World Expeditions CEO, Sue Badyari, has described the Wilderness Society’s new book, “Wilderness” as a fitting historic record of the wild places that the organisation has helped to protect around Australia.
“Wilderness – Protecting Australia’s Protected Places” will be launched by the Wilderness Society in Hobart on Thursday 1 November, 2018.
The limited edition book presents stunning images of Australia’s majestic, saved landscapes, including Kakadu, the Daintree rainforest, the Kimberley and western Tasmania.
It begins with the Franklin River campaign and follows with a chapter on the wild places that The Wilderness Society has helped protect in each state.
With a forward written by Bob Brown and text provided by Geoff Law, the book is jam-packed with inspiring images of protected reserves that would not exist without 40 years of successful conservation campaigning by the Wilderness Society, and the support of dedicated Australians from all walks of life.
All profits from the book go to conservation campaigns to save wild places like Tasmania’s Tarkine. World Expeditions CEO, Sue Badyari, has congratulated the Wilderness Society on the launch of the book, saying the travel operator has enjoyed a wonderful relationship with the Wilderness Society for more than three decades.
“Thanks to the efforts of those involved in the historic campaign to save the Franklin including Geoff Law, Bob Brown, the Wilderness Society, the Greens and the Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party, the Franklin River and the surrounding wilderness is now a World Heritage protected-area, known the world over for its unique, rugged beauty,” she said.
“The Wilderness Book is a stunning visual record of our country’s natural heritage, including the iconic Franklin River.”
The book launch comes as Tasmanian Expeditions, a division of the World Expeditions Travel Group, celebrates the 40th anniversary of its first commercial rafting expedition down the Franklin River.
“Our Franklin River rafting adventures provide the opportunity for travellers, from all over the world, to experience this river in its natural, pristine state,” Ms Badyari said.
“While it is a source of pride for our company that the Franklin wilderness has remained unchanged for the 40 years we’ve been operating rafting expeditions down the river, we acknowledge and thank the Wilderness Society for its passionate campaign to save the Franklin from being dammed.” Geoff Law will lead two Franklin River rafting trips with Tasmanian Expeditions in January and February 2019 – an itinerary described as ‘one of the world’s best river journeys’.
More information at www.tasmanianexpeditions.com.au For media inquiries or to arrange interviews with Sue Badyari or Geoff Law, please contact Sue Finn, on 0412 346 648 or email [email protected]
Vica Bayley is the Tasmanian Campaigns Manager of the Wilderness Society
