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June 13, 2016
June 13, 2016
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GM’s Log – June 2016

Greetings, All   Our thoughts go out to the many supporters of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival who have been affected by the terrible floods here […]
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June 13, 2016
June 13, 2016
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Huon Pine Escapes Harvest

Our intrepid Media Manager, Daryl Peebles, visited the 29th Australian National Bonsai Convention at Hobart recently and took this photo of a bonsai Huon pine tree, presented […]
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June 9, 2016
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June 9, 2016
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Commercial Displays – everything for your boat!

The Maritime Marketplace at the festival has certainly become a crowd favourite. New marine products and specialist advice are a must for the boatowner. Suppliers of […]
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
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The Floating Music Shed

This one is just too good to let it go.  Can you remember the 2013 Wooden Boat Festival?  Remember that crazy outback tin shed floating around […]
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
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Farewell Trim, hello ‘Trim’

Of all the Jellicle Cats to inhabit the Hobart waterfront, the best-loved was Trim, ship’s cat aboard the two-masted brigantine Windeward Bound for just over 15 […]
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
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Of Men and Ice and Wooden Ships

photo: Whaler’s Bay (c) Grant Morgan The early exploration of Antarctic waters south of 60 degrees South was perilous in the extreme, not just because of the […]
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
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Tall Ships in the West

The story of the early Dutch explorers and their ships, soon to be a major theme of the 2017 Australian Wooden Boat Festival, gets started this […]
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
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GM’s Log – May 2016

Greetings, All This is an unusual year for us, with two festivals to produce in the next ten months, the Australian Antarctic Festival in September and […]
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