In conversation

Unexplored

Martin Hawes began walking in the Tasmanian wilds in his early teens, shortly after his family emigrated from the UK. After studying pure maths at Australian National University he turned to wilderness photography, producing his first book Above me only sky in 1981. For the past four decades he has continued to explore and photograph wilderness, mostly in Tasmania, while working as a seasonal track labourer, track monitoring officer, teacher, writer, wilderness consultant, and wilderness researcher.

Unexplored, Martin’s fourth book, is his second devoted exclusively to the Tasmanian wilds. He took many of its 75 photos on solo, 2-3 week expeditions to some of the least-known and least-visited (in recorded history) parts of the island. In brief passages of text, he describes experiences and impressions from his more than fifty years of bushwalking in Tasmania, and offers thoughts on the nature of the ‘wilderness experience’.

Martin will be joined in conversation by former Senator, Bob Brown.

Join Martin and Bob at Fullers Bookshop.

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