Along the Gordon River Road, southwestern Tasmania

Spectacular scenery in Mount Field National Park, with its nature walks to Russell Falls, its tall swamp gum trees, and Lake Dobson, an Alpine lake with its tall tree ferns; along the high road to Lake Pedder, once a glacial lake but drowned under 15 metres of water when it was dammed in 1972 and became a man-made lake; further on is Lake Gordon, a man-made reservoir contained by the Gordon Dam and the hydro-electric power station.

Along Russell Falls Nature Walk in Mount Field National Park in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania.

Russell Falls, Mount Field National Park.

Horseshoe Falls, the waterfall upstream from Russell Falls, with a tiered cascade amid rocks, ferns and forest.

A fallen tree, moss and ferns along the Tall Trees Track.

Lady Barron Falls on Lady Barron Creek, 3 kilometres west of the Mount Field Visitor Centre.

Looking at snow patches on the mountains, from the Lake Dobson Road in Mount Field National Park, with markers when there is high snowfall.

Lake Dobson, an alpine lake in Mount Field National Park.

Alpine vegetation on the shore of Lake Dobson.

Along the Gordon River Road at about 475 metres altitude in the highlands, near Maydena.

Lake Pedder from the Gordon River Road in the southwest of Tasmania.

View to Lake Pedder, 2 kilometres south of Strathgordon.

Eaarl morning view of Lake Pedder from Teds Beach.

Lake Pedder at Gabion Shore along the Gordon River Road.

Mountain view at the highest point on the Gordon River Road, 651-metre altitude.

Landscape at the highest point on the Gordon River Road.

Bitumen Bones, a sculpture at the edge of the Gordon River Road; it is Alex Miles’s response to the “beautiful and often harsh environment” of south-west Tasmania. It has two parts: a quartzite rammed-earth wall to signify bleached bones; and black steel wings to represent the forest ravens that scavenge roadkill by the roadside.

The McPartlan Pass Canal, allowing water from Lake Pedder to flow into Lake Gordon, a short distance from Strathgordon.

The lock in McPartlan Pass Canal, allowing water from Lake Pedder to flow into Lake Gordon.

View to the westernmost part of Lake Gordon, just south of the Gordon Power Station.

The Gordon Dam, an enormous dam built in the 1970s to generate hydro-electric power, backed by a huge man-made lake.

The view from Knob Lookout to the Gordon Dam, an enormous dam built in the 1970s to generate hydro-electric power, backed by a huge man-made lake.

The view from Knob Lookout to man-made Lake Gordon.

View to the Gordon Power Station on Lake Gordon.