Issue No 38 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 38, Spring 2005

REGULARS

Tas DevilEditorial: A fair go for farmers
Globalisation and other sweeping changes make earning a living on the land even more difficult. (PDF)

The Editors Desk: Readers letters from around the world

Opinion: Paws for Thought by Nick Mooney
A reward offered for confirmation of the existence of the Thylacine may do more harm than good.

Portfolio: Ruben Wells
Carrying a camera to open your eyes.

Restaurant: ‘6 Of the Best' by Warren Boyles
Great tucker on the Tasman Peninsula.

Industry: E-motion Mega-Yacht by Lindsay Flower
The ultimate in luxury from a Tasmanian shipbuilder.

Wine: Mark Smith's Spring Selections by Mark Smith
Wine columnist, Mark Smith, presents his seasonal selection of the best of Tasmanian wines.

Garden: Inverawe by Robert Hanson
A micro national park. A dedicated couple restore wasteland to a beautiful coastal garden.

Tasmanians at Large: Mt Kinabalu Adventure by Scott Hardy
Surprising island similarities. Climbing South-East Asia's highest mountain.

Botanica: The Woolly Tea-Tree by Elizabeth Daley
No ordinary plant. This common plant appears in many forms.

Views and Reviews by Paul Donohoe
Tasmanian literature

Parting Shot: Bringing in Potatoes, 1890s

Apple Pickers, 1956


FEATURES

Tasman Peninsula By Inger Vandyke

On the edge of the Southern Ocean. Seascapes of towering cliffs, the deep blue of the Tasman Sea and rich wildlife.

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery by Peter Mercer

TMAG its own special history.

‘High Mountainous Country' by Warren Boyles

Verse from another Island. Sometime Tasmanian Ray Stuart reflects on his military life in post-colonial Papua-New Guinea

Confronting the Future by Garnet Pearce

Changes on the farm. Once the vegetable garden of the nation Tasmania now faces big scale changes to its farms and for its farming families.

The Adventurous Art of Thomas Anderson by Susan Clennett

An artist's odyssey and a Danish connection.

TLC For Tasmania's Environment by Nathan Males

Investing in conservation. Independent, non-political group ?buy back' important ecological sites.

Ronald Campbell Gunn by Lynn Blackwood

A remarkable colonist to be commemorated in bronze.

Up There Cazaly by Robert Allen

A legend of Australian Rules football ? a man ahead of his times. Roy Cazaly is perhaps the most famous name in the game we invented.

Treasures of the Cathedral by Rob Baxter

A rich collection of Cultural memorabilia is held in Hobart's St David's cathedral

Hitting the Right Note by John Sexton

The Festival of Voices ? bringing together choral singers from around the World.

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Cazaly mark

Ewer

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Mosque

Rick Rockliffe

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