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13-05-2008 |
| The prestigious magazine Vogue Entertaining has just awarded two Tasmanian food producers for the quality of their outstanding products : Woodbridge Smokehouse and Miellery Honey. |
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13-05-2008 |
| The 3000 American marine and sailors on board of Tarrawa are leaving today after 5 days in Hobart. |
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07-05-2008 |
| That's it, summer is definitely gone, fog, rain and cold have arrived all at once today in Tassie. |
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01-05-2008 |
| It's Fall in Richmond, the colours are splendid ! |
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25-04-2008 |
| I have attended the Memorial Service for ANZAC Day this morning in Richmond and was pleased to see that many people - including lots of children - attended it too. |
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14-04-2008 |
| The Tasmanian chocolate factory - Cadburry - will not longer host their famous chocolate factory tours, for safety and regulations reasons. |
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14-04-2008 |
| The new Governor General will be a woman, a first in Australia: Quentin Bryce will take the position in September. |
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03-04-2008 |
| A lot of damages have been done in Southern Tasmania following the terrible gusty winds last night. |
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27-03-2008 |
| This year France and Australia won't go into daylight saving on the same weekend. France will change their clocks this weekend, whereas Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales will do it next weekend, on 5th April. |
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22-03-2008 |
| Country singer Keith Urban in Hobart today for a concert at The Domain. |
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10-03-2008 |
| Vintage has started in Tassie ! |
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01-03-2008 |
| Wineries and vineyards opened to the Public this weekend in Tassie. |
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16-02-2008 |
| Two Tasmanian Astronomers - Dr Dieter & Dr Greenhill - are part of the team who has discovered a new solar system similar to ours. |
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15-02-2008 |
| Official opening today of the Meander Dam in the Midlands of Tasmania. |
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09-02-2008 |
| US invasion : several American TV producers will flock to Tasmania in the months to come to prepare shows on Tasmania for the US televison. |
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09-02-2008 |
| A great Tasmanian businessman died yesterday : Rudy Sypkes. He created Chickenfeed bargain stores. |
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07-02-2008 |
| Tasmanian Cheeese got many awards last Tuesday in Melbourne at the "Australian Grand Dairy Awards". |
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05-02-2008 |
| Tasmanian born Princess Mary of Denmark is turning 36 today. Happy birthday to her. |
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02-02-2008 |
| Richmond (Tasmania) historic gaol to get a facelift. |
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29-01-2008 |
| Bushfires around Richmond last nigh. 250 ha have gone in smoke. |
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24-01-2008 |
| Australia Day long weekend in Tasmania as everywhere in Australia for that matter. GG of Australia, Sir Michael Jeffery, was in Tasmania earlier in the week. |
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12-01-2008 |
| 14 bush fires in Tassie yesterday.
Cinemas benefit from the heat at the moment in Tasmania. |
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05-01-2008 |
| Record temperature today in Richmond and Campania : 37 ! |
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01-01-2008 |
| New law in Tasmaina as per today : it is illegal to smoke inside a car if children on board. |
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28-12-2007 |
| Once again, it's the "Wild Oats" yacht which has won the Sydney-Hobart race.... |
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23-12-2007 |
| Don't forget the yacht race Sydney to Hobart starting on Boxing Day (26th Dec). And the "Taste of Tasmania" from 28th Decemer to 3rd January 08 on Hobart's wharf. |
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17-12-2007 |
| Tasmania is short of GP. And it is going to get worse in the 10 coming years. |
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11-12-2007 |
| After months of drought, heavens have opened, rain very welcome in Tasmania. |
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30-11-2007 |
| Kevin Rudd has formed his new Labor Government. The new leader of the Liberal Party is the Tasmanian, Dr Brendan Nelson. |
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24-11-2007 |
| A new Government for Australia : The Labor Party won the Federal Elections yesterday, Kevin Rudd (50 y o) is the new Prime Minister and Julia Gillard the new Deputy Prime Minister. |
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22-11-2007 |
| At last summer is here ! |
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21-11-2007 |
| Brooke Hanson announced she won't compete in the Olympics in China. |
