
GREEN ENTRANCE | An impressive new Centre for
Learning is being constructed by the followers
of the Bahá'í faith on what was formerly the ABC parking
lot in Hobart. More here

TASSIE SHEEP FARMER RUGS
UP | What do prayer flags fluttering at the
top of mountain pass in Tibet have to do with a fifth generation Tasmanian
sheep farmer? Find out here

A HERBAL OASIS | Lindy Campbell's passion is
herbs, and through hard work and dedication
she has transformed her love for these exotic
plants into a fulltime business.
Read more here

OLIVE'S HERB GARDEN | Stone walls do make a prison,
but for a number of women incarcerated at Risdon,
a herb garden backed by an escapist mural,
became a symbol of a free and productive life in the
future. More here

CLIMAX OF A CANINE CAREER | The Supreme Australian
Sheep Dog Championships are hard-fought competitions,as
their name might suggest. Tim Dub was on hand
to record their finesse and finality. More here
WHEN
THEY TALK OF RIVERS | Matt Newton takes a mystical,
magical voyage up the mighty Franklin River in
a 60-year-old piner's punt, retracing the journeys
of the hard men of old who tackled the wild river
in search of Huon pine. Start here
UNFENCED AND FREE | Contributing
editor Matt Newton has launched his first book — Shack
Life — a series of evocative photographs
that are a tribute to an endangered but endearing
symbol of Tasmania. Escape to “the shack” has
been a ritual on weekends and holidays for many
people in this state but, sadly, those days
may be coming to an end. Make your own escape
here
THE GIANT SQUID | OLIVER ROBB,
SHELLEY POWERS & LIZ TURNER explore the myths,
facts and fantasies surrounding Architeuthis
dux, a creature
of the deep that can truly raise a stink. There's
a lot more to it here, here and here.
MIGHTY DEMONS: TALK OF THE TOWN |
ADAM QUARRELL spent the 2003 season following
the North Hobart Football Club with his
camera. The highs and lows are all here.
WILDERNESS PIONEER | GEOFF LAW talks
to Jessie Luckman AO, who joined the Hobart
Walking Club in 1936 and, when he spoke to
her in her 90s, was still a member. Jessie
fought to protect the wonderful untrod wilderness
she helped explore. Some causes were lost but
others, like the fight to save the Franklin,
were won. Read more here.

SPIRITS OF TASMANIA | Flying into Hobart for the
first time in her life, Ami Onoe looked down from
the plane and said to herself,
“here is just heaven”. In what some would call an astonishing leap
of faith, Ami, who was a successful potter artist living near Tokyo, decided
in 1997 to make her home in Tasmania. Her story continues here

REELING THEM IN | After decades in the advertising
industry Roger Butler finally decided to call
it quits and go fishing — fulltime. Today, he has clients
from all continents employing his services to
help them catch trout in Tasmania's renowned trout
waters. More here
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