Treasure Hunts in Tasmania

2006-03-30T15:50:00.000+11:00

Bill As A Candidate

4th edition of tasmania's treasure is about Mr. Bill.
There'd be no doubt that he is one of the most influential person for all of us as well as Echo. In fact, our group was formed by his eco-tour to the Blue Tier.
Now, he became a candidate of his dearest political party, Greens.
I knew it when I met him at Salamanca market by chance.
Actually, here you can check his profile on mid March state election;
http://tas.greens.org.au/candidates/denison/denisonteam/#billharvey

I expect he'll surely run again for a next chance!

2006-03-24T01:07:00.000+11:00

We want a
next challenger!!

After I found the treasure Masa hid for me, I also hid my own somewhere else in the forest. You can be the next hunter.

Clues I can give you are only one sentence and a picture so far.

Here are hints so far...
(1) The treasure is hidden along a path to suikinkutsu(a Japanese traditional water harp, the blue tier has the harp in a forest. go to this site and find more information http://http://www.bluetier.org/harp/index.htm. )
(2)The place where the treasure is near by looks like the picture above...

If you are really interested in this, leave a message to show your passion to find the treasure in the comment box of this article and You will find additional clues from me.

We appriciate your effort to find the treasure and hide your own in the forest just like Masa and I did for followers after you. Why don't we make this event long and big fun?

The treasure in the forest is waiting for you!

2006-03-16T03:38:00.000+11:00

I found the treasure!!

On the morning of the 2 of March, I(Shoko) found the treasure that Masa hid in the Kodama’s forest!

[How I found it] It was more difficult than I expected it would be. It was relatively easy to find the first hint Masa gave me because it was the one I wrote a message on its back the last time I visited the Blue Tier and placed in the forest. After that, however, around the hinted doll, I felt lost with so many plants which look like the tree Masa gave me as the second hint.

When I was feeling lost in the forest, our kind friend, Tom, who was watching Masa hiding his gift, gave me another clue. It was which plant to focus on within the second hinted photo. And I could found the green across the path between the doll is special compared with other plants there and similar to the one in the photo.

I was looking around the tree the plant was standing just beside, found a plastic half-transparent box behind the tree. Just like photos on the left.

I opened the box in a hurry and found a gift from Masa. It was a making DVD of the “the princess Mononoke”, which I showed people when we as Echo had our activity in 2004. A huroshiki(a Japanese styled wrapping cloth) which wrapped the DVD is also a part of his gifts as he said in his message attached with the gift.

[Impression] Though there are several times we could watch the movie "the Princess Mononoke", I hardly knew how it was made. This DVD will bring me more ideas of the film and I am looking forward to watching it. Also, huroshiki is good for wrapping stuffs because we do not have to throw it away but use it again. I am very glad. Thank you, Masa!!

----article by Shoko

2006-03-07T22:57:00.000+11:00

タスマニアの宝、第３弾。

第３弾は石です。

左の写真、どちらも今回タスマニアで拾ったもの。右は大学近くのSandy Bayで、左はBlue Tierの山の上で、それぞれ見つけました。どちらも似たような材質と大きさで、恐らく同じ種類の石じゃないかと思います。って、でも色が違うよね。な～んでか。
実は、右のは普通の浜辺にあったんだけど、左のは茶色い小川の中にあったのです。これ、ボタングラスという草から出るタンニンが原因。タスマニアの山のほうに行くと、紅茶みたいな赤茶色した水がけっこう流れてるよね。これまでテレビでも何回か取り上げられてます。
（例えば、http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/earth/midokoro/2002/20020602/index.html　
もうちょい詳しい説明は、
http://www.ajpr.com.au/plants.htm ）

そう、左のやつも、元は白かった・・・
それが染まってこういう茶色になったんだと考えられます。（科学的な証拠はないけど。）　石まで染まっちゃうなんて、こまっちゃうなぁ。やっぱこれもタスマニアの宝でしょ！