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17-11-2007 |
| Christmas Pageant this morning in Hobart. |
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31-10-2007 |
| Rob Valentine, Lord Mayor of Hobart reelected comfortably. |
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29-10-2007 |
| A cure at last for the Tasmanian Devil ? Scientifics seem to have found a cure to the Tasmanian Devils face cancer. |
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25-10-2007 |
| Tonight (Friday) Tasmania will be showcased again on the Thalassa show on French television. |
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24-10-2007 |
| Hobart Show Day today in Hobart. |
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24-10-2007 |
| Myer Store Hobart should reopen its Murray st store on 23rd Novembr 07. |
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15-10-2007 |
| The usual spring winds have definitely arrived in Tassie ! |
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13-10-2007 |
| DFO (Direct Factory Outlet)wont' come to Hobart it seems. |
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06-10-2007 |
| Daylight saving in Tasmania tonight, and so 9 h hours ahead of France. |
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04-10-2007 |
| The reconstruction of Myer Hobart has begun... |
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04-10-2007 |
| Tasmanian very divided over the construction of a pulp mill in the wine area of Tamar Valley in Northern Tasmania. |
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02-10-2007 |
| A mini tsunami took place on Sunday night on the East Coast of Tasmania due to an earth quake at sea off new Zealand. |
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27-09-2007 |
| Liverpool Street in Hobart reopened to pedestrians. |
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24-09-2007 |
| Liverpool Street and the Mall in Hobart still closed to cars and pedestrians following the fire that destroyed Myer store last saturday. |
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24-09-2007 |
| On his maxi trimaran built in Newcastle, Australia, Sodebo, the skipper Thomas Coleville will try to break the round world record, arrival in The Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France. |
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24-09-2007 |
| The historic facade of Myer Store could not be saved from the fire that destroys the Hobart department store on saturday. |
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23-09-2007 |
| Myer store fire shut down Hobart centre yesterday afternoon.The inferno which started in the cosmetics department gut down the historic building. |
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22-09-2007 |
| Ashgrove Traditional Cloth Matured Cheddar Cheese (northern Tasmania) was named Supreme Champion Cheese of the 2007 Royal Melbourne Dairy Show. |
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21-09-2007 |
| The Tasmanian born, Princess of Danemark, Mary Donaldson is in New York promoting Denmark with her husband, Prince Frederik. |
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20-09-2007 |
| Tafe Tasmania Drysdale Hospitality College in Hobart is calling on Jamie Oliver wannabes to join the hospitality institute seeking a career in the industry. |
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12-09-2007 |
| A French Vendeen has been appointed manager of the Peppers Hotel Calstock in Deloraine, northern Tasmania. |
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12-09-2007 |
| The famous Launceston based Chinese Restaurant - Me Wah - has opened its doors in Hobart, in Magnet Court, Sandy Bay. |
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12-09-2007 |
| The Tasmanian Ricky Ponting named for the 2nd year in a row "World Cricketer of the Year". |
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05-09-2007 |
| The famous Tasmanian fish restaurant, Mures, down the wharf in Hobart, has reopened after weeks of renovation. |
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31-08-2007 |
| The Wallabies, the Australian Rugby Team, are in France. They city of residence and training is Montpelier. |
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28-08-2007 |
| No victim in the light plane crash yesterday in Hobart. |
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16-08-2007 |
| Lebrina Restaurant in New Town (Hobart) named Tasmania's top restaurant by the Australian Gourmet Traveller. Congratulations ! |
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09-08-2007 |
| Anne Steele from Lindisfaren Tasmania, has just crossed the English Channel in 10 Hours, 58 Minutes and 32 Seconds. |
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02-08-2007 |
| Three Tasmanian convict sits have been elevated to Australia's National Heritage List. |
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25-07-2007 |
| Pulp Mill in Northern Tasmania ? Tasmania divided on the subject. |
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20-07-2007 |
| Australian love watching the "Tour de France" |
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14-07-2007 |
| A huge squid of 8 m stranded in Strahan (Western Tasmania). |
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12-07-2007 |
| Denmark has announced they are opening an Embassy in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. |
