Issue No 2 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 2

REGULARS

Editorial

The Irreverent Evers by Nick Evers
The truth about Tim Bowden.

Obituary: Martin Davies

The Essayist: In Admiration of the Birds by Margaret Scott
The birds in Margaret Scott’s life.

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

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

Waypoints
Information on Tasmania and Tasmanians.

Portfolio: Bruce Miller

Adventures
Ecotourism and travel.

Tasmania
Useful facts about our island state.

FEATURES

Phillipa’s Feeling for Ice by Phillipa Foster
A voyage to Mawson, Antarctica.

Weaving the Seasons by Greg Morgan
The Deloraine Yarns project.

The Scarred Soul of a Story Teller by Lindsay Simpson
Focus on the writer Richard Flanagan and Death of a River Guide.

The Archers of Woolmers by Bruce Montgomery
The Longford property Woolmers is lauded as the most important 19th century farm in Australia.

The Ebb and Flow in a Forgotten Corner by Ricky Eaves
Muddy Creek is an unassuming, little-known corner of Tasmania.

Peaks and Previews by Ricky Eaves
The Three Peaks Race.

The Weathering Stockade by John Ancher
Andrew Pirie’s magnificent winery at Piper’s Brook designed by Robert Morris-Nunn.

Lines from my Grandmother’s Lips by Karen Darby and Katie Jennings
The early radio broadcasts of Katie Jennings about Bruny Island.

The Changing Taste of the Muttonbird by Liz McLeod
The modern taste of muttonbird or ‘yolla’.

Abut a Bout by Tim Thorne
Verse versus verse in a poetic stoush at the Launceston Poetry Cup.

Targa Draws Top Marques by Peter Svensson
Targa Tasmania roars across the state once again.

Double Vision by Chris Viney
The stereoscopic photographs of Martin Walch.

Show Day on Flinders by Judith and Chris Viney
Flinders Island Show Day.

Test-tube Horticulture in Bicheno by Helen Boyd
An East Coast laboratory that propagates images.

The Rare Short-range Snooper by Peter Henning
A profile of Foch Dowling, birdlife photographer.

Crooked Racquets and Square Balls by Warren Boyles
Hobart’s real tennis club.

The Gift of an Irishman by Gill Shannon
Furniture maker Paccy Stronach.

Obsevatory by Sean Kelly
A major public artwork in the new park centre at Lake St Clair.

Bloodlines and Blue Ribbons by Chris Viney
Anna Walker, cattle judge.

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