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Doctor Lisa from Tasmania

by Craig Searle

It is a long way from Tasmania to Sudan, the Congo, Ukraine, Haiti, but they are roads well-travelled by a Tasmanian doctor.

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Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2024

The Shallow Water Waits, Junior Runner-Up

by Ava Mignanelli

Runner-Up -- Junior Section Fahan School Everyone says deep water is the scariest – that they don’t know what waits in the dark abyss. But the water I’m afraid of is shallow water. Especially if it is running. What is it running from? The...

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Doctor Lisa from Tasmania

by Craig Searle

It is a long way from Tasmania to Sudan, the Congo, Ukraine, Haiti, but they are roads well-travelled by a Tasmanian doctor.

Travel & tourism

TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Evandale

On Sunday mornings Evandale is abuzz with activity ...

Care for country: a beautiful approach to life

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 ...

The Holy Creed of Carbonus Rex

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...

Care for country: a beautiful approach to life

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 ...

The fall and rise of the Pedder galaxias

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

Scourge purge

by Helena Gjone

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

THE ABELS: Mount Emmett and Barn Bluff

It had felt like the archetypal Tasmanian wilderness moment ...

The true pioneer of Tasmanian wilderness photography

The legacy of pioneering Tasmanian photographer Stephen Spurling III is as unprecedented as it is unrecognised ...

The true pioneer of Tasmanian wilderness photography

The legacy of pioneering Tasmanian photographer Stephen Spurling III is as unprecedented as it is unrecognised ...

The fall and rise of the Pedder galaxias

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

Travel & Tourism

Travel & tourism

TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Evandale

On Sunday mornings Evandale is abuzz with activity ...

Travel & tourism

TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Bicheno

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

Travel & tourism

TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Fingal

When, in 2013, in northern California, my friend introduced me to her dad, he greeted me, “Tasmania. You’re not from Fingal, are ya?” ...

Forthcoming Events

An exhibition of meticulous colour pencil drawings bridging art, science and conservation

Above and Below

Join us for the opening of a new exhibition of stunning oil paintings by a renowned Tasmanian artist, winner of an AME Bale Travelling Scholarship

30 Nov - 05 Jan

Paintings from Life: Rick Crossland

Welcome in the Summer in Hobart with some cool jazz and hot Latin music

The Roz Pearson Quintet and Juanita Banana & her Sambanistas

Moonah Arts Centre