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Some, who attempted to climb through it, were never seen again. One of the intrepid explorers risking such hazards was the famous—or infamous—Jorgen Jorgenson, who in the course of an adventurous life wrote a book about the Van Diemen’s Land Company and became (briefly) the King of Iceland! For a quick overview of this larger-than-life, tall, blueeyed Dane, there is no better summary than the following, written by the late northern Tasmanian historian Karl von Stieglitz in A Short History of Circular Head and Its Pioneers: The Devil in Tim REPRINT 1/4/08 12:00 PM Page 45 A Hard Nut to Crack 45 This vagabond genius, this plausible rascal, had seen and done things not often found in the way of men.
Now they want to learn something, and tend to stay longer than they thought they would. Some stay until night. At dusk the potoroos are all through this area. You can see goshawks in the trees in the wild, nesting. ’ A more leisurely visit can take in hand-fed Tasmanian devils (naturally) as well as koala and baby wombat cuddling, experiencing the nocturnal house, eagles, snakes, kangaroos, waterfowl and other birds. There is also the magnificent tiger quoll, sometimes called the spotted-tail The Devil in Tim REPRINT 1/4/08 12:00 PM Page 37 Crossing the Rubicon 37 quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).
With its enormous gape, sharp teeth and voracious appetite, it is an impressive carnivorous scavenger. Dr Eric Guiler, a Hobart zoologist who researched the devil’s habits for many years, told me that a pair of devils once set up house inside a dead cow and stayed inside their malodorous accommodation until they ate the lot—bones and all. With a harsh, hissing call—rather like listening to someone vomiting loudly—and exceedingly bad breath because of their eating habits, the devils are bad tempered, even with each other, and don’t lend themselves to being patted by tourists.