Stories From Tasmania's Southern Forests

[@ghostrider9978]

Wonderful,, really enjoyed. Thank you for your efforts.

[@rogerbrown1750]

A very good story Garry,I am very Proud to have my Works displayed in your "Huon Pine Story",I can never thank you enough.

[@Swarm1968]

Thank you for making this documentary it was very insightful to watch and learn ,the old pictures were great as well as the interviews. Thank you for sharing.

[@waynesilva3129]

what a great video, i've always been obsessed with Tassie. what a life for the piners. living in New mexico, a dream to have a little two bedroom, garage, a ute and a shed. all day make furniture and turn bowls on the lathe. using Huon Pine only. just be left alone. however, at 71 yrs. old there's not a whole lot i can do at this stage of the game. i do know this. if i had some kind of a pension i would be out of New Mexico by tommorrow evening living close to Geevston. access to some good huon. thank you for the video. wayne in Albuquerque

[@homebrandrules]

goodonya mate, welcome to tassie ANYTIME.

[@glennbrown1961]

Ah the good old days, bloody hard work. My old man said he didn't want his boys working up their bum in mud half the year so he got out of the bush and went boatbuilding. I Can remember the day the mill burnt at ramineah. The sawdust heap burnt for years underground! Us kids were warned of walking in the paddock where the sawdust was. It must have covered 150 acres. Great memories Garry. Thanks for your efforts in preserving a bit of history!

[@michellebrown5006]

Thankyou Garry Stumbled across this gem of a video today snd made my husbands day . Tom Brown came from a line of great men from Mountain River . Great video ,what great gentlemen , shall forward /share with our children .🪚what a treasure 😊

[@jenniferharrison8915]

My great great grandfather made his family fortune making roof shingles! He was only 5'7" and had severe wounds from incarceration at Port Arthur and convict labour, but he was able to build a house, farm 200 acres and create a family of 10 children! Not bad for a well educated orphan, previously apprenticed to a Draper, then left unemployed with no family or unemployed benefits! He lived in the Huon Valley until he was 87, but never returned to England or saw his sister again, still after all his trials it was a happy healthy lifestyle!

[@ishure8849]

G'day Jennifer, was he transported for being homeless and hungry ?

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@ishure8849 Attempted robbery with a gun, but it could have been any of the boys in his temporary rooming house, 'he' had excellent character references! Yes basically, for being hungry, suddenly jobless and homeless at the wrong end of England! 👍

[@grayh7529]

Great video! My father used to work a box mill with his father and brother in the hills of Franklin, Huon Valley. Along with the fordson tractor, they also used a draught horse to drag the logs once felled. The men and women were built tough in those days.

[@basaltplainscreationsaustr1194]

Absolutely lovely. I come from an old sawmilling family in Gippsland, currently own and operate my own sawmilling business near Ballarat. I love the history of milling and seafaring. Regards Liz.

[@ishure8849]

G'day Liz, what type of mill are you running ?

[@basaltplainscreationsaustr1194]

@ishure8849 I run a 30" bandsaw mill, a Woodlands Mills HM130MAX. Also, swing saws for really long sticks for keel timbers. I chainsaw mill up to 6' in width for table tops.

[@ishure8849]

That sounds alright, I brought an Alaskan 4' twin powerhead slabber back from Canada in 1995 with the mini mill we cut all the sleepers for the Kerrisdale mountain railway. In 2009 I got smarter and purchased a 10/30 Lucas Mill with the extra slabbing attachment and track extensions we're at Whiteheads creek 👍.

[@Swapp3R]

Absolutely unreal work Garry. What a treat to see my Uncle John talking about all the old mill's in the area. Thanks for the film :)

[@SirRamone]

Ive seen whats left of these forests ... absolutely mental the size of the stumps left, god knows how long they took to grow.

[@dirtbikeadv]

Bugger me I just watched a 55 minute KZbin film...... Who would have thought that possible. Nice work Gaz really great insight to a fascinating part of history

[@DingoCC]

Great story telling. Thanks.

