Issue No 30 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 30

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Editorial: The Wise Thylacine (Click here to read this PDF)

The Editor’s Desk
Readers’ letters from around the world.

Opinion: Keeping Safe in a Global Financial world by Duncan Kerr
Speculation in the Australian dollar.

SciTech: Diagnosing Alzheimer’s by Trevor Rootes
Researching a simple blood test for this debilitating disease.

Portfolio: David Lade
Personal photographic perceptions.

Wine: Panorama’s Premium Pinots by Mark Smith
A man prepared to put his money where his mouthfeel is!

Restaurant: Enox – a Fresh Approach by Oliver Robb
A new Launceston eatery.

Heritage: Woolmer’s Estate by Mary Machen
A fine example of living history.

Botanica: Tasmania’s Banksias by Nick Fitzgerald

Art: Launceston’s Academy of the Arts – a Wealth of creativity by Rosemary Ann Ogilvie

Views and Reviews by Warren Boyles, Pete Hay and Katherine Hampton

Industry: Brews, Brewers and Breweries by Warren Boyles
Great beers – past and present.

Parting Shot: Suburban Quoll, Geilston Bay

FEATURES

The Tasmanian Trail by Andrew Harvey, Sean Hibberd and Jason Hoare
Main roads, country roads and wilderness from the saddle.

The Return of the Great Whales by Warren Boyles
Humpback and southern right whales at our doorstep.

Show Caves and Hot Springs by Nic Haygarth
The perfect winter outing.

Karst of Thousands by Nic Haygarth
A whimsical history of caving at Mole Creek.

50ºSouth by Helen Otley
Tasmanian biologists in the remote Falkland Islands.

Spring Festival in ‘Tulip Town’ by Warren Boyles
Wynyard’s annual floral festivities.

A Convict in the Gallery by Julian Halls
Brush with the law – William Buelow Gould.

From Van Diemen’s Land to Paris by Paul Humphries
The discovery of a small fish, and two great empires in the golden age of natural history.

When Pressed, Tasmania’s Best by Nick Haddow
Extra-virgin olive oil – a growing industry.

Industry to the Arts in the North-West by Jenny Cox

Ray Devine, ‘Nipper Boy’ by Penelope Marshall
Of the men who built the ‘Hydro’.

Vale: Wayne Papps by Peter Boyer
Tribute to a talented photographer.

Wildness: A Documentary
A film celebrating Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis.

Our ‘Celestial’ Past by Cathy Limb
The Chinese tin-miners of the North-East.

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