December 15, 2017
A Japanese company and an Australian company decided to have a canoe race on the Huon River at Franklin, Tasmania. Both teams practiced long and hard […]
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November 21, 2017
Here’s the second part of AWBF Boat Manager Cathy Hawkins’ epic account of her journey across the NorthWest Passage from west to east. Part Three will […]
November 21, 2017
Where have all the ferries gone? Preana skipper and Tasmanian polymath Sam Yousofi writes: For the past decade, I have been dreaming of starting a river […]
November 21, 2017
Chairman Steve Knight and board member Chris Palmer were in Sydney recently for a visit to the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM). They met with Museum […]
November 21, 2017
Farewell to our respected friend Meade Gougeon, who passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, August 27, 2017. “I’ve been involved […]
November 21, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival earlier this year, we produced a special exhibition marking 375 years since Abel Tasman and his crew on board […]
November 21, 2017
Mal Riley, former Bureau of Meterorology frontman and master of the Lady Nelson, has a good idea for the next Australia Wooden Boat Festival. Mal suggests […]
November 21, 2017
photo (c) Liv von Oelreich It doesn’t come any madder than this, and fair warning, they are coming this way! The Race to Alaska (also […]
November 21, 2017
The Allport Bequest is a charitable fund established by Henry Allport’s estate in 1965. Allport was a leading legal practitioner when Hobart was still a very […]