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The Main Road

by Stephen McCarthy
01 Jun 2025

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    30 May 2025

    It’s at the bottom of the creek, partially covered in dark, slimy mud ...

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    by Bert Spinks
    30 May 2025

    This article was first published in Bert Spinks’ Letters from a Storyteller blog at storytellerspinks. substack. com. You can hardly tell that there’s a pad there. The bush closes over, a welter of green fronds, blades and canes. Cross-hatched...

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    Return to romance

    by Don Defenderfer
    01 Jun 2025

    Don Defenderfer’s connection with wilderness is a deeply personal one ...

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    Return to romance

    by Don Defenderfer
    01 Jun 2025

    Don Defenderfer’s connection with wilderness is a deeply personal one ...


    Environment

    The Holy Creed of Carbonus Rex

    by Roger Chao
    19 Oct 2024

    In the land of Terra Firma, where the sun doth brightly shine, There arose a curious sect, with a doctrine most divine. No robes of white, nor beads of prayer, nor incense filled the air, But suits of grey and tongues of gold preached salvation...


    Environment

    Care for country: a beautiful approach to life

    by Bert Spinks
    19 Oct 2024

    I joined a marine debris clean-up project, part of a crew of 27 who set out for the remote south-west coast to collect rubbish ...


    Science

    The fall and rise of the Pedder galaxias

    by Premek Hamr
    13 Jul 2024

    Lake Pedder was unique, a jewel in the crown of what later was named the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area ...


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    The Abels

    THE ABELS: A high and hidden treasure

    by Rob Shaw
    03 May 2025

    If such a formation was situated in almost any other developed country, it would surely be a massive tourist destination ...


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    by Peter Grant
    02 May 2025

    Among Elvis Presley’s many gifts, the articulation of lyrics wasn’t foremost ...


    The Patch

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    by Peter Grant
    02 May 2025

    Among Elvis Presley’s many gifts, the articulation of lyrics wasn’t foremost ...


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    Wilkinson’s easier ways

    by Rob Shaw
    05 Apr 2025

    Whisper it gently, but Bill Wilkinson may be mellowing.

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    by Chris Champion
    31 Mar 2022

    EscapeTas, a series of collaborative articles celebrating beautiful restorations, inventive architecture and memorable travel experiences.


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    TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Penguin

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    Here’s an idea for your next kids’ day out, social excursion or romantic date ...

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    by Bert Spinks
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    09 May
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    A group exhibition that celebrates the elemental poetics of clay

    09 May - 15 Jun

    Slip and Slurry: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics on Bruny Island

    18 Bruny Island Main Rd
    06 Jun
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    Flushed by twelve years of sold out successes from Edinburgh to Adelaide to Toronto comes New Zealander Miss Ashton’s collaboration with Jane Austen (deceased).

    06 Jun

    PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY: A NEW MUSICAL BY JANE AUSTEN AND PENNY ASHTON

    Moonah Arts Centre
    19 Jun
    2025

    Part coming-of-age story, part psychological thriller... a profound meditation on memory, masculinity, and the healing power of nature.

    19 Jun

    Mark Heyward, The Quality of Light - Launceston Book Launch

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    21 Jun
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    Celebrate the longest night of the year with Bruny NORTH and Bruny Wild Island

    21 Jun

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    26 Jun
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    Part coming-of-age story, part psychological thriller... a profound meditation on memory, masculinity, and the healing power of nature.

    26 Jun

    Mark Heyward: The Quality of Light - Hobart Book Launch

    Battery Point Community Hall
    03 Jul
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    Over 2,000 boys were sent to Point Puer Boys Establishment in Van Diemen’s Land. This is their story.

    03 Jul

    Alistair Scott, Urchin Convicts Book Launch

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