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Cradle Mountain's Dove Lake now accessible by kayaks made from King Billy pine

Adventure tour operators Anthony O'Hern and Anna Paice never intended to become boat builders. 

But soon after their company won a tender to provide boat tours on Dove Lake in Tasmania's iconic Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Mr O'Hern started hand-making timber kayaks.

"It wasn't a planned thing. We were just following our noses and before we knew it, that's what we were doing," he said.

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