An island where natural processes are at work

Bruny Island
We’d been married a month, and we came down here to Bruny Island with a whole bunch of people, and I thought, 'hey, this is pretty good'.

Then we lived in Adelaide, England for a while, Queensland, came back to Tasmania in ’76, and the first thing we did was check out how to move to Bruny Island. So we’ve been here since ’77 – 47 years next month.

I think the real fascination with this place is, it’s an island.

It’s just the fact that you can still see natural processes working. That it’s not just an environment, its where you can see that the environment and natural processes and natural features are part of us and we’re part of them.

Back in the ‘80s there was that thing ‘live simply so that others can simply live’, but it has matured to seeing that we are part of everything that surrounds us and that’s part of us.

Cover Image: Bligh Rocks "Morning Light" by Warwick Berry

Bob Graham Hansons Beach
Bob Graham has spent a large part of his life observing the intricacies and beauty of Bruny Island
Its where you can see that the environment and natural processes and natural features are part of us and we’re part of them.

Bob Graham
Bob Graham
Bob Graham is a professional geographer and convenor of the Bruny Island Environment Network


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