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October 9, 2018
October 9, 2018

Letter From the Chairman – October 2018

At one of our first festivals when my children were much younger, I was standing with them at Franklin Wharf, looking across the docks.  Some of […]
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October 9, 2018
October 9, 2018

Saul’s Story

Some say there are too many of us crusty old men at the MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival, complaining that ‘these young fellers’ don’t appreciate […]
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October 9, 2018
October 9, 2018

Sawdust and Nappies by Sarah Thornton

This charming story and these wonderful pictures came to us in the process of registering The Dinghy, a 12-foot Fazackerley design, for Boats Ashore in the […]
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October 8, 2018
October 8, 2018

TasPorts in the Spotlight

It all started with a simple request: “Can we borrow Constitution Dock?” The Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) got started back in 1994 with a simple […]
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October 7, 2018
October 7, 2018

The Rotary ‘Vanessa G’ Project

HOWRAH Rotary Club and Risdon Prison are working together to restore a wooden boat in preparation for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2019.  The project will […]
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October 7, 2018
October 7, 2018

GM’s Log – October 2018

It’s great to see a swell of support coming in late (this is Tasmania, after all, and we do tend to sprint towards the finish) with […]
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September 5, 2018
September 5, 2018

Tawe Nunnugah – The Raid

Tawe nunnugah is local Aboriginal dialect for ‘going by canoe’ and that’s exactly what’s involved in an adventure timed to precede the MyState Australian Wooden Boat […]
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September 2, 2018
September 2, 2018

Where Things Go

Here’s your puzzle set: 300+ boats in the water 150 boats ashore 84 temporary buildings, up to 25m x 30m Displaced parking for 90 cars 80+ […]
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