Rob Blakers - Pilitika / Robbins Island - Winter sunrise

Winter sunrise at Pilitika / Robbins Island

Rob Blakers

Inkjet print on adhesive Phototex
125x 36cm

* print also available on canvas or photo-paper

The extensive wetlands and sand-flats that surround Pilitika / Robbins Island are home to more resident and migratory shorebirds and waterbirds than the rest of Tasmania combined. This is Tasmania’s most important shorebird site, recognised internationally as a Key Biodiversity Area. The island meets 7 of the 9 criteria for listing as a Ramsar Wetland of International Significance, where just a single criterion is required for listing.

Shorebirds fly around and across the island from feeding sites to high tide roosts and sheltered refuges. They fly every day and every night, in fair weather and in storms, and at speed. A wind farm with 100 turbines, each three times as tall as Hobart’s Wrest Point Casino, is proposed for the island and places these birds, as well as migratory parrots and eagles, at risk.

Rob Blakers has photographed in the wild places of Tasmania for over 40 years. His interests lie in landscape, environmental conservation and the evolution of photographic methods and values in the age of digital technology.

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images are made to order and require 10-15 days for printing & framing from order/purchase date. 
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