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Martin
Stone

Martin Stone is a Tasmanian forester who grew up roaming the foothills of kunanyi/Mount Wellington. Retirement has enabled him to combine his interest in the bush, maps, local history and the mountain, discovering what he had never really noticed and uncovering the stories of what he had never properly understood.


Martin Stone is a Tasmanian forester who grew up roaming the foothills of kunanyi/Mount Wellington. Retirement has enabled him to combine his interest in the bush, maps, local history and the mountain, discovering what he had never really noticed and uncovering the stories of what he had never properly understood.


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Richard “Fat Dick” Holdbrook: the life behind the legend

by Martin Stone
7 hours ago

We’ve probably all seen him. He is the face that launched a thousand beers ...

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