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10-07-2007 |
| Zoo Doo, Richmond Zoo (Tas) has just bought 2 Bengal Tigers. |
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07-07-2007 |
| Sydney Opera classified as Cultural Heritage at UNESCO. |
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03-07-2007 |
| The oldest bridge in Australia - Richmond Bridge, Richmond Tasmania - damaged during a hit and run accident. |
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01-07-2007 |
| The Tasmanian Princess of Denmark has revealed yesterday the name of her little daughter at her christening in Copenhagen : Isabella. |
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29-06-2007 |
| After the drought, Victoria is now facing huge floods in Gippsland. |
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23-06-2007 |
| Diane Cousteau, daughter of conservationist Jacques Cousteau in Hobart. |
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22-06-2007 |
| Tasmania's convict records have been recognised on the United Nations' Memory of the World Register. |
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22-06-2007 |
| Kids snowed under in Collinsvale... school closed. |
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21-06-2007 |
| A crane toppled over the Tasman Bridge yesterday in Hobart. His driver escaped unscathed but it was chaos on the road as the bridge was closed to traffic, lots of people missed their planes. |
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19-06-2007 |
| Cold, cold, very cold everywhere in Tassie. |
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18-06-2007 |
| Australia's (and Tasmania's) oldest Brewery - Cascade Brewey - celebrate its 175th anniversary. |
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13-06-2007 |
| Two of Australia's biggest rock bands - Powderfinger and Silverchair - will be performing in Hobart - at the DEC - on 29th September this year. |
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07-06-2007 |
| Australian philosopher, Raimon Gaita in Hobart today for the screening of the movie depicting his life "Romulus, my father" with Australian actor, Eric Bana. |
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06-06-2007 |
| Five Tassie Pubs listed among Australia's Top 100 Pubs by magazine Ralph : Custom House Hobart, Pub in the Paddock Pyengana, Sportman's Hall Launceston, Beconsfieldd's Club Hotel, Joe's Garage Hobart. |
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04-06-2007 |
| A team of CSIRO scientists from Victoria has joined the Tasmanian one to try to fight the cancer that has wiped out half of the population of Tasmanian Devils. |
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31-05-2007 |
| Terrible gusty winds over Victoria and Tasmania these past 2 days. |
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25-05-2007 |
| The Cartela, the Hobart's iconic Derwent ferry will turn 95 in September. A book is underway to tell her story. |
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22-05-2007 |
| Some newspapers today are saying that Hobart is a hot spot for real estate as a water-rich location for a lot of mainlanders. |
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19-05-2007 |
| Machine Cafe, Salamanca Square, Hobart named one of the coolest places on the planet by British Magazine Arena. |
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14-05-2007 |
| Swansea (East Coast Tasmania) has received the award of tidiest town in Asutralia. |
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12-05-2007 |
| The biggest wind turbines in the southern hemispher will soon be working.... in North-West Tasmania supplying power to more than 30 000 homes. |
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09-05-2007 |
| Tarraleah Lodge (in centre Tasmanie) named one the best 65 new hotels in the world by the Bristish travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller UK. |
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08-05-2007 |
| Recherche Bay Activist, Bruce Poulson, 69 has just died of cancer. He spent his last years campaigning to save Recherche Bay. |
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03-05-2007 |
| A new Museum to open at Moorilla Winery : MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art. |
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29-04-2007 |
| The Tasmanian born actress, Rachael Taylor, 22 years old, to play in the blockbuster movie "Transformers" |
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25-04-2007 |
| ANZAC day services everywhere in Tasmania very well attended. |
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22-04-2007 |
| Commemoration today at Villers Bretonneux in France for the ANZACS in presence of Ms Penny Wensley, Ambassador of Australia in France. |
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22-04-2007 |
| The Tasmanian born Princess Mary of Denmark has given birth to baby daughter. |
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19-04-2007 |
| Agfest this year will take place on 3rd, 4th & 5th May 07 : http://www.agfest.com.au/ |
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19-04-2007 |
| The 15th Symposium of Australian Gastronomy
Beyond the Supermarket: Learning to Overcome Gastronomic Poverty
Dover, Tasmania, Australia
29th April – 2nd May 2007
http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/centrefooddrink/events/ |
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19-04-2007 |
