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January 17, 2017

GM’s Log – January 2017

It seems hardly credible that this will be the last AWBF newsletter before the big event. It’s been two years since the last MyState Australian Wooden […]
December 17, 2016

Christmas Message from the Chairman

The next Australian Wooden Boat Festival is just around the corner – from the 10th to 13th February 2017 inclusive! I know that all of us […]
December 17, 2016

GM’s Log – December 2016

AWBF 2017 is On the Way Well, the venues are booked, the program is out, the boats are lined up and more than 268 volunteers have […]
November 20, 2016

GM’s Log – November 2016

Planning is well advanced for the 2017 MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival, coming up fast, in just 11 weeks time. With around 300 beautiful wooden boats […]
October 16, 2016

GM’s Log – October 2016

Greetings, All   Well, we’ve just caught our breath after the Australian Antarctic Festival (AWBF produced the four-day event for the Mawson’s Huts Foundation) and we’re […]
October 16, 2016

Letter from the Chairman

It is pretty clear now that we are facing over-subscription for water berths by as much as 40%, as expressions of interest for Boats Ashore closed on […]
September 23, 2016

GM’s Log – September 2016

Greetings, All. The most important news this month is that the first round of offers has gone out to interstate and Tasmanian boat owners seeking Boats […]
August 14, 2016

GM’s Log – August 2016

Greetings, All The 2017 Australian Wooden Boat Festival is taking good shape now, with just 5 months to go. Already, we have more than 260 expressions […]
July 14, 2016

GM’s Log – July 2016

Hectic is not the word; there has to be something stronger to describe the amount of effort going into festival preparations by the production team here […]