Australian Wooden Boat Festival
November 21, 2023
This month we caught Peter Hopkins from Marine & Safety Tasmania, to chat about what to expect this Summer on the water. The Boatwise Spring edition […]
June 22, 2023
This story comes from another fantastic #AWBFnextgen supporter, Taylor Wilkin, owner of Huon River Cruises. ___________________________ Honestly, I haven’t always been into boats and it took even […]
June 15, 2023
Article thanks to Julie Porter. Operators of Hobart’s oldest and smallest operating tall ship, SV Rhona H, Heritage Sailing Tasmania have sought to give an experience […]
April 8, 2022
The reason we do what we do, and why we love wooden boats! If you went to the Maritime Trail in 2021 or 2022, you know […]
March 5, 2020
Meet Ian Johnston - festival co-founder, champion yachtsman and creator of the My First Boat project.
December 18, 2019
Keeping our Heritage Alive A couple weeks ago I had the privilege to visit a few of Southern Tasmania’s boat yards. The indefatigable Roscoe Barnett took […]
November 14, 2019
Hello there, Australian Wooden Boat Festival diehards. This is Paul the Younger with my first log entry. It’s been a whirlwind two months of collecting ideas, […]
November 13, 2019
The Wooden Boat Centre in Franklin, Tasmania, suffered as a result of the 2019 bushfires, but is now back on its feet.