Poet's Corner

The Measure of a Man

by Roger Chao
6 hours ago

What makes a man in times like these ...

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    Politics

    We can do this

    by Rayne Allinson
    24 Apr 2025

    It was a late-February morning on Verona Sands beach ...

    Forty South

    All changed, changed utterly

    by Jillian Brannock
    19 Apr 2025

    It is 40 degrees in Hobart and gale-force winds are roaring from the north. In the kitchen, I listen to ABC radio ...

    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 ...

    Environment
    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 ...

    Environment

    Scourge purge

    by Helena Gjone
    24 Feb 2024

    In July 2023, my eco-anxiety was triggered by one of Hobart’s warmest winters on record ...

    Wilderness
    Books and writing

    Wilkinson’s easier ways

    by Rob Shaw
    05 Apr 2025

    Whisper it gently, but Bill Wilkinson may be mellowing.

    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 ...

    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 ...

    Wilderness

    The modest, secretive gentleman adventurer

    by Chris Champion
    29 Mar 2025

    Tony Robertson knows how to keep a secret ...

    Travel & Tourism
    EscapeTas

    Duck Reach, West Launceston

    by Chris Champion
    31 Mar 2022

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

    Forty South

    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
    26 Oct 2024

    On Sunday mornings Evandale is abuzz with activity ...

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