Rediscovering Historic Tasmanian Aboriginal Site

In this series I set out to follow the 100 km route through Tasmanian South-West Wilderness that Sir John Franklin and his party traversed in 1842.
This expedition was of great historic importance to Tasmania and led to the naming of name streams, mountains and plains. After careful research I realised that while some of these features still remain, some are misplaced, and some have been simply lost to time.
This route was partly covered by a group of 6 from the Hobart Walking Club in 1953, using the Frenchmans Cap Walking Track they began their walk about 30km West of where the Franklins had started.
In this series I cover the whole length over a period of 9 days, starting at Lake St Clair and finishing at the Gordon River.
The episodes will each be 25 minutes long, and I am expecting to have 8 episodes released twice weekly, one every Wednesday and one every Sunday at 7:30PM AEST.
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[@damonhawkins9888]

Sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar. No one else in the state is doing as much as you to voluntarily keep the history of the Tasmanian bush alive.

[@milky_joh6281]

A true modern day explorer 👍

[@haroldludwick6423]

I'm stoked with the amount of research you do in regard to your hikes, and our correcting of historical mistakes need to be noted by historians or we are in danger of historical mistakes remaining in perpetuity, academics who unknowingly cite paragraphs with these mistakes also perpetuate the mistake. Rob, in a few of your vids you mentioned the Indigenous people and I applause you for that as it provides a rounded view and perspective with a richer narrative. Keep it up mate ...again you've given us front seats to stunning scenery and your more than a KZbinr, you're a educator as well. Cheers

[@Rob.Parsons]

Thanks for the kind words Harold really appreciate it!

[@peterlyall4448]

This being the second episode in this reenactment I guess you might call it a trek you're doing Rob, The very one that Sir John Franklin in 1842 took in the South-West Wilderness area. I love what you're doing Rob, as far as I'm concerned you are a great credit to Tasmania. Keep up the fine work Rob, .....Pete from Devonport....🤠✌

[@krissylogan6295]

100% with you on your proposal to PWS! Really resonated with me as a solo hiker, you contemplating weather, exhaustion, how hard should you push it or back off a bit while pouring over maps. Guess that’s why I love your epic journeys so much. Can’t wait to see where Sunday night episode takes you! Just brilliant. Pure Tasmania at it’s core.

[@jasonayres9784]

I’ve read so much about aLot of the early settlers back in the 1800’s travelling around and through our great island state,but honestly rob you bring it more to life than reading any of the books. You are an inspiration.

[@Navrak]

Absolutely love and appreciate the research you do for these videos, you have so much untapped ability , passion and drive for what you do 👍👍👍

[@Rob.Parsons]

I appreciate that!

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yep so many old trails down that way with history that could be remembered rather than forgotten if restored could also take the pressure off some of the states other tracks if done correctly.

[@richardwalsh5570]

That view from the top is spectacular. Thank you Rob

[@JosesGaraje]

The second was good as the first, that's what I enjoy about your adventures, they're consistent. Can you imagine getting through that trek with just an old map and compass. amazing.

[@Rob.Parsons]

Thanks, I try to keep it at a level im satisfied with. I made a rule this year im not making content for the sake of making content, I just want to keep putting good concepts together and leave the repetitive crap alone.

[@damienphillips9278]

Great watch mate, I like how you showed a few bits at the end like oh crap what happened, did he fall or drop the go pro, now to wait for sundays 😂

[@numptywithacamera]

Damn this is a great series, the new eps can't come fast enough now haha

[@jhallack7491]

Grand and breathtaking views and unpolitically motivated narrative make your productions marvelous and educational too...keep up the splendid work...

[@paultognoni]

This trip is so interesting, you're keeping all of us in suspense, great format you have. You must feel privileged passing through history, as it's certainly a privilege for us to watch. Well done 👏🐗🐗🐗🐗 four razorbacks

[@richardwalsh5570]

Your knowledge of our wilderness and presentation is spectacular

[@bookonomatopoeia]

Just fantastic- your films are great and most appreciated.

[@jasonayres9784]

Keep them coming Rob,I’m hooked.

[@justinstevens185]

Mate you have got me so keen to go exploring! Really appreciate the time and effort you put in

[@tonymcguinness8947]

I became really down when I couldn't spend as much time in the bush as I used to, but watching these videos I feel like I am right there with you. The attention to detail and the way you present it is beyond imagination. The effort you put in is second to none. Massive respect mate you have my vote for Australian of the year every day of the week. I am so grateful people like you still exist in this world 🤗👍

[@adamlovelee7596]

This is some of the best content on You Tube, keep up the good work.