| TARGA TASMANIA is on : http://www.targa.org.au/ |
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12-04-2007 |
| In order to try stop the cancer spreading even more through our endangered tasmanian devils, the Tasmanian Goverment suffest to relocate them on Maria Island, off the East Coast of Tasmania. |
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06-04-2007 |
| Happy Easter to all. Did you know that Australia was the biggest chocolate consumer at Easter in the world ? |
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02-04-2007 |
| At least 6 people are dead after the 8.5 earthquake off the Solomon Islands coasts. Tsunami alerts off for Australia though. |
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31-03-2007 |
| Huge catch yesterday off Eaglehawk Neck (south Tasmania) : 2 blue fin tunas of 64 and 75 kgs. |
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28-03-2007 |
| David Walters, a French singer-songwriter-producer is in Tasmania this week (concerts in Hobart and Launceston) for 10 Days on the Island Festival www.davidwalters.fr |
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27-03-2007 |
| International Swimming Championship in Melbourne. |
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22-03-2007 |
| Tasmanian cultural event of the year " 10 Days on the Island" will begin tomorrow :
www.tendaysontheisland.com |
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18-03-2007 |
| A Buddhist Temple to be erected in the Coal River Valley north of Hobart. |
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14-03-2007 |
| Ms Penelope Wensley, Ambassador of Australia in France, in Australia this week. |
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24-02-2007 |
| Two Tassie Tourism businesses honoured yesterday at the Australian Tourism Awards in Sydney : Henry Jones Hotel Hobart and Federal Group - Pure Tasmania. |
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23-02-2007 |
| Ideas2Market scheme was launched in Hobart yesterday by Jack English. The program offers a series of one-workshops aimed at small businesses to help them expand. |
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21-02-2007 |
| The Queen Mary 2 is in Sydney. The 26 storey ship was too high to berth at Circular Quay. Spectators gathered in their thousands to view this magnificient cruise liner which was joined by her sister ship (both had been built in St Nazaire, France), Queen Elizabeth 2. This was an historic moment. |
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18-02-2007 |
| Tamania to twin up with Arbuzzi region in Italy. |
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14-02-2007 |
| A Tasmanian fruit grower, Howard Hansen, has been named international fruit grower of the year (apple orchards) |
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11-02-2007 |
| Andrew McAuley lost at sea. Rescuers have not given up hope despite finding his empty kayak floating in the sea.
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07-02-2007 |
| Comemorations today in several towns around Hobart to comemorate lives (and houses) lost in the raging bush fires of what's now called Black Tuesday on 7th February 1967. |
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06-02-2007 |
| Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley is the first sea kayaker to attempt to cross Tasman sea, 1600 kms between Tasmania and south Island of New Zealand. |
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01-02-2007 |
| Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart from 9th to 12th February 07. |
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25-01-2007 |
| Australia Day tomorrow 26th January (Public Holiday). |
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23-01-2007 |
| Floods in Hobart after sunday non-stop rains. |
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22-01-2007 |
| France has seriously beaten Australia at the Handball Championship in Germany : 46-10. |
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19-01-2007 |
| Cradle Mountain, Port-Arthur and Mount Wellington to get a spot in the Australian Monopoly Board game. |
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17-01-2007 |
| Sad news, Hobart's iconic Blundstone boot factory to close down in months and manufacture off-shore. |
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16-01-2007 |
| The maga-liner Saphire Princess (with its 4 000 passengers) docked in Hobart yesterday. It is the first of her visits planned for this year. |
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11-01-2007 |
| Goodbye Serena Williams...... she lost last night in 3 sets against Austrian Sybille Bammer. |
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10-01-2007 |
| The pretigious British magzine Tatler has named the Hobart Islington Hotel as one of the best 101 hotels in the world. |
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08-01-2007 |
| International Tennis Tournament in Hobart has just started. The Frenchwoman Severine Bremond played and won her first match today. |
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05-01-2007 |
| An australian team including three Tasmanian carpenters has returned home after more than 2 months working on restoring the original Mawson Hut Complex in Antarctica. |
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05-01-2007 |
