by Garry Sims
photographer GARRY SIMS writer CHRIS CHAMPION Tungatinah Power Station, build between 1953 and 1956 on the Upper River Derwent catchment in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, was the second power station built under Tasmania’s hydro-electric scheme. The pipes have two functions. The first is to provide water to turbines to...
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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Robyn Kuys hasn’t changed a bit. She might not be as nimble scrambling down aircraft...
by Chris Champion
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Robyn Kuys hasn’t changed a bit. She might not be as nimble scrambling down aircraft...
by Chris Champion
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Environment
writer and photographer JAMES PARKER Tasman Peninsula, early 2023 Some people have fairies at the bottom of their gardens – I’ve got a seal. Not any seal, but a (very) large male elephant seal that is about four metres long and weighs (according to my authoritative Complete Book of Australian...
by James Parker
photo PETER GRANT If you go up down to the woods today … On...
by Peter Grant
Some projects are simply beautiful from start to finish, from their quiet intention to the...
by Katherine Johnson
by Peter Grant
On one of our final days we met Taupo, a two-year old female harbouring four...
by Grace Heathcote
European romanticism – a defining movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries –...
by Peter Grant
BIRDWATCHER MEETS APEX PREDATOR writer and photographer BRONWYN SCANLON It is too hot for humans...
by Bronwyn Scanlon
Seven of us walked across the heath, through the sort of morning glow that makes you feel like you’re doing something intrepid. The scene was fit for cinema: the seven of us were on a heroic quest. The plains were gilded, the twigs of shrubs crackled beneath our bootsoles and...
by Bert Spinks
Anne is a complex soul. Beautiful, popular and flirtatious, she is also volatile – capable...
by Rob Shaw
European romanticism – a defining movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries –...
by Peter Grant
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
Sometimes during the Tasmanian winter, when the southerly wind blows and I am standing outside,...
by Steve Roden
The Victoria Tavern’s doors are now permanently closed to the public. In honour of the...
by Don Defenderfer
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