Issue No 43 Contents


Tasmania 40° South Issue No 43, Summer 2006

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Editorial

The Editors Desk: From Readers around the World

Tasmanians at Large: Warbirds over Wanaka by Rob McFie
Beautiful classic aircraft

Portfolio: Nick Hancock
A traveller’s interpretation

Industry: International Baccalaureate by Tim Sprod
Students for the World

Art: Depicting Tasmania’s Landscapes by Roslynn Haynes
Contemporary artists

Botanica: Remarkable Richea by Nick Fitzgerald - Distinctive features of the Tasmanian rainforest

Wine: Vineyard Art Floors its Visitors by Mark Smith - Wine inspires art at Meadowbank

Mark Smith’s Summer Selections

SciTech: Before the MAST by Richard Gerathy
The weather by phone

Books & Back Issues: From 40°South Publishing

Views & Reviews: Contemporary Tasmanian Writers

Parting Shot: Strangers at Port Davey?

FEATURES

Bumblebee: Friend or Foe? By Elizabeth Daley
Super pollinators or enemies of the environment?

Black Tuesday, 1967 by Jim Marwood
A day of death and destruction. Could it happen again?

Surviving Bushfires by John Gledhill
Timely advice on protecting your property and possibly your life

A lady at the Wooden Boat Festival
Aboriginal seamen and boatbuilders of the Bass Strait islands

Exploring the South Land by Colin Denny
Charting Tasmania

A Killer at Large by Warren Boyles
The fox is a clear and present danger

Huon Pine Collection by Peter Hughes
Significant acquisition

Lilliput Revisited by Erika Johnson
Did Three Hummock Island inspire Jonathan Swift?

Race Track to Bush Track by Greg Clarke
F1 driver Mark Webber’s endurance charity challenge

Mine to Know by Alice Hansen
Entering the world of underground mining

Callington Mill to Turn Full Circle by Trevor Rootes
Restoration planned for a 1837 windmill

Shooglenifty and a Tasmanian Connection by Warren Boyles
Tasmanian mandolin player joins a Scottish folk group

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