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The Gordon Splits is a notable section of gorges of the Gordon River, located in South West Tasmania, Australia. The once impassable gorges are situated on the lower Gordon River in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The splits has also been an important location of focus within the larger environmental campaign for wilderness preservation in South West Tasmania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Wilderness Society )〕 ==Location and features== The earlier works of Charles Whitham and others suggested that the river went underground at some point. It was not until in 1928 that three piners (J.Hadmar Sticht, G.W. Harrison and Charles Abel) were described as having passed through them in March of that year. It was reported in the Mercury newspaper of 12 April 1928 under the title '' The Gordon River - Exploration of the Splits - Showplace of Tasmania - Sprent Falls alone worth the trip''.〔Kerr, Garry and McDermott, Harry (1999) ''The Huon Pine Story'' Portland, Vic Mainsail Books ISBN 0-9577917-0-4 - in the chapter ''The Gordon River and its Tributaries 1896-1942'' - section on pages 67-70 - Above the Gordon Splits - including a long quote from the Mercury article: as well as air photos of the first and second split〕 The section of river is very difficult to access and apart from Olegas Truchanas, Les Southwell and Peter Dombrovskis - few others are known to have successfully traversed the section in the time of European presence in Tasmania. Following the initial journey by Truchanas in 1954 and the complete journey in 1958〔Gee, H.M. (1978) ''The Wild Rivers'' pp161-171 in The South West Book〕 through the splits, the photographs taken by Truchanas were destroyed in the 1967 Tasmanian fires. Southwell and others in the 1970s tended to free float on an inflatable water mattress through the splits to alleviate some of the issues arising from using fixed structure boats travelling through. Photographs by Truchanas,〔''Gordon Splits, 1958 picture by Truchanas - see http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3790531〕 Les Southwell,〔(Australian Heritage Photographic Database search results (Detail) )〕 and Dombrovskis 〔''Gordon Splits, World Heritage Area, southwest Tasmania, ca. 1981 () - Peter Dombrovskis - see http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3915741〕 show the steep narrow nature of the splits dramatically in their photographs. More recent aerial photographs can be found like Joe Shemesh's in the Huon Pine book of Kerr and McDermott.〔Kerr, Garry and McDermott, Harry (1999) ''The Huon Pine Story'' Portland, Vic Mainsail Books ISBN 0-9577917-0-4 - in the chapter ''The Gordon River and its Tributaries 1896-1942'' - air photos of the first (page 70) and second split (page 67)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gordon Splits」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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