Books and writing

Mountain Stories

by Rob Shaw
02 Apr 2025

Spend any time in Tasmania’s remote high country and there is a tendency to wonder whether you might be among the first people to step foot there ...

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    Performing arts

    Profile: Jane Longhurst

    by Rayne Allinson
    19 Mar 2025

    One of Jane Longhurst’s earliest memories is of sitting under the dining table at home in the inner Hobart suburb of Dynnyrne, listening to aunts and uncles telling stories about family folklore ...

    People

    Profile: Jo Eberhard

    by Stefan Eberhard
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    My mother was born on the December 5, 1943 in Vancouver, Canada ...

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    TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Penguin

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

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    The Holy Creed of Carbonus Rex

    by Roger Chao
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    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
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    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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    Mountain Stories

    by Rob Shaw
    02 Apr 2025

    Spend any time in Tasmania’s remote high country and there is a tendency to wonder whether you might be among the first people to step foot there ...

    Wilderness

    The modest, secretive gentleman adventurer

    by Chris Champion
    29 Mar 2025

    Tony Robertson knows how to keep a secret ...

    Wilderness

    The modest, secretive gentleman adventurer

    by Chris Champion
    29 Mar 2025

    Tony Robertson knows how to keep a secret ...

    Wilderness

    The track winding back

    by Chris Champion
    29 Mar 2025

    One day many years ago, an Ulverstone man tried to reach the top of a Tasmanian mountain ...

    Travel & Tourism
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    TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Penguin

    by Bert Spinks
    08 Mar 2025

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

    Travel & tourism

    TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Evandale

    by Bert Spinks
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    On Sunday mornings Evandale is abuzz with activity ...

    Travel & tourism

    TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Bicheno

    by Pen Tayler
    01 Jul 2023

    If you want to kick-start a robust conversation among Tasmanians, ask them to nominate the nicest beach town on the island ...

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