Famous around the world as an icon of wilderness adventure and conservation, the Franklin is arguably Tasmania's most mythical adventure of all.

It was a privilege to join a Water By Nature adventure down the Franklin River - rubber rafts, wetsuits, and every other necessity taken care of in great style. It is indeed as magic as I ever imagined.

A campsite dinner above the riverA expedition member tries to capture the everchanging watersA guide looks upstream at the rapids we have traversedA limestone cave yawns on the riversideA limestone gorge winding up into the Lost World PlateauA sea eagle watches us raft pastA waterfall twists down the cliffsideAt the Rock Island BendCarefully guiding through a Franklin River GorgeCarrying our equipment over cliffs to avoid the rapidsExploring a limestone gorge along the riverFolded limestone by the Franklin RiverIn the rainforest campsiteMassive myrtle trees in a riverside grovePreparing the rafts for the days voyageRainbows celebrating the end of the journeyRope management to guide the rafts through rapidsScouting the river at a calm rocky beachThe ancient rainforest watches the river race byThe famous IrenabyssThe guide rests at a sheltered campsite