[@robinyoung7007]

Another great video Rob well done mate, thanks for sharing.

[@HORTOJM]

Awesome Rob, what an epic trek.

[@ChasingCheetahs]

Another great vid Rob 👍🏻. Fantastic to have them coming regularly 😀

[@reginnavasi8275]

Loving your effort and commitment. Thanks for taking us along with you! (From the comfort of my couch ;) )

[@harleetriffett7951]

Amazing!! Can't wait for Sunday already!!

[@walterdavey4196]

Great idea with Mores track versus visitor centers ( and tracks with stainless steel hand rails!)

[@Rob.Parsons]

Definitely!

[@julesnjohn172]

Great episode love the teaser at the end. Ready for Sunday!

[@dazbarone]

Thank you Rob, these videos are amazing. Respect.

[@wayneberry8703]

Absolutely spectacular, Rob! Wow, another fantastic section in your travels along the old trails of yesteryear. Thanks mate for making this series to share with us all.

[@shaneupston9086]

Another great episode Rob keep them coming you really keep us entertained thank you very much mate

[@verumpraevaleat8177]

awesome vid mate. Am in Rosebery for past 3 years and the wilderness and what people achieved here astounds me. I love the Montezuma walk looking at the impossible terrain and imagining how they built the tramway through there...not to mention the venicular railway and mine at Williamsford. To visit here is great, to live here is extraordinary and life changing in ways people cannot imagine till they live it. I'm glad you touched on the Aboriginal presence here...not many people want to talk about it. Have been sensing out sacred sights as well .....follow the lines. BTW , it is my personal opinion that Tasmania is actually more a part of Antarctica than a part of mainland Aus. You have done your research and present well mate. More please !

[@Mark-rc4wz]

lets get him to make "In the footsteps of Alexander Pearce" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ62haljfM5qiLc

[@crystalluckman9438]

Mate, I'm so into this! The trek, the views, the history! Brilliant 👏 👏

[@AussieBushLawyer]

Mate u deserve well over 100k subs for this production quality it’s absolutely terrific!

[@Rob.Parsons]

Appreciate it mate thank you. One day!

[@VishusB]

That scrub gets pretty dense in places but you powered through! 👍 Love your adventurous spirit. Thanks for bringing us along on this incredible adventure with you. 👍❤️

[@gippy6105]

Very well done following with great expectations a true adventure

[@nikko9862]

I love your channel, your passion and your history lessons. I've lived on a couple of Tassie islands and loved it, can't wait to get down there for good and retrace some of your footsteps.

[@johannaknowles8569]

So cool! Thanks for sharing

[@vincentaaltink2216]

Welldone. Amazingly researched and then walked out in the hope that it hasn't changed that much. Like so many I can not wait to see the rest of your journey

[@robinyoung1230]

Many thanks for another great video and for sharing

[@Mosko4x4]

Great viewing, 25 minute episode and you had me engaged the whole time! Such a great idea about having parks open up the historical track too!

[@laurafoster297]

This is amazing.... aaaaammmazing!!! Can't wait for the next episode...

[@briangill4000]

I know this will be awesome.... Waiting till they're all up and then binge watching together. Can't wait.

[@MrHiss2011]

Thanks Rob great as always.

[@Blumack21]

Great stuff Rob. Thank you. Andy

[@leroywelsh5439]

Awesome view bud cool country to explore an sum cool history

[@cameronflint9187]

what a truly amazing story. keep it up legend.

[@johnmcdougall1330]

Well, I haven't watched your escapades for a while. You sir have ticked a box I was wondering about - if the Linda track was identifiable coming off Arrowsmith. Calder was the most amazing pioneer. Well done again, your passion only maturing and your bush knowledge surpassing so many of us that have in the past pushed into wild locations. Hats off to you.

[@joycegiles4595]

Sure hate that you have all those thickets to fight again. Good luck!👧❤️

[@onnoholling7107]

What a great series Rob. Can’t wait for the next episode. Keep up the great work 👍🏼😁

[@Rob.Parsons]

Thanks Onno!

[@chrisflesser]

Great research on this one Rob. Good on you for educating people on the heritage of Tasmania, that most probably wouldn't know about otherwise. Great video. 👍

[@melnickharris1177]

U are a machine mister and such a good story teller u should be writing ur own books well done and great vids to watch at work at 2am in the morning what a mission coming up for u keep up the good work 👏

[@craigchase5381]

Another amazing insight dude !!!

