Editorial: A Tolerant Island (PDF)

The Editor’s Desk
Readers’ letters from around the world.

West Coasters: Shirley Smith – Trial Harbour Historian by Keryn Garner
Micro settlement, macro view.

Botanica – Part 1: Australia’s Carnivorous Plants by Elizabeth Truswell
Tracing their history through pollen grains.

Botanica – Part 2: Tasmania’s Sundews – Beautiful but Deadly by Nick Fitzgerald

Opinion: Towards a Toerant Society by Rodney Croome
Laws and attitudes for the twenty-first century.

Portfolio: Dave Watts
A beautiful photographic collection of Tasmania’s mammals.

Heritage: Willow Court – Changing Times by Trevor Rootes
The transformation of Australia’s first hospital for the mentally disabled.

Art: The Vision of the Wongs – and the Art of China by Peter Hughes
The generosity of a Western Australian couple.

Restaurant: Out of the Blue by Simon Creely
Originals by Picasso, Dali, Alexander and Strudwick.

Wine: Apsley Georgeous by Mark Smith
Pursuing the perfect pinot from Bicheno to Burgundy.

Gardens: Edith Creek’s Allendale Gardens by Rosemary Ann Ogilvie
A labour of love transforms a dairy farm.

Industry: Going Nuts at Twenty-Seven by Nick Haddow
Walnuts: a sunrise export industry and a new gourmet food.

Views and Reviews by Brent Crosswell

Parting Shot: A Popular Waterman 

Targa Tasmania – Motor Sport at Its Best by Leon Joubert
|An annual test of skill, nerve and machine.

Carbs and Cameras by Nic Haygarth
The internal combustion engine’s influence on early wilderness photography.

The Lure of Bhutan by Stewart Wheelhouse
Wily Himalayan trout are no match for a brightly coloured devil.

Taiko by Nick Haddow
Deep, round, resonating sound.

The Shape We’re in by Eleoanora Court
The eternal triangle.

Vale: Ralph Gowlland by Darcy Erwin

Banking on the Community by Richard Harvey

Our Island’s Musical Focus – the TSO by John Sexton
Taking the music to the people and the people to the music.

The Elusive ‘Tasmanian’ by John Archer
A talented young architect’s creative search.

A Tale of Two Cities, Seafarers and the Incredible Story of William Buckley by Mike Gill