Issue No 3 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 3

REGULARS

Editorial

The Irreverent Evers by Nick Evers
Some unforgettable Tasmanian characters met in a pub.

The Essayist: The Sisterhood by Margaret Scott
The roles of bush nurses in our country communities.

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

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

Portfolio: Rob Blakers
The beauty of Tasmania in winter.

A Photographer’s Winter Calendar by Steve Robertson

Winter in Tasmania by Rob Blakers

Waypoints
Information on Tasmania and Tasmanians.

Adventures
Ecotourism and travel.

Tasmania
Useful facts about our island state.

FEATURES

Dombrovskis by Nick Dombrovskis, Peter Jackson & Bruce Montgomery
A farewell to Peter Dombrovskis, Celebrated wilderness photographer.

Strahan: the Great Reconciliation
Repairing the damage caused by the Gordon-Below-Franklin Dam issue.

Ten Days in the Ditch by Bernard Lloyd
Rafting down the Franklin River.

The Old Fellers by Lindsay Simpson
The men who logged the Huon pine.

Burying the Hatchet by Delia Nicholls
Repairing the damage caused by the Gordon-Below-Franklin Dam issue.

Eight Hundred-Bed Boom Town by Chris Viney
The accommodation boom in Strahan.

The Swede and the Pieman by Warren Boyles
Swedish-born John Ahrberg was a familiar figure on the mighty Pieman River.

The Piano Man who Defies the Rules by Steve Robertson
Tasmania’s jazz musician Ian Pearce is still writing, playing and recording.

A Town is Born by Elizabeth Christensen
A look at the Eastern Shore’s history through the eyes of a Family.

Gilding the Weed by Liz McLeod
Developing an industry out of  the broad brown-green kelp, konbu.

The Magazine with Angles by Rachel Morse
Tasmania’s new fishing  magazine FlyLife started by Rob Sloane.

John Lee Archer: the Legacy of an Architect by Delia Nicholls
Colonial architect, John Lee Archer.

The Cat: So Much More than a Shoe Box by Gavin Miller
Bob Clifford’s InCat.

The Master by Deborah Carey
Warren Fordham-Nolan, instrument maker.

A Diploma in Tradition by Chris Bellears
The Shipwrights Point School of Wooden Boatbuilding offers a diploma in wooden boatbuilding.

Riding on the Sheep’s Back by Carl Wood
Sheep herding in Tasmania’s Central highlands.

The Aalto Exhibition by Penny Smith
An exhibition of Finnis architect and designer Alvar Aalto’s work at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

The Big Mother Sings!
An opera performed in a paper mill.

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