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Jess Hamilton: Sink

Takayna is covered in sinkholes. Over thousands of years, rain seeping into the soil dissolves the dolomite rock below, slowly forming hollows and voids above ground. Soil and rock fall inwards and are washed away and the void grows deeper. To our eyes, the sinkhole’s surface is still and reflective, obscuring the orchestra of life within its water body. With one ear above and one below the surface we listen to frogs, birds, the wind through the trees, aquatic insects buzzing like tiny fireworks, burrowing invertebrates and clawing crustaceans. Takayna holds the largest ancient temperate rainforest in Australia and one of the last undisturbed Gondwana rainforests in the world. Like many forest sites in Australia, it is threatened and surrounded by logging. Gratitude and respect to the palawa pakana traditional owners. Dedicated to the forest defenders. Produced by Jess Hamilton.

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