It’s hard to imagine now but in the 1980s this magical cool-temperate rainforest tucked away in the deep gorges of western Tasmania was earmarked to be flooded as part of a hydroelectricity project. Protests across the nation saw the project halted and the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park created. Now this primal, wild, misty landscape remains largely untouched, with hiking trails, rafting trips and mountain paths revealing just a fraction of the wonders protected within.

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