[@ethandoingstuff1433]

What an incredible piece of art and history you’ve created! Thanks so much! ❤

[@thattassiewargamer]

Thanks for a great presentation, Garry. I’ve recently hiked into the old mill site above Franklin and your video really highlighted the hardships of the period and gave me a better understanding of why it was there and how it operated.

[@gregsanford3848]

Beautifully presented thank you,the bull with bag over his eyes got me poor ol bugger so scared of water

[@russellclement2058]

Thank You ,, I grew up in Southern Qld in the sugar industry , in the 50's Mum used to help Dad in the cane paddock ,,, there was never much money but we never went hungry

[@nickosborne6440]

Having family roots from the area and visiting many times as a child, I found this a fascinating insight into an industry that many find unsustainable. Most of southern Australia would have some timber content from the area. Well managed forest are an excellent way to ensure sustainable timber is available for all to enjoy.

[@Ben_cowen.tasmania]

Hi, my name's Ben, my grandfather was Richard Chesterman, his father and family ran Chesterman and co 🙂

[@CallumDoyleDarling]

Thanks for putting this together Garry ❤

[@jiji1946]

my gosh! I'm not a person easily-impressed, but this is extremely impressive Garry, and extremely moving, and both of those, in various ways: your marshalling of resources, the editing and continuity, the interviews themselves.... and as a documentation of an era, and lives, gone by, which, despite most of what you covered having existed in my lifetime, seems far far away from how we live now (those of us who live in what we like to call advanced nations anyway). and what a wonderful opportunity for the interviewees to keep memory alive, and, even though they all seemed satisfied with the lives they'd led, that was a real gift you gave them, the fact that someone else sees value, in them, and their lives and toil, and their knowledge and achievements. splendid!!!!!! THANK you.

[@garrykerrdvd]

You are vert kind JIJI, thank you.

[@petercameron8832]

I just looked at this great video by chance today. I believe that I recognised George Heather is the same man who with his brothers came to the mainland each year and went shearing up in the Riverina in the early sixties. I was a student woolclasser at the Gordon tech sent up as arouseabout with the shearing team, they taught me to shear!

[@garrykerrdvd]

Yes Peter, George Heather was a shearer on the mainland. Still living in Geelong

[@stujd1539]

I suggest an excellent read call Hearts of Oak by Bill Leitch. Story of a freed convict and the early timber industry of the Southern Forests, and the associated ship building of the time, a la May Queen.

[@markdavis632]

I've read that book. It is an excellent read.

[@Parker-g7j]

Good on ya Garry for sharing your knowledge

[@metricstormtrooper]

Really lovely video, thanks for the recommendation for Mr clennets book, I've put it on hold at the library and as usual will buy a copy if unlike it. It's a pity the sound wasn't working for the man dressed in red, I would have liked to hear what he had to say.

[@Alonsel3]

Some great footage thankyou for sharing

[@colinvandenhoff2612]

Bern Cuthbertson was a Tasmanian maritime Legend....and John Casey RIP owned the Dover Steam Museum, and was a log cartage contractor. After his passing his Museum was sold to Pearn's Museum in Northern Tas.....

[@user-mh5xk6fl1x]

Отличные, познавательные фильмы, странно, что так мало подписчиков.

[@lorraine1959]

No sound in the George Heather interviews, but still a good watch.

[@robertlewis7237]

THANK YOU FOR AUSTRALIA HISTORY

[@wendydawson2053]

Great viewing, thanks!

[@joshsmith1308]

My family used to work in the catamaran timber mill and In the coal mines . My great great grandfather John mazey died in the catamaran saw mill by a stray piece of timber from the main saw bench . His son my great grandfather Robert Andrew mazey worked the catamaran coal mines

[@ambiguousworld]

Fascinating watch, thank you.

[@REX-INRI-JESUS]

I have cut a lot of timber over the years, life in the bush is beautiful, hard work. I think it would kill the average sensitive new age guy today 😂 Thanks for the wonderful history lesson of yesteryear.

