Franklin and Friends is a website devoted to promoting one of the planet's loveliest places, Franklin in the Huon Valley of southern Tasmania. Several of Franklin's inhabitants are extraordinarily talented. We have exceptional writers, furniture makers, glass artists, song writers, musicians, photographers, poets, wooden boat builders...

Dawn, Huon River at Franklin, photographed by Marguerite Porte

A whimsical glass sculpture by Richard Clements

One of Michael Henrysson's tables