Issue No 20 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 20

REGULARS

 Editorial: Ten Days on the Island(s) at 40ºSouth

Letters: Readers’ letters from around the world.

Portfolio: Mike Calder
The many facets of Mt Wellington.

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

The Irreverent Evers by Nick Evers
Nick’s pet ‘Eversions’.

Books and Writers by Geoff Hardy
Recent publications for Tasmanians of all tastes.

Parting Shot: Fitzroy Place, Hobart

FEATURES

An Archipelago of the Arts – 10 Days on the Island

Arts for Everyone by Robyn Archer

‘That Islanders Speak and Others Hear’ by Pete Hay
A moveable cultural feast in Tasmania and its islands.

Spanning Three Centuries by Mark Daffy
|Brickendon, a gentleman farmer’s Georgian property open to the public.

Tasmania’s Native Orchids by Les Rubenach
Exquisite, diverse and colourful.

Restoration of a Heritage Railway by Eamonn Seddon
The age of steam returns to the wilderness.

Bridges from History by Warren Boyles
An engineering challenge despite modern machinery to rebuild the Abt Railway.

The Stones Cry Out by Bernard Lloyd
Will the legacy of our ‘crooked-handed’ convict builders survive?

The Convict Trail by Nicola Mitchell
Tasman Peninsula – the full extent of the convict heritage.

Mt Wellington – Wilderness at the City’s Doorstep by Warren Boyles
A mountain accessible to everyone.

Wellington Huts – Functional and Flamboyant by Nicola Mitchell
Bowers, lodges and shelters built of bush materials.

Bream Creek Show: 100 Not Out by Warren Boyles
Jack Russell races, truffle dogs and giant pumpkins.

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