All The Rivers Run

The Gordon River, Strahan

Two wild rivers - the Collingwood and the Franklin - hurtle through mountainous rainforest wilderness and merge as the Gordon River, which flows into the vast Macquarie Harbour on the west coast.

In the late 1970's/early 80's the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) wanted to dam the Gordon River which would have destroyed 35% of the remaining South West wilderness and led to one of the biggest environmental controversies waged in Australia. A campaign by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) and other conservation groups brought it to world wide attention.

You can read about it here.