Great Walks

ANCIENT ENCOUNTERS

“There’s nothing more magical than finding a shiny shell and knowing you’re the first person to have seen it for 150 million years.” – Sir David Attenborough

hiking the Overland Track in Tasmania, I came across a little creek at the foot

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