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The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.


So we made our way up to Mount Field National Park yesterday, primarilly to get a look at the oft photogaphed Russell Falls. More of that to come, but first I present to you one intrepid young explorer under the canopy, dear little Ezra.

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smudgeon said…
Mt Field is a gem, but there's just too many Hobartians witht heir lattes and their all-wheel-drives and their hey hey hey...

Did you see the glow-worms in the log?
kylie said…
you and jen are so cool

and i wish i could take photos like yours
KL said…
He knows how to pose for cameras :-). Lovely.

If possible, write about the nature and health of nature in that park.
Roddy said…
The intrepid explorer in the arms of someone he obviously trusts. Sally forth young man. Onward and upward.
Priyanka Khot said…
he is so adorable!!! knows just what the camera would like to see :D

total charmer...

where is the talking toddler?
Kris McCracken said…
Me, we were the only ones viewing the waterfall and walk that morning. People were coming in as we left though.

I saw traces of glow worms.
Kris McCracken said…
Kylie, I'm pretty cool. I'm not sure about Jen though.

A good camera, that's the real trick!
Kris McCracken said…
KL, he is a good boy.
Kris McCracken said…
Roddy, she has only dropped him a few times!
Kris McCracken said…
Priankya, Henry was by my side most of the time. He was a good little man the whole way through.
Roddy said…
The only way to learn trust. See how long it takes to get over the bruises. A mothers love cures everything.
Lovely fotosin national park, wonderfull fauna.
Greeting from Belgium
Anonymous said…
Did you see a Tasmanian Tiger?
Kris McCracken said…
Roddy, yet she can't cure cancer!
Kris McCracken said…
Louisette, I love Belgian castles too!
Kris McCracken said…
Pasadena, unfortunately they killed the last of them some time ago. Henry is a little tiger though, and he was there!

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