The weather is getting warmer. I've just has my last physio session for my broken wing and I'm starting to get out and about a bit, but I did want to tell you about a couple of interesting movies I've seen over the last couple of months before I forget. There have been some great series around, like books which you just can't put down. The following are my own interpretations, though you may well come to entirely different conclusions. “The Giants” Tasmanian Saw this at our State Cinema. It’s Tasmanian and about the rise of the Green movement – Tasmania had the world’s first green party, which grew out of the protests against the flooding of Lake Pedder for a hydro – electric scheme in the 1970s. Despite being unable to stop the Lake Pedder project, it was able to prevent the building of a dam on the Franklin – Tasmania’s last wild river. It is also about the protests against the destruction of our native forests and about Bob Brown who has been a key figure in b...
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