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September 15, 2021
The Wooden Boat Centre in Franklin, Tasmania, is the only wooden boat school still operating in Australia and has become a wooden boat building hub, since […]
September 15, 2021
Wooden Boats have been a significant part of the Tasmanian story for over 200 years now, in more ways than one. As an Island State, Hobart […]
September 15, 2021
Festival friend Tim Phillips from the Wooden Boat Shop in Sorrento spoke with AWBF Inc. Board Member Mark Chew some months ago, about one of his […]
August 17, 2021
It seems like a long time ago, but just four months ago the AWBF presented the Maritime Trail across Tasmania. Not long after, dedicated ‘boatie’ Denis […]
August 17, 2021
We are excited to announce another series of films that we have been working on….. The Boat Builders! First up we have Wilson’s Boat Yard – […]
August 2, 2021
A Trim Centenarian; This sturdy 15 ft craft led a blessed life, spending her first half-century crisscrossing Hobart’s Derwent River then Melbourne’s Hobsons Bay but rarely […]
July 27, 2021
As Paul shared in our previous Newsletter – at the recent AGM I was elected to serve as AWBF’s Chair, ‘taking the helm’ from one of […]
July 8, 2021
AHOY THERE! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Maritime Museum of Tasmania is a much-loved Tasmanian institution. But it needs help. More volunteers are needed to assist in areas […]