Franklin News and Views

Saturday 7 Feb 09 After a spell of fairly dry weather it was clear that Tasmania could do with some rain, but why it was a bit inconvenient to have it fall on the working bee day. However we went ahead with the arrangements made and joined Michael and Jeremy from the Mt Field staff for some repairs to the Rodway Shelter hut. The cracked rear window pane (northern end panel) was replaced with Perspex, which was quite an operation given that state and of the timber frame. It had also moved out of square over the years so a certain amount of improvisation was involved in the job. The outside sills of both the front and back windows were badly rotted and replaced. The south end roof edge boards were replaced and that wall painted with Missio n Brown. The inside of the porch was also painted with Mission Brown. Photos from the day If you are interested in helping or for more information go to http://mtfieldfriends.googlepages.com/home

Extract from the blog of http://jez-hiking.blogspot.com/ Wineglass Bay However the campsite was strewn with rubbish and empty bottles, and the toilets were, what shall we say, feral. After we had set up camp, a young couple walked off the beach and into the campsite, clearly having walked the short one and a half hours from the carpark, the distance we would complete the following day. "Where's the bin, I can't see it anywhere," the girl was overheard to ask the guy. "Let's ask," he replied. Mmm. There isn't one. Is it too much to ask to carry out what you carried in, after all, it is a lot lighter without the contents. We later saw them heading off in the direction of the toilets with a bag of rubbish, complete with the toothpaste box from their newly purchased toothpaste. Needless to say, they returned empty handed. The eco toilets they have at the campsites throughout Tasmania are very good, they are waterless and just require one to empty a scoop...