouvring a raft of logs into position to load out




30 tonne excavator removing logs from the lake




Docking logs to length and removing obstacles to safely load on trucks




Eight tonnes of birdseye fiddleback veneer log




Craftwood stockpile




Root system from a single tree




Processed Huon Pine slabs, boards, carving blocks, etc, ready to rack




A day on a river...South-West Tasmania




The Winter "camp"