Issue 52 Contents


REGULARS

Editorial: Extreme Bushfires (Read now in PDF format Click Here)

The Editor’s Desk: From Readers around the World

Overseas Mailbox: The Obama Connection

Beating Climate Change: The Mendacity of Hype
by Phil Harrington

The Eslake Report: The State of the ‘Nation’
by Saul Eslake

Portfolio: Stuart Gibson

Tasmanians at Large: Impressions of Vietnam
by Jeff Rumbold

Garden: Valleyfield – a ‘Gothic Revival’
by Sue Clennett

Art: Woodenyareckon: the Art of Noel Doepel
by Clyde Selby

Wine: A Winemaker’s Journey:  Josef Chromy’s new venture

Wine: Mark Smith’s Autumn Selections
by Mark Smith

New Books: The Latest from 40°South
by Bert Hanson

Writers’ Market: Marketplace for Creative Tasmanians

Parting Shot: Thylacine Decor

FEATURES

Solar Hot Water: A complete turn-off
by
Warren Boyles

A Cut Above: John Hounslow: master knife-maker
by Graeme Phillips

The Dangers of Ocean Acidification:  Carbon dioxide in sea water means increased ocean acidity
by Will Howard

FitzRoy of the Beagle:  The captain of HMS Beagle during Darwin’s voyage of discovery
by Peter Stevenson

Ordinary Tasmanians Doing Extraordinary ThingsCivilian heroes: the State Emergency Service
by Peter Middleton

Around Tasmania – the Hard Way:  Paddling in the wake of Bass and Flinders
by Richard Barnes

Heavenly Happy Face:  Smile: it is written in the stars
by Shevill Mathers

The Agrarian Kitchen:  From the land directly to the kitchen
by Sam Adams

Focus on Franklin

The Red Tree:  Restoring woodlands in the Midlands
by Keith Churchill

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