Tasmanian Voices

by James Parker

In the (modified) words of the old spiritual, didn’t it blow, children! I understand that it blew all over Tasmania, but it certainly blew down here on the Tasman Peninsula last Sunday! “It’d blow the milk out of your tea!” as my old fishing mates used to say. We also...

Performing arts

A song sets sail

by Chris Champion

Take a young and aspiring musician, give
him some Tasmanian-themed inspiration …

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Tasmanian Writers

And here is the weather forecast. Tomorrow will be muggy. Followed by Toogy, Weggy, Thurgy...

by Chris Champion

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Poet's Corner

Battery Point

Tasmanian Writers

Wattles, blossoms and warming days

Tasmanian Voices

Tyranny at a distance is still tyranny

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Tasmanian Writers

And here is the weather forecast. Tomorrow will be muggy. Followed by Toogy, Weggy, Thurgy...

by Chris Champion

Top Stories

Poet's Corner

Battery Point

Tasmanian Writers

Wattles, blossoms and warming days

Tasmanian Voices

Tyranny at a distance is still tyranny

Poet's Corner

The Last Tiger

Environment, Tasmanian Writers

Love notes from timtumili minanya

Poet's Corner

Battery Point

Tasmanian Writers

Wattles, blossoms and warming days

Tasmanian Voices

Tyranny at a distance is still tyranny

Poet's Corner

Battery Point

Tasmanian Writers

Wattles, blossoms and warming days

Tasmanian Voices

Tyranny at a distance is still tyranny

Poet's Corner

Battery Point

Tasmanian Writers

Wattles, blossoms and warming days

Tasmanian Voices

Tyranny at a distance is still tyranny

Environment

Environment, Tasmanian Writers

writer and photographer KATE BOWN   Winter by the sea in Tasmania is bearable if you’re dressed for it. This Tuesday morning it’s a red woollen bush shirt and a red cable-knit beanie. The cold is not getting in, even if my neck is a little itchy. I give my...

by Kate Bown

Environment

photo by Sonia Strong There’s a light, a certain kind of light … If you’re...

by Sonia Strong

Environment

writer and photographer JAMES PARKER Tasman Peninsula, early 2023 Some people have fairies at the...

by James Parker

Environment

photo PETER GRANT If you go up down to the woods today … On...

by Peter Grant

Artists and Artisans, Environment, Science

Some projects are simply beautiful from start to finish, from their quiet intention to the...

by Katherine Johnson

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Wilderness

Seven of us walked across the heath, through the sort of morning glow that makes...

by Bert Spinks

The Abels, Wilderness

Anne is a complex soul. Beautiful, popular and flirtatious, she is also volatile – capable...

by Rob Shaw

Wilderness

Cradle Mountain releases her miracles writer and photographer KATE BOWN Wind roars down the summit cliffs, storm clouds swirl above, and the afternoon light fades to grey. Cradle Mountain, one of Tasmania’s most talismanic peaks, is furious. And yet, I do not retreat to our hut in the valley below;...

by Kate Bown

Artists and Artisans, Wilderness

For some of the artists steeped in wild Tasmania’s landscapes and iconic endemic flora, this...

by Andrew Darby

Wilderness

Seven of us walked across the heath, through the sort of morning glow that makes...

by Bert Spinks

Travel & tourism, Wilderness

Influencer selfies seem invariably to be taken on cloudless days, but the Tasmanian wilderness is not known for its friendly weather or ease of access. I’m yet to see an influencer photograph themselves huddled in a rain poncho in sideways hail, complete with snot icicles, waiting for someone more sensible...

by Sonia Strong

Travel & tourism

Sometimes during the Tasmanian winter, when the southerly wind blows and I am standing outside,...

by Steve Roden

Travel & tourism

The Victoria Tavern’s doors are now permanently closed to the public. In honour of the...

by Don Defenderfer

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