[@stevenkorezelidis804]

Rob what an awesome thought mate, you are an absolute breath of fresh air the burden you challenge yourself with is so INSPIRING and Parkes and wildlife please take note It is your responsibility not the public to restore OUR history, Parkes shame on you for following the almighty dollar and miss appropriating public moneys in the form of glitz and glamour centers. listen to this mans message he is full of courage and responsibility to humanity and its past here in Tasmania you should be proud. This is what our schools should be teaching but nuh and unfortunately they are not and I am not willing to tell you what it is they are peddling into the minds of our chidden, shame on you Governments. Rob you soar just like an EAGLE . Just one persons opinion and you may have a differing opinion and that is OK to

[@trueaussieray9093]

Hi Rob located your channel off of Levi's channel, you guys are absolutely awesome! fully admire what you guys are doing.. cannot believe you guys haven't got a million subs already just from the landscape alone let alone the Ginuwine goodguy Vibes yous put out.. Stardom shouldn't be too far away..

[@colinwilson8747]

Fascinating!!!!!

[@adamkopper3344]

Your a top bloke mate, keep up the good work 👍

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

Man I am really enjoying this series. I would absolutely love to explore the wilderness like that. Really looking forward to the next video. Best of luck to you man.

[@Rob.Parsons]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@raindog428]

This is awesome..thankyou

[@SmallWonda]

I was just thinking how do you manage to keep on track - and you became snagged in the tea trees... Geez you're tough! How you don't get eaten alive, I don't know! A huge Adventure - hope it ends well - the weather does suddenly chill off and the rain gets messy. Looking forward to seeing how you go. Keep safe!

[@m.g5818]

4:30 am in Sunny Qld. What a way to start the day, watching this.👍 I have said it before, your videos are brilliant 🤗⛏️🇦🇺😊🙋

[@benpepper4392]

Epic once again mate 💪

[@bobclark4994]

Good stuff Rob!

[@Bicycle_Fungi]

Really impressive stuff, and your research and narration really feeds the imagination. Great work on the editing too, that must be an epic task in itself 😅 👊

[@SamMarsh04]

Another great video Rob. My partner and I once stumbled across some Aboriginal cave paintings in Davies Creek National Park on the Cairns Hinterland. Cave artworks are known in the area, but this was off the beaten track. It was an amazing feeling, sitting there knowing they were hundreds if not thousands of years old, just you and the paintings. There were paintings of animals and stick people hunting and gathering, plus an albino wallaby. I didn’t take any pictures or videos because I thought it would be more respectful to leave it as it always was. I’ll never forget that day.

[@Rob.Parsons]

Wow what an amazing story!

[@AdamEdington]

Keep it up. Memories that last a lifetime

[@MrMarkar1959]

👍🏼 Thanks for Sharing this adventure Man,,i can only imagine how someone mapped this out originally.✌🏼 Awesome views and thick growth, Good video. lol,i have about 12 inches more ponytail than You,,hair gets ripped daily for last 13 years. (63yrs done now) might get it cut when I'm 70😂 if i dont pull it all out first lol✌🏼

[@georgeredbranch652]

Thanks young man. Great way to start a long night shift.

[@brendanashby6624]

I'm from Gordon mate in Tasmania that's everything walking through all that scrub you must have been exhausted and thought you would never get through fantastic job my hat is off to you I wish I knew all the knowledge you know about where to find gold and everything even though you didn't find gold in this one well not yet anyway

[@iancrump4369]

Awesome stuff mate 😎👌

[@headwerkn]

Keep ‘em coming Rob! :-D

[@goldsniper2681]

Nice Work Bro!!

[@secretstreamsandfeverdreams]

Rob... You already know it, but needs to be said... Your an fffing legend man!

[@Rob.Parsons]

Thank you mate!

[@darrenwilliams9001]

✌🦅☯ brilliant yet again

[@tazyt3388]

good job mate hard going aye goodonya curly cheers

[@borninthewrongera6888]

This is awesome

[@rolandevans3954]

Thanks Rob for your videos they just blow my wife and I away , I guessing the maps GPS and compas and your hiking knowledge gets you through the bush, are you able to show us how they are used? Cheers Rob

[@Rob.Parsons]

Ill do a video soon about the apps ect and how I plan my walks.

[@stevensmith4065]

Can't wait for the next one

[@BenDover-xv5il]

Bro good on you that’s some serious skill

[@Rob.Parsons]

Appreciate that mate!

