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Bert
Spinks

Bert Spinks is a writer, poet, storyteller and bushwalking guide from Tasmania. For many years he has performed and published Tasmanian stories. Most of the time, he's based in an old train carriage in the bush. He has a podcast, "In a Train Carriage, Going Nowhere" (soundcloud.com/storytellerspinks), and shares writing and photography at "Letters from a Storyteller" (storytellerspinks.substack.com).


Bert Spinks is a writer, poet, storyteller and bushwalking guide from Tasmania. For many years he has performed and published Tasmanian stories. Most of the time, he's based in an old train carriage in the bush. He has a podcast, "In a Train Carriage, Going Nowhere" (soundcloud.com/storytellerspinks), and shares writing and photography at "Letters from a Storyteller" (storytellerspinks.substack.com).


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TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Penguin

by Bert Spinks
08 Mar 2025

Here’s an idea for your next kids’ day out, social excursion or romantic date ...

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TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Evandale

by Bert Spinks
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On Sunday mornings Evandale is abuzz with activity ...

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Care for country: a beautiful approach to life

by Bert Spinks
19 Oct 2024

I joined a marine debris clean-up project, part of a crew of 27 who set out for the remote south-west coast to collect rubbish ...

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TOWNS OF TASMANIA: Fingal

by Bert Spinks
06 Sep 2024

When, in 2013, in northern California, my friend introduced me to her dad, he greeted me, “Tasmania. You’re not from Fingal, are ya?” ...

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