| It was the thrid annual Four Hatsd Dinner at the Hobart Town Hall last night. 4 of the best Tasmanian chefs - Justin Harris, Vanidol Lulitanond, Paul Foreman et Simon West- teamed up for a superb meal. |
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05-01-2007 |
| Burnie (northern Tasmania) is celebrating its port with an exhibition "Steps in a Journey". |
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05-01-2007 |
| Bristol Farms, where Hollywood movie stars do their shopping to showcase Tasmanian products like Nutpatch Nougat. |
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05-01-2007 |
| Town of Strahan on the West Coast on stand-by for fir threat : soaring temperatures and wind not a good mix. |
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03-01-2007 |
| "Wild Oats" yacht has won the Sydney-Hobart race. |
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02-01-2007 |
| 200 000 visitors at the Taste of Tasmania in Hobart and 14 500 at the Falls Festival (Music) in Marion Bay. |
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28-12-2006 |
| Official Opening today at 11 am of "The Taste of Tasmania". |
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26-12-2006 |
| Start today Boxing Day of the Sydney-Hobart yacht Race. |
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21-12-2006 |
| Total fire ban today everywhere in Tasmania and water restrictions apply. |
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19-12-2006 |
| New website for the Tasmanian wine industry :
www.tasmanianwineroute.com.au |
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17-12-2006 |
| The "Left Bank" restaurant in Swansea on the East Coast has been revamped and transformed into fine dining and is now called "The Banc". |
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17-12-2006 |
| A daily ferry service will operate from next month on between Opposum Bay and Hobart. |
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17-12-2006 |
| Carols by Candelight tonight in Hobart. |
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12-12-2006 |
| Terrible night last night on the East Coast of Tasmania : 20 houses gone in bush fires near Scamander. |
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09-12-2006 |
| Swansea (Tasmania East Coast) elected the tidest town in Tasmania. |
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06-12-2006 |
| Bush fires out of control last night in Brighton-Bridgewater, south of Hobart. |
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02-12-2006 |
| 20 whales stranded in Srahan (Western Tasmania), 10 are being rescued and kept alive by people over there. |
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30-11-2006 |
| Cecile Corbel, the French harpist, from Brittany is performing in Tasmania this week. |
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29-11-2006 |
| Hobart Wine Show last week : Hood Wines was the most awarded winery. |
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28-11-2006 |
| Solo Yachtsman tony Bullimore should arrive in Hobart some times this week. |
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27-11-2006 |
| Our Princess Mary has done a vanishing act in the Tasmanian Bush ? |
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22-11-2006 |
| She is here..... The Tasmanian Princess Mary of Denmark has just landed in Hobart. |
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17-11-2006 |
| "10 DAYS ON THE ISLAND:, the Tasmanian Arts Festival will be held in Tasmania from 23rd March to 1st April 2007. |
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16-11-2006 |
| Christmas parade this saturday in Hobart. |
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15-11-2006 |
| A Tasmanian Teacher named best world teacher by an American jury yesterday. |
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15-11-2006 |
| Marque IV restaurant named the best overall restaurant in Hobart last night. |
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15-11-2006 |
| Breaking temperature in Tassie : Up to 20 centimetres of snow was reported at Miena in Tasmania's Great Lake region |
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04-11-2006 |
| International student enrolments are booming at Hobart University, especially of students from Asia. |
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03-11-2006 |
| Tasmanian Crafts Fair in Deloraine this weekend. |
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03-11-2006 |
| Monday 6th November will be a public holiday in northern Tasmania : Recreation Day. |
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03-11-2006 |
| Poetry Awards in Hobart yesterday : Tasmanian Kathryn Lomer and Anne Morgan won $ 300 each. |
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03-11-2006 |
| Poetry Awards in Hobart yesterday : Tasmanian Kathryn Lomer and Anne Morgan won $ 300 each. |
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02-11-2006 |
| Change to Abalone size limits : the minimum size or the recreational take of greenlip abalone has been reduced to 132 mm while for blacklip abalone it has been increased to 138 mm. |
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01-11-2006 |
| Tassie Wines to be the best to accompany Asian Foods. |
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01-11-2006 |
| The "Bridgewater" bridge in Hobart closed for work and repair. |
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31-10-2006 |
