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by Dave Gray

  As we approach the 10-year anniversary of the failed first attempt, it is worth celebrating the eventual but inaugural successful circumnavigation of Tasmania by jet skis. ~ David Gray, 2026 It’s official – two local daredevils have become the first people to circumnavigate Tasmania on jet skis, completing the...

Performing arts

A song sets sail

by Chris Champion

Take a young and aspiring musician, give
him some Tasmanian-themed inspiration …

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  The Andromeda Galaxy An elongated blur in the night sky, Twice the size of...

by Swati Raghunathan

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Environment

Welcome, swallow

The Abels

Our Ben is bigger, but humbler

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  The Andromeda Galaxy An elongated blur in the night sky, Twice the size of...

by Swati Raghunathan

Top Stories

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Environment

Welcome, swallow

The Abels

Our Ben is bigger, but humbler

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Maria magic

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The Last Flight of Mariposa

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Environment

Welcome, swallow

The Abels

Our Ben is bigger, but humbler

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Environment

Welcome, swallow

The Abels

Our Ben is bigger, but humbler

Poet's Corner

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Environment

Welcome, swallow

The Abels

Our Ben is bigger, but humbler

Environment

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photo by Sonia Strong There’s a light, a certain kind of light … If you’re a Bee Gees fan and in the same reflective, middle-aged mood as myself, the next line will probably bring a twinge of melancholy. If you’re also Tasmanian, the “certain kind of light” will be a...

by Sonia Strong

Environment

writer and photographer JAMES PARKER Tasman Peninsula, early 2023 Some people have fairies at the...

by James Parker

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photo PETER GRANT If you go up down to the woods today … On...

by Peter Grant

Artists and Artisans, Environment, Science

Some projects are simply beautiful from start to finish, from their quiet intention to the...

by Katherine Johnson

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A little bit of Australia on the Camino Trail in Portugal...

by Peter Grant

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Wilderness

The Abels, Wilderness

Anne is a complex soul. Beautiful, popular and flirtatious, she is also volatile – capable...

by Rob Shaw

The Patch, Wilderness

European romanticism – a defining movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries –...

by Peter Grant

Artists and Artisans, Wilderness

For some of the artists steeped in wild Tasmania’s landscapes and iconic endemic flora, this landscape was confronting. “Sadly, for me all the big views contained signs of man, roads and dams so I turned my back on painting them,” Peter Gouldthorpe said. Instead, he discovered closer subjects, such as...

by Andrew Darby

Wilderness

Seven of us walked across the heath, through the sort of morning glow that makes...

by Bert Spinks

The Abels, Wilderness

Anne is a complex soul. Beautiful, popular and flirtatious, she is also volatile – capable...

by Rob Shaw

Travel & tourism, Wilderness

Influencer selfies seem invariably to be taken on cloudless days, but the Tasmanian wilderness is not known for its friendly weather or ease of access. I’m yet to see an influencer photograph themselves huddled in a rain poncho in sideways hail, complete with snot icicles, waiting for someone more sensible...

by Sonia Strong

Travel & tourism

Sometimes during the Tasmanian winter, when the southerly wind blows and I am standing outside,...

by Steve Roden

Travel & tourism

The Victoria Tavern’s doors are now permanently closed to the public. In honour of the...

by Don Defenderfer

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