A final view of the dark water pool at the Trowutta Arch here in the Tarkine rainforest of northwestern Tasmania.

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Seagulls have made the remaining pieces of the old King's Wharf a home. The light on the morning I took these photos was very dull, with little bits of a pastel blue sky breaking through the gloomy clouds. It's hard to imagine that just a little over 50 years ago this was a bustling maritime environment.

[Enlarge to see there are also two more gulls flying towards me in front of the tree.]

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[Enlarge and look around.]

We'll return to the historic estate at Highfield (1826) and take a closer view of the buildings a little later, but for the moment we're having a look at the magnificent beef cattle that are farmed here. They are mainly Angus cows and they are farmed to supply the prestigious Cape Grim Tasmanian Natural Beef company.

Each of these cattle are raised on the rich rye grass and clover that receives plenty of natural clean rainwater. Cape Grim Beef is highly sought after by the finest restaurants for its marbling, which is produced in stress free cattle. So these cows have the best life imaginable.

Peter Greenham who runs Cape Grim says, "We have the added advantage of an already strong Tasmanian brand, a reputation for some of the cleanest air and water in the world and we don't use hormone growth promotants or GM foods here either. We started the MSA grading in mid 2007 but the labels and packaging came along in December that year. A year later we have fine restaurants and premium butchers all over the country who are just loving it."
www.capegrimbeef.com.au/Tasmanian_grass_fed_beef_restaura...

In the early morning light the cows stand in the paddock that overlooks the town of Stanley with the famous volcanic plug, "The Nut", as a backdrop. This land has been farmed now for almost exactly 200 years.

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The physical law of entropy means that things (if left untouched) will always move from a higher state of order to a lower one. To illustrate: If you leave your house uncleaned for a year it will be an ungodly mess - what you get is dust and ultimately a complete breakdown of things. If you want a clean house you must work. Work is an input of energy. Energy is what keeps entropy at bay.

So as soon as this once pretty little hut was abandoned it was just a matter of time before it returned to its natural state. There's a lesson in this for all of us.

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[Please enlarge is shot and take a look around inside the landscape.]

Today I am introducing you to Australia's most famous colonial artist, John Glover (1767-1849). In this photograph, and the one previously, I want to give you a look at what is now often called "Glover Country". A region he made popular through his landscape art. Of course in truth it has always been Palawa country. The ancestral homelands of a small, but proud group of indigenous people. I told you something of their story in the photograph "Our Country".

But in this landscape we stand on the Deddington Road and are looking back towards the little hamlet of Blessington in the foothills of Ben Lomond (turapina).

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