Explore Tasmania’s wilderness

Browse photographs, letters and diaries from some wilderness pioneers.

• Search the archives
• View historic photos in the Flickr image gallery
• Watch early bushwalking footage ‘Tasmania the Wonderland’ (Smithies, 1933)
• Watch ‘Franklin River Journey’ (1980) 

Conservationaist, bushwalker, wilderness explorer, photographer.

Smithies explored the rugged West Coast, Frenchmans Cap, the Florentine and Rasselas Valley.  He walked from Queestown to Cradle Mountain.

Conservationist, founding member of the Hobart Bushwalking Club, Youth Hostels Association and secretary of the Scenary Preservation Board.  He had a keen interest in photography.

Find out more about Tasmania’s wilderness

• Explore the Jack Thwaites Bush diaries website
• Read more about Frederick Smithies
• Great Tasmanian bush walks
• Find single and multi-day wilderness tours
• Join your local walking or orienteering club
• Discover Geocaching – explore Tasmania and find local treasure hunts using your mobile phone
• Search the library resources for more on the Tasmanian wilderness, Jack Thwaites and Frederick Smithies