Journeys Into the Wild

Journeys into the
Wild is a poetic escape to a fragile and breathtaking wilderness, with
celebrated photographer Peter Dombrovskis as our guide.

A silhouette of a damaged twisted Pencil
Pine, wearing a fine dusting of fresh snow and precariously positioned above
the Pool of Siloam in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, is like a portrait
of a lively old friend. A fresh ice sheet, uniquely patterned, is coloured by
the alpenglow, as the day's first sunlight reflects on a Cradle Mountain tarn.
A flowering white Olearia pinifolia
at the base of a massive boulder on Mount Wellington is a study in permanency
and transience. Here, too, are photographs of the Snowy Mountains and the
tropical rainforests of Queensland's Daintree and Hinchinbrook Island, Fiji and
Borneo.

Bob Brown and Peter
Dombrovskis forged their friendship in the battle to save the Gordon and
Franklin rivers. As a founder of the Wilderness Society, Bob organised the
blockade of dam works on the Franklin, recruiting Peter and his iconic
photography to make the case for conservation over profit. During the campaign,
Bob accompanied Peter on one of his kayak trips down the Franklin and observed
his process as a photographer. Peter would go on to take one of the most famous
photographs in Australian history, Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin
River, an image that featured in calendars and diaries across Australia and
that was integral to the success of the campaign. The two remained friends
until Peter's death in 1996.