Eye on the tiger: trailing the elusive thylacine-Ignoring the scoffs from scientists, amateur sleuths are convinced they can find the Tasmanian Tiger – as long as there is no discomfort involved. By Frank Robson.

Pretend Base Camp One is near the Weld River Valley, a formidable wilderness in southern Tasmania where driven men have risked their lives for decades in search of the officially extinct Tasmanian tiger. Even now, parts of "the Weld" remain almost impenetrable, a lost world of confounding animal trails and sheer rock faces in which one careless step can spell disaster. But we're not getting involved in anything like that. We're part of a modern Tassie tiger hunt, committed to good coffee and the strict avoidance of anything involving physical discomfort. Which is why we're spending the night beside a vehicle-friendly forestry track just 15 minutes from the nearest township.READ MORE-http://www.theage.com.au/good-weekend/eye-on-the-tiger-trailing-the-elusive-thylacine-20150410-1m6eo0.html