[@waynetaylor5227]

i struggled with understanding the aussie english at first. here in northern Minnesota there is a local twang but nothing like that. as a kid in Maine in the late 1950s , my neighbor cut some logs and had a sawmil in which i was the takeaway guy. the logging was the toughest job of my life

[@ishure8849]

G'day Wayne, that dialect is 200 hundred years old rapidly vanishing and music to my ears 👍.

[@edfederoff2679]

The narrator, Rod Mullinar, reminded me of the actor who played the old Aussie cobber in King Rat. I don't know his name. Same voice, though.

[@thogster69]

great vid dude (y)

[@iancotteral717]

What happened to the audio in the Heather interview.

[@sarahcope5661]

George Heather is inaudible. Can this be fixed or written on the screen?

[@MrCheeechy]

How many beps on the log hauler?

[@user-jh1mh3vo9r]

Really great but half interviews are mute

[@gmendes1831]

Thanks :O)

[@peterlovett5841]

Brilliant doco showing just how big the forestry industry was in Tasmania. Now, mostly gone due to greed and insanity.

[@christophera556]

Destroyed by mad greeny protests.

[@brettmeikle]

@@christophera556 Yup - they should leave absolutely nothing of that rank old growth rubbish...clear the lot I say, finish the job that was started and see the Anthropocene through to the bitter end.

[@marcusgault9909]

@@christophera556 for every action there is a reaction.

[@Mekzuc91]

LOVE it gazza ya beer drinkin hero

[@GoofieNewfie69]

Unwatchable, the volume changes from high to low with almost every different speaker, and that's only in the first minute. I can only imagine what the rest is like.

[@OceanST955]

for me the audio keeps going wrong which spoils a good video

[@BatMan-to8im]

I can't believe they are wood chipping these forests now. Should be turned onto beautiful furniture not woodchips

[@suecollins8199]

They are mostly chipping non native pine from the plantations.....

[@deshb22]

It's unfortunate some of the audio is corrupt

[@michaelsheehan8875]

Awesome glad I wasn't working there's

[@milkybar06]

i wonder how many thylacines they saw?

[@pruebarratt3085]

It would be great if you could go back and edit out the corrupt interview audio. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻

[@garrykerrdvd]

Yes, pity about the George Heather interview. Would play on some formats and not others drove me mad trying to get to the bottom of it!!!

[@pruebarratt3085]

@@garrykerrdvd i really appreciate the work you have put into it Garry 🙏

[@gregburgess1844]

Thank Garry my uncle George is still going but mum Jean Heather Burgess has been gone for nine years and we spread her ashes from the bridge at Cockle.

[@garrykerrdvd]

Thank you Greg

[@ShanePhillips-mv7bi]

Father s from franklin was a faller in 60s

[@downtoearth1950]

Wood chipping our hardwood is criminal

[@patricknoveski6409]

So is there any life left where these mills walked the forest and wildlife? Same in California. Still going strong in Canada. Let's just take the forest. Duh.

[@bonko8681]

what a yarn

[@philipstevenson5166]

insane. decent people given work that with hindsight seems completely stupid.

[@boar7153]

It was a historical time for people but a destructive time for our planet.

[@boar7153]

@@dynevor6327 obviously

[@catherinesecula5287]

No idea what his video appear on my KZbin, personally I just feel sadness for destroying that forest , 😢 no proud into destruction of precious, unique hard wood ..sorry but too sad too finish the video..

[@stephenw2992]

Its not destroyed, the Greens want it put in reserves its so good

[@pault.juckniess7265]

I think you need to understand the context. Back then if you needed building materials or heat,wood was a plentiful resource. But even today its still a renewable resource.

[@catherinesecula5287]

@@pault.juckniess7265 sure , replace millennium hard wood with timber plantation..does not destroye the ecological system 🙄, as long they made a good profit and plenty of dollars it sound , reading the comments, it was all " fine ", but I am an ignorant person " I do not get it " Ho really , what part ? ..the destruction of millennium forests or the money making priorities?..

[@rossthorne6873]

There's still an abundance of trees here in Tasmania. Nothing has been destroyed.

[@petyapetya2795]

And still they managed to get , some of them until old age, enjoing their meaningless lives

[@watchyatalkinabout4494]

The value you place on the lives of others is what yours is worth