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July 15, 2007
There are dramatic shifts in touristic fashion. Lighthouses are off beat and out of fashion whilst seals are in. Tourism is an industry that has arisen in response to the convergence of people on recognised routes and resorts.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, 2007
What we have here is tourism as colonial history. Flinders Chase National Park is selecting appropriate sites and then packaging it for touristic consumption. Though not many tourists come to Cape Borda, as it is off the beaten track, it is still packaged for tourist consumption as a special or significant site.
The bounded site is deemed worthy of preservation and privileged. It is then framed and elevated phase in the sense the chosen object being displayed or featured. Most tourists are similarly framed by the amenities that the ranger guides provide.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, 2007
Everywhere I travelled in Flinders Chase National Park I encountered site enhancement brought about by mechanical reproduction of the picturesque via such things as prints, postcards and replicas of Cape Borda.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Rust, Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, 2007
In this history one is standing on the rim of the British empire inside a colonial Australia that exhibited a dominant "Anglo" culture in which Anglo-Australian is the major signifier of Australian nationality and cultural unity.
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Nice pics. Grr that date stamp!