General Publications
Many of these are available for sale at book stores around Tasmania, Service Tasmania or can be ordered from the Parks and Wildlife Service.
Port Davey Marine Reserve Map and Visitors Guide
Port Davey Marine Reserve is the only harbour in southern Australia where marine and estuarine systems and surrounding fresh water catchments have not experienced significant human impact.
The package includes the Port Davey Marine Reserve Map and Notes and an accompanying visitors guide which describe the unique values of the area and outline how to ensure that your visit does not impact upon these values.
Recommended Retail Price: AUS $15.00 (Inc. GST)
Order Now from Parks Publications or download the Visitors' Guide as a PDF (3.14 MB) (Map unavailable for download)
Tasmania's National Parks Screen Saver
Tasmania's beautiful national parks and its magnificent wildlife are captured by renowned Tasmanian photographers, such as Grant Dixon, Dave Watts, Dennis Harding, Rob Blakers and Steve Johnson in this screen saver CD. Bring your computer screen to life!
Available for Windows 95, 98, or Windows NT 4.0.
Recommended Retail Price: AUS $21.90 (Inc. GST)
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Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island Nature Reserve is one of the most valuable reserves in Australia and the world, well recognised for its conservation, geological, ecological and scientific values. It is a World Heritage Area, a Biosphere Reserve, and is listed on the Register of the National Estate.
This full colour booklet, complete with outstanding photography, offers readers an insight into this magnificent island.
Recommended Retail Price $16.50 (inc GST) Order Now from Parks Publications
The Tasmanian Advantage: natural and cultural features of Tasmania
The Tasmanian Advantage was developed by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. With over 530 pages of information on the natural and cultural features of Tasmania, it is an indespensible resource aimed at developing knowledge and interpretive skills specific to Tasmania.
The manual will be of great benefit to tour operators, teachers, students, and anyone interested in Tasmania's rich heritage.
Recommended Retail Price $40.00 (inc GST)
CD also available for only $15.00 (inc. GST)
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Bushwalking in Tasmania: The Basics
This video will give you an introduction to bushwalking in Tasmania. The video covers aspects of safety - both for yourself and the fragile environments through which you will walk.
The video will help you:
- choose the right walk
- prepare for all weathers
- take the right gear
- survive the hazards
- get more information
Recommended Retail Price: $15.00 (Inc. GST).
Available in VHS and DVD
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The Overland Track: One Walk, many journeys
This handy, pocket-sized booklet provides an invaluable companion for the Overland Track walker. Subjects covered include the diverse cultural heritage, unique native animals, varied vegetation communities and the very creation of the landscapes that make the walk one of the most scenic in Australia.
The engaging text, written by Overland Track Ranger, Cathie Plowman, is complemented by full colour and black and white illustrations, as well as photographs of the early days of the Overland Track experience.
Even if you are not walking the Overland Track, the booklet will serve as a valuable reference or souvenir of your visit.
Recommended Retail Price: $12.00 (Inc. GST)
ISBN 0 97517347 1
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Tasmanian Trail
This essential guide will give walkers, bicyclists and horse riders all the information needed to travel all or part of the unique Tasmanian Trail. Detailed trail notes cover each stage of the journey, providing concise directions and information on access, campsites and facilities. Distances are given for trips in either direction, while each stage is supplemented with detailed maps.
Recommended Retail Price: $25.00 (Inc. GST) plus $3.00 postage and handling.
ISBN 9 318923 009651
Order from Bronte Park Highland Village, at brontevillage@bigpond.com or write to C/- Bronte Park PO, Tasmania 7140 enclosing $22.00 plus $6.00 postage and handling. Phone orders: 03 6289 1126.
Mike Nash (2001). Cargo For The Colony - The 1797 Wreck of the Merchant Ship Sydney Cove. Navarine Publishing
The merchant ship Sydney Cove went down near Preservation Island in February 1797. What was her cargo, how was she made and why was the Sydney Cove sailing near northeastern Tasmania? Including maps, photographs and rare pictures of ships and shipbuilding, maritime archaeologist Michael Nash documents the history of Australia's eighth oldest shipwreck.
Recommended Retail Price: $30.00 (inc. GST)
To order contact Mike Nash
Mike Nash (2003) The Bay Whalers: Tasmania's Shore-based Whaling Industry Navarine Publishing: Canberra
The history of European settlement in Australia is closely linked with the development of primary industries such as whaling. The killing of whales for their oil and baleen played a particularly important role in the economic growth of Tasmania, with the first shore-based whaling station in operation within two years of the colonists' arrival on the Derwent River.
Recommended Retail Price $30.00 (inc GST)
To order contact Mike Nash
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To order/buy any Parks and Wildlife Service publication please contact Parks Publications.
By Phone: 6233 6285. Business hours are Monday to Friday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm EST.
By Email: publications@parks.tas.gov.au