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August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016
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Wooden Boat Symposium Gathers Strength

There’s a stellar line-up planned for the 2017 International Wooden Boat Symposium, sponsored by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and directed by AWBF board member […]
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August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016
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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 […]
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August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016
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AWBF Event Stats and Deadlines

Festival Stats and Deadlines It’s the largest wooden boat festival in the Southern Hemisphere and it takes two years to organise, but it continues an upward […]
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August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016
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Tawe Nunnugah Still Recruiting

The Living Boat Trust in Franklin, Tasmania, still has places available for the remarkable adventure they call the Tawe Nunnugah Raid.  This is a hosted expedition […]
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July 15, 2016
July 15, 2016
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Game On For Dutch Boat Project

The theme of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in 2017 is Tasmania’s long Dutch history, starting with the visit of navigator and explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman some […]
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July 14, 2016
July 14, 2016
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Boat Photos Are Important, Right?

We do say this a lot, but the Selection Panel at the AWBF is swimming in boat details at the moment, collating beam and length, bowsprit […]
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July 14, 2016
July 14, 2016
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The Gentle Art of Stamps

We are completely charmed by the work of artist Kaye Green, who makes beautiful rubber stamps for various Tasmanian tourism ventures and businesses.  Kaye approached to […]
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July 14, 2016
July 14, 2016
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Meet Our Volunteers – Pieter van der Woude

photo: Rob Oates We thought it was time to shine the limelight on a few of our wonderful AWBF volunteers, some of whom have been involved […]
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