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Defenders of Lake Pedder, which was inundated in 1972, are aiming to submit an Ecological Management Plan to restore the ancient lake by 2021. AS THE 50th anniversary of Lake Pedder’s inundation nears ...
Lake Pedder was flooded in 1972, after opposition from the Green movement in what is considered Tasmania's first environmental battle. The natural jewel has been the subject of a long-running ...
Peter Fagan hates to talk about such places in cold economic terms, as assets. But he realises the fight to restore another wilderness jewel is going to come down to dollars. For Lake Pedder in ...
Fifty years ago this week, the world's first“green” political party was born in Tasmania after the state government purposefully flooded the magnificent Lake Pedder. The flooding made way for ...
LAKE Pedder looks set to stay flooded for the time being, with the State Government showing little interest in returning the lake to its natural state. Deals of the Week. In the know quiz.
I will never forget my first sight of Lake Pedder. It was 1972, and we had been walking through the button grass of South West Tasmania. We moved steadily up to the top of a low rise - and there it ...
The original Lake Pedder — and its unique 3km long, almost 1km wide pink quartzite beach, created by glaciation 10,000 years ago — remains intact but lost from sight and touch; a buried ...
Lake Pedder: The fight goes on *The lake was named after Sir John Pedder, the first Chief Justice of Tasmania. But many opponents of the flooding do not accept that this name has been retained as ...
CAMPING at Lake Pedder was not just a release from the 30km lockdown, it was a chance to see a cathedral of Mother Nature at its very best.
In Europe or North America, a marvel such as this — Lake Pedder, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area — would be much visited, and probably much developed. Instead, this stunning ...
Lake Pedder, a 10 sq km glacial lake at the foot of the Frankland Range, was flooded in 1972 for Tasmania’s Middle Gordon hydroelectric scheme.
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