Tarkine
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Sep 10, 2026
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Magnificent and beautiful as it is.
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The really old growth forest, which is basically the extension of the Tarkine of Tukina.
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And takes you back to 12, 18,000 years ago when you could walk to Tasmania from here.
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And people did 20,000 years ago.
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Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It has to be courageous.
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It has to reflect those things that the campaigners are doing.
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Those people in the Tarkine that were, you know, in the tree sits.
Shane HowardSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Their courage in the face of incredible odds.
Brendon GaleGUEST
But it was filmed on location at the far northwest part of Tasmania.
Brendon GaleGUEST
It's an area where I sort of come from and spend a lot of time, up around Wool North, the far northwest, the Tarkine area.
Brendon GaleGUEST
And there were just lots of mounted cameras and just to study the habits, the movements of devils and what remarkable animals they are.
Brendon GaleGUEST
But also the northwest area was the area that, because it had been immune from the facial tumour disease, so it really started in the east-southeast area.
Brendon GaleGUEST
And people thought it might be confined to there, but just by dint of time and movement and travel and impenetrable rivers and forests, it's unfortunate the last few months of this filming, over 12 months, they found a devil with a facial tumour in the Tarkine.
Brendon GaleGUEST
um so it's just incredible painstaking um commitment to to documenting this devil and um the devil population and how they live and it's just i found it quite fascinating but there's a there's a there's a long form version i think there's a short firm version of about 30 minutes but
Caroline WilsonHOST
Living with devils.
Brendan GaleGUEST
But it was filmed on location at the far northwest part of Tasmania.
Brendan GaleGUEST
It's an area where I sort of come from and spend a lot of time, up around Wool North, the far northwest, the Tarkine area.
Brendan GaleGUEST
Um, and there were just lots of mounted cameras and it just to study the, the opposite, you know, the habits, the movements of devils and remarkable animals they are and But but but also the northwest area was the area that because of it had been immune from the facial tumour disease.
Brendan GaleGUEST
So really started in the east southeast and people thought it might be confined to there.
Brendan GaleGUEST
But just by dint of time and movement and travel and impenetrable rivers and forests, it's unfortunate the last few months this filming over 12 months, um, they found a devil with a facial tumor and the Tarkine.
Brendan GaleGUEST
Um, so it's just incredible painstaking, um, commitment to, to documenting this devil and, um, the devil population and how they live.
Brendan GaleGUEST
And it's just, I found it quite fascinating, but there's a, there's a, there's a long form version.