Issue 1 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 1

REGULARS

Editorial

The Irreverent Evers by Nick Evers
A comparison between 40 South and 40 North

Why the World Begins Where It Appears to End by Mike Jenkinson A: Jenko’s  encyclopaedia-in-progress, Tasmania: A Trivia Trip.

Portfolio: Richard Bennett

The Essayist: The Tranqullity and Tribulations of ‘Tara’ by Margaret Scott
Margaret Scott reassesses her new life on the Tasman Peninsula.

Sci-Tech: by Jessica Dietzel
The latest in technological innovation.

Adventures
Ecotourism and travel.

Waypoints
Information on Tasmania and Tasmanians.

Tasmania
Useful facts about our island state.

FEATURES

The Slaughter of the Innocents by Andrew Darby
The fate of  Southern Ocean albatrosses drowning due to longline fishing.

Latitude 40
The wool-based business on Flinders Island.

Forward Thrust by John Ancher
The Furmage House by architect Gary Forward.

The Unending Voyage by Bruce Montgomery
The Sydney-Hobart Race yachtsman John Bennetto notches up his 35th race.

Green Gold by Liz McLeod
Attilio Minnucci and his Huon Valley olive groves develop a Tasmanian olive industry.

Was Marjorie the Original Dame Edna? By Lindsay Simpson
Tasmanian icon of thrift, craft and kitsch Marjorie Bligh.

Making Amends on Macquarie by Tim Bowden
Tim Bowden is confronted by Macquarie island’s history of exploitation.

Overnight on Tasman by Chris Viney
A canoe voyage to Tasman Island.

Tricking the Eye by Christopher Bellears

The trompe l’oeil art of illustrator Peter Gouldthorpe.

Australian Tourism Industry Awards by Bruce Montgomery
Three Tasmanian winners.

First Out of the Blocks by Eve Lamb
Bill Barwick, Tasmania’s first Olympian at the 1932 Games.

A Penny Farthing for Your Thoughts by Greg Morgan

The Australian Penny Farthing Championship takes place again in Evandale.

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