Inspired by This Vanishing World: Photography of Olegas Truchanas, this special event invites those who experienced Lake Pedder in its natural state to come together and share their stories.
Whether you walked the original shores yourself or carry memories passed down through loved ones, your voice is part of this living history.
Bring a photograph, memento, or memory to share as we reflect on the landscape’s legacy and its enduring place in Tasmania’s cultural and environmental story.
Talk the Walk marks the closing of QVMAG's feature exhibition This Vanshing World on 20 July at the Museum at Inveresk—a fitting moment to gather, connect, and honour this iconic place through storytelling and shared experience.
What to bring:
- A photograph on a USB or memento from your time at Lake Pedder
- A story or memory to share
- Your curiosity and willingness to listen and connect
Let’s come together to talk the walk—and keep these stories alive.
About the exhibition
This is the story of a man who loved Tasmania’s wild places.
For twenty years, Olegas Truchanas explored Tasmania's remote South West, with great physical and mental endurance. His photographic skill enabled him to share his personal experiences with others.
Motivated by a love of nature and natural beauty, Olegas Truchanas' legacy is told here in with carefully selected images to celebrate his birth just over 100 years ago.
Through the lens of his camera, This Vanishing World shares the journey of Olegas Truchanas and his campaign to expand awareness of Tasmania’s unique and endangered south-west in the 1950-70’s, which helped inspire an ongoing environment protection movement.
This exhibition acknowledges the influence of his work on talented wilderness photographers who continue to represent endangered wild country.
THIS VANISHING WORLD: PHOTOGRAPHY OF OLEGAS TRUCHANAS
Museum at Inveresk| 2 inveremay Street, inverek
Closing 20 July 2025
Free entry | Open daily | 10am to 4pm
Image: Olegas Truchanas, Mist, Frankland Range, Lake Pedder 1968. Chibachrome print QVM:1999:P:1200.