by frank_in_oz » Thu 03 Jul, 2008 8:41 am
This almost brings tears to my eyes....
We were a young couple travelling around Tassie for the first time when the blockade was on. We went into Strahan and showed visible support for the blockade and were not treated well by the locals (spat on, not served in shops etc) On return to Victoria we galvanised family and friends into opposition of the dam. We even got my father in law - a distant mate of Malcolm Fraser and a staunch Liberal voter to write a protest letter.......
That trip to Tassie started our love affair with the place and we have been back many time in the last 25 years. Often taking the kids on holidays and, more recently, hiking with one of them. Our next trip back will be in December to hike with our youngest son, the second of three to do an extended bushwalking trip in Tassie with us.
Our eldest daughter is rafting the Franklin in December as her final activity for her Outdoor Ed degree. How proud are we that this will occur in the 25th anniversary year and that she has a wild river where she can !!!
Frank
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