[@karenfrench4094]

Brilliant 💜💜

[@terry8728]

Yup, agree with you Rob, we don’t need the over-expensive visitors centres. To walk that trail would be to witness the tangible presence of both the ancient and the colonial history of the area. What an awesome experience! Loving this series so far, can’t wait for the next episode! 🤩

[@carolynrose9522]

Mt. Fatigue. Wow, I can imagine Aboriginals of past standing there, There was a circular patch below there that you could see. Was this a crater? A cleared vegetative area? Great episode 2. P.S. music was at a great level too. Cheers.

[@Rob.Parsons]

No crater just a sheltered nook that game could be cornered in. perfect hunting ground.

[@mishham6388]

Part of the problem is the landscape no longer appears like it did when indigenous people burnt it regularly. Don't take this as an aboriginals or indigenous perspective because I'm only 4 gen originally Irish Aussie but I feel like that's part of the issues of retracting older explorers tracks...love ur vids man boing down the rob Parsons rabbit hole lately haha love it mate

[@hardyakka6200]

that was another great day. i got very tired as we pushed through that energy-sapping tee tree scrub. Had thought about those Aboriginal paintings being different. Could the style be altered a bit by escaped convicts living with them? I had better get some sleep to get ready for the next stage of the trip. I hope we don't encounter any horizontal scrub. That would defeat my olde bones.

[@Rob.Parsons]

Rest up because in the next episode we have to endure massive forests of horizontal. The shoulders will ache from the bag pulling on them as we duck and weave under each prison bar for miles.

[@johnmcdougall1330]

Couldn't agree more about Calders Lookout - cut out some of the old tracks and tramways and introduce a bit of interpretation and then reintroduce people to the bush with what we already have, overgrown tracks.

[@gregory8282]

Gooday Rob, so enjoying the trip, from the comfort of a lounge chair! .. Can you tell me what tent you are using?

[@Rob.Parsons]

Good to hear mate! I’m using the cloud x2 nature hike. Budget as.

[@philipstevenson5166]

To be fair to PWS it's a tricky path between public engagement and keeping something for easily disturbed species. The consistent conservation message is that a lot of paths (like a lot of roads) causes problems. Great series though, especially the historical stuff. With limited wild space we have to learn to get more out of less in ways like this.

[@Upsidedownorangejuice]

Epic! How do you find the tea tree leaves down the neck with all this bush bashing?

[@Rob.Parsons]

too much, and my bag pockets fill up too

[@VishusB]

Thanks

[@Rob.Parsons]

Thank you Vish 🥰👍

[@kristy4394]

How good would it be to get a group of folks together and clear that track again, get the indigenous community involved to reconvene with their burns, and have it accessible for adventurers. I'd be in with that. Kinda like the hut preservation society.

[@bigears4014]

I've got prickly moses where i live try walking through that

[@bigears4014]

I wonder if that stringy bark had been used by the aboriginals as it had been barked , maybe for shelter

[@Rob.Parsons]

The huts were made from the stingy bark tree. The aboriginals used stringy bark to carry fire around and also made sea kayaks with it. Pretty resourceful.

[@bigears4014]

@@Rob.Parsons you actually stopped at a tree which had been barked ,it could easily be old enough for it to have been done by the aboriginals

[@Alberthoward3right9up]

@@Rob.Parsons I must of misunderstood something. I thought you found a hut.

[@Stobie75]

❤ Tasmania

[@stephenbackhus2272]

I did a search to see where you went via trailer boat to search for cave in earlier dvd.. Easy with Windyty page/web and laptop ..Think I got it right ,I have done lot of offshore miles on a boat with charts

[@tazyt3388]

game on

[@erinparsons8412]

#Parsons4President

[@Rob.Parsons]

Erin for Lady Jane ❤️🥰

[@kentm75]

👍

[@tristanstephens3322]

Looks like a face center camera view 10min 37 sec surprise river

[@jesse7055]

Rob Parsons is that a nature hike eBay tent?? Are they any good??

[@Rob.Parsons]

yeah its the nature hike, I love them!

[@jesse7055]

@@Rob.Parsons awesome, I have been looking at them for years...so they hold up fine in heavy wind and heavy rain?

[@editname5638]

Hey man, if ever there becomes a volunteer effort to clear up the Linda track, I’d be happy to help.

[@Rob.Parsons]

That'd be awesome

[@Reeno666]

💚

[@Rob.Parsons]

First comment, but did you get the 👍? 👀

[@Reeno666]

@@Rob.Parsons certainly did! Epic vid again pal, from the mountain to mud. Keep em comin' x

[@paulandkarenwatters9719]

come on Sunday