Corinna

Day 20 - Corinna

Sunday, 16 February 2014

Quite a bit of rain through the night so we had to pack up wet canvas. Not bad, first time for ages. Very disappointed we had heard no wildlife during the night. Later that day we were to learn the forest (this Tarkine wilderness) is so dense that there are hardly any birds!

Welcomed aboard The Arcadia II. Beautiful 75 year old historic wooden boat. Dale the skipper and Ben his mate we're very informative and helpful. The Pieman river is probably like most others on the west coast, very black (tannin) lined with thick forest. Home of the Huon Pine.

Dale took us to the mouth of the River (well almost) giving us an interesting commentary of this area, The Tarkine. The Wild West Wilderness of Tasmania! Having moored off at a little jetty at the Pieman Head, we were issued picnic lunches and we headed off to explore the beach. Patrons of The Arcadia II have use of a little shack if needed, but the sun had come out so we headed off to explore the beach.

Quite a few 'shacks' one of the inhabitants, Bill, is in his 90's, quite able to live out in this isolation. The beach has more driftwood trees than sand. Just amazing, I want to take it home. Apparently Huon Pine, is still useable after hundreds of years of 'drifting' due to its high oil content, something like methyl eugenol. Maybe a good ingredient for moisturiser?

Nobody got left behind and 4 1/2 hrs later we moored up again at Corinna, after most people had taken a turn at being skipper. We checked out all the walks radiating from Corinna. I think I am over forests. So difficult to walk in, ankle breaking stuff. Despite being happy there are efforts being made to conserve them, and knowing how important they are to our planet, I find them dark, dank, depressing, decaying and claustrophobic. :)

Back at camp, minus the mozzies, yay, HH decided to have a go at getting the key back to shape by sticking it in the cooking flame and a few taps with the hammer. Surprise, surprise, with HH gloating, the car started and the heat hadn't fried the hob either.

	The Arcadia II [Map]		The Bridge, Huon Pine [Map]
	The Pieman River [Map]		Pensive? [Map]
	Pieman Reflections [Map]		Photographer getting clever! [Map]
	Fishing shack at Pieman Head [Map]		Not a John Deere [Map]
	More driftwood than you can shake a stick at! [Map]		Lunch on driftwood [Map]
	View behind me [Map]		Looking out to the beach [Map]
	Inside one of the shacks [Map]		Forest walk! ankle breakers! [Map]
	Operation "straighten key" Part 1 [Map]		Operation "straighten key" part 2 [Map]

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