More Panoramic Images Picture by Chris Viney Strahan's Piners Festival celebrates the heritage of the men and women who earned a tough living on the West Coast, harvesting the fragrant, decay-proof Huon pine from remote rivers.
Locals say it's the world's best boat-building timber.
The piners built their workboats from Huon pine, and many are still on the harbor, showing their speed in the little town's annual punt races. Fuji Velvia ISO 50 film Chris Viney is a freelance photojournalist based in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, which is Australia's southern island state. With a lifetime's experience of bushwalking, cross-country skiing and rock climbing in the Tasmanian wilderness, Chris also ventures further afield to research, write and take photographs for travel articles. Throughout March, Chris will be sending back our Pictures of the Day from Tasmania.