2006-03-03T22:26:00.000+11:00

タスマニアの宝、第２弾！

←さて、これはいったいどこでしょう？

答えは、ホバート名物の土曜市"Salamanca Market"に隣接した公園です。

では、この写真に写っているものは一体なんでしょう？

ってこれだけじゃわかりにくいだろうから、もう何枚か周辺の写真を出します。

そうです、これはお墓なんです。墓石が壁に埋め込まれているわけです。実は、僕もはじめて知りました。

地図にはSt Davids Parkとあります。今回ここを案内してくれた知人によると、昔ここは墓地だったそうです。それを公園として整備するにあたって、墓石をどうするか？と考えられた結果、公園の中を通る歩道の壁に埋め込んだようです。

お墓に書かれた文字を読んでみると、４、５歳でなくなった子供たちのものもありました。

こんな墓地を兼ねた公園が中心部にあるなんて、やっぱタスマニアの宝でしょ！

Masa

2006-03-01T14:02:00.000+11:00

タスマニアの宝、第１弾
さて、僕は今回のステイで「タスマニアの宝」と言えそうなものをいくつか見つけてきました。Shokoもきっとしらないことでしょう。。。タスマニアを知ってる人も知らない人も、タスマニアへ宝探しに行きたくなっちゃうかもょ。その責任までは負いかねますo(_ _)oでは乞うご期待！！！？

さて、一つ目の宝!?は以前ホームステイしていた、Lindisfarneという場所にありました。ホバートからバスだと１０分少々の場所。
そこの入り江では、アヒルがひょこひょこ泳いだり休んだりしています。
と脇の道路に標識が・・・Ducks Crossing。
カンガルーやウォンバットの標識と同様、名物でしょう。宝でしょう。
家の近くにこんな標識あったらどうします？
Masa

2006-02-24T21:25:00.000+11:00

Dear a treasure hunter Shoko,

I put the treasure in the Echo's forest on 20/Feb/2006.

I give you two clues to reach it.

++++++++++++++++++++
1.
THE TREASURE is close to your Kodama doll.
(see the picture above)

2.
THE TREASURE is buried underneath the picture below.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Use these clues and your brain to reach the treasure.
Good luck.

Masa

2006-02-11T17:43:00.000+11:00

　オーストラリア（タスマニア）は自然がいっぱいでとても綺麗な所です。しかし、一方で森林破壊が進んでいる場所でもあります。私たち日本人学生はそこでエコー（Echo）という団体として活動をしました。今ではタスマニアで活動したメンバーもたくさん日本に帰ってきています。みんな現地での思い出をとても大切していて、もう一度訪れたいと思っています。
　Masa とShokoはエコー（Echo）メンバーですが、２００４年で活動した後から初めて、この春（２月半ばから３月初旬）にまたタスマニアを訪れる予定です。しかし２人の滞在は２月２２日に日本からの出国とタスマニアからの出国が重なり、ちょうど入れ違いになってしまいます。その悲しい偶然を、逆に楽しいことにしてしまおうということで今回の企画を思いつきました。私たちはタスマニアの良さを再発見するために、私たちに寄付されたブルーティアー(こだまの森と名付けました)での宝探しの実況とお互いの発見したタスマニアの良さを自慢し合うエッセイをこのブログでアップします！私たちがブルーティアーにいただいた土地も調べてレポートします。是非読んでみてください。そして良ければ現地に行って一緒に宝探しをしませんか。祥子

　（Shoko)Tasmania, Australia is full of natures wonders and very beautiful place.However, there has a problem of deforestation due to clear-felling of native forests.Japanese students visited Blue Tier in order to learn and raise awareness on this issue.Some members have returned to Japan already. They hope to visit Tasmania again having many good memories of Tasmania.
　Masa and Shoko, members of Echo in Japan, will visit there again in this spring (from the middle of February till the beginning of March) after they had joined Echo’s activities in 2004. Masa will leave Tasmania on the 22 of February and Shoko will arrive there on exactly the same day. It is a sad coincidence but we would like to this is better this opportunity in a fruitful way and decided to havea brand new project like this.....We will do treasure hunting in the land we were donated（we name the land"Kodama forest"）. Firstly Masa will place a gift he prepared in advance on the land and Shoko, then, will find it during her stay in Tasmania. Also, we introduce the good points of Tasmania to one another by writing essays and taking photos. We will also investigate our land and report about it on this site.We should rediscover the charm(treasures) of Tasmania we love. Have a look and join us!Shoko