Editorial: Please Tasmania – No More Parochialism!

Letters: Readers’ letters from around the world.

The Irreverent Evers: Don’t Feed the Bloody Dog! by Nick Evers

Opinion: Colour-coding Tasmania’s Future by Pete Hay
The brown sludge or the rainbow, it’s up to us.

Arts: The Twin Talents of Brian Mooney by Michael Manhire
A true-blue Irish-Australian.

Portfolio: Lauren Black – Botanical Artist

SciTech: Ferries of the Future by Penelope Marshall
Environmentally friendly aluminium people-movers.

National Trust: Forcett House – A Peep into the Past Preserved for the Future by Robert Cox

Wine: Tamar Odyssey – Wines of Northern Tasmania by Mark Smith
Great wines in the lovely Tamar Valley.

The Night Sky: Where Day Becomes Night – Launceston Planetarium by Martin George

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

Parting Shot
Picnic day on board the Matilda c. 1892

Launceston: a Sense of the Past, a Vision for the Future by Lynda Jones
In Tasmania’s north, a beautiful, compact city.

From Yorktown to Launceston: Two Centuries of Tasmania’s Second-Oldest City by Rhonda Hamilton
A brief history of Launceston.

At Home with Fairy Penguins
A different approach to wildlife tourism.

Barney Roberts in His Own Write by Barney Roberts
Farmer, Digger, poet – a complete and happy man.

Tasmania’s Gondwanan Origins – a Geologist’s Perspective by Keith Corbett
A deep-time history of the Tasmanian landscape.

‘Spirit of Gondwana’ Wildflower Garden Show by Nick Fitzgerald and Keith Corbett
Tasmanian natives in bush and garden.

Tasmanian Plants from Prehistory by Nick Fitzgerald
Botanical links with other continents.

Celebrating Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage by Kate Jackson
Fanny Cochrane Smith’s church lives on.

Seeing That Dry Fly Disappear by Tony Ritchie
Fly-fishing for the wily trout in one of the world’s premier fishing areas.

Two Weddings by Katarina Antoszkew as told to Bernard Lloyd
From war in the Ukraine to a life in Tasmania.

The Lives and Landscapes of Gunns Plains Celebrated on CD
A multi-media view of a beautiful part of the North-West

Three Hummock Island: the Italian Connection by Rob Alliston
The 1951 visit of Guiseppe Garibalbi, founder of modern Italy.

A Career Spanning Two Continents: Anne Kellas, Poet by Robert Cox
South Africa’s loss, Tasmania’s gain.