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October 16, 2016

Constitution Dock Comes Alive at the AWBF

Constitution Dock Master Ian Johnston writes: As the next Festival approaches we are trying to organise more activities on the water within the confines of Constitution Dock. […]
October 16, 2016

Westwind at Eighty – She’s Back!

Westwind is a famous Jock Muir boat built at Muir’s Shipyard at Hobart’s historic Battery Point.  Owner and skipper Chris Dicker will be bringing her back to Hobart […]
October 16, 2016

Thalassa – Mission of Mercy

Thalassa (Greek: Θάλασσα, “sea”). In Greek mythology, Thalassa was the primaeval spirit of the sea, daughter of Aether and Hemera. With her male companion Pontus, she spawned all the fishes of the sea. The […]
October 16, 2016

Old Sea Dogs 2 – Andrew Wilson

In 2013, we we met a young photographer named Andrew Wilson, who approached us to mount a small exhibition of his photographs at the Australian Wooden […]
October 16, 2016

Vintage Engine, Classic Boat

THE LADY FRISCO A Pretty Wooden Boat and a Most Interesting Engine. This is the story of a much travelled wooden boat, with an even more […]
October 16, 2016

Lighthouse Volunteers Preserve Heritage

Living and working in the Roaring Forties, Tasmania’s nineteenth century light keepers and their families lived for long periods in isolation, showing incredible fortitude and resilience. […]