| Launch of the book "Bad Ground" by Todd Russell and Brant Webb, the two miners rescued from the Beaconsfield mine in May. |
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28-10-2006 |
| L'Astrolabe, the french antarctic supply vessel, stuck in the ice for their maiden voyage of the season. |
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28-10-2006 |
| France goes into daylight saving this weekend and hence will be 10 Hours behind Tasmania. |
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28-10-2006 |
| France goes into daylight saving this weekend and hence will be 10 Hours behind Tasmania. |
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27-10-2006 |
| Princess Mary pregnant again with her 2nd child to be born in May 2007. |
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26-10-2006 |
| The Dutch Crown Prince and Princess Maxima in Hobart for 2 days. |
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23-10-2006 |
| It's Show Week in Hobart this week and Thursday will be a public holiday. |
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19-10-2006 |
| The terrible frost last weekend in the Coal River Valley (near Hobart) has unfortunately badly affected orchards and vineyards in bloom at that time of the year. |
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12-10-2006 |
| Searing temperatures (35 C) and force gale winds, bush fires all around Hobart. Hopefully winds will calm down tonight. |
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12-10-2006 |
| Did you know that actor Simon Baker was Tasmanian ? |
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12-10-2006 |
| A Tasmanian resercher has found a way of treating normal pressure hudrocephalus which creates a build-up of fluid in the brain. |
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11-10-2006 |
| Force gale winds and bush fires around Hobart and up north. |
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11-10-2006 |
| Tasmania has got a new motto : Tasmania - Explore the possibilities"
It will soon appear on all tourism brochures etc.. but also on cars rego plates.
Now it's time to update our flag. The present one has existed for 100 years or so.
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10-10-2006 |
| Summer is here..... 30 degrees Celsius today here in Richmond. |
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10-10-2006 |
| Tasmania is the most entrepeneurial state in Australia. |
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10-10-2006 |
| Princess Mary of Denmark to visit her home town of Hobart in November. |
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07-10-2006 |
| Congratulations to Scottsdale Cottage Bakery for winning the Tasmanian Bread Show. |
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06-10-2006 |
| 630 000 objects have been moved from the Hobart Musueum to its new location : Rosny Collections and Research Centre. |
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06-10-2006 |
| The Hobart City hall is hosting the Australian Plant Society of Tasmania's Wildflower Spectacular. I will close this on Sunday 8th October at 4 pm. Admission is free. |
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05-10-2006 |
| Tasmanian exporters contribute more to the economy than they were 10 years ago, by 1 billion. |
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03-10-2006 |
| Tasmanian food and wine producers to showcase their products at ParliamentHouse in Canberra on 17th October. |
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02-10-2006 |
| It's Tasmanian South Coast Classic Dance-Sport Extravagnaza at the DEC in Hobart this week. |
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30-09-2006 |
| There is a growing evidence that Tasmanians are more avid readers and users of their state librairies than their mainland counterparts. |
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29-09-2006 |
| Platypuses with a funal disease have been found in some Tasmanian rivers. |
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29-09-2006 |
| Move to new prison has begun in Hobart. |
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29-09-2006 |
| Grand Final Weekend. |
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28-09-2006 |
| Barcelona world race : The Englishman sailor Alex Thompson has chosen to team-up with a 44 year old Tasmanian : Andrew Cape. |
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27-09-2006 |
| Australian Geographic Magazine is featuring Tasmania in this month edition. |
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27-09-2006 |
| Hill Farm's (chutneys & tracklements) to change hands : from Mary Walker to Nichols Poultry. |
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27-09-2006 |
| It is very seldom but it has happened in Richmond : a ewe has just give birth to a quad ! Kamie Sawford, the owner, can't believe his luck ! |
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27-09-2006 |
| A new Royal Hobart Hospital to open in Hobart within 9 years ? |
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27-09-2006 |
| Opening tonight of the Restaurant side of "Jean-Pascal" in Bellerive. The restaurant will now be open for dinner the following nights : Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. |
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26-09-2006 |
| Cygnet (south of Hobart) to become the cultural centre of Tasmania. "Southern Exposure" will be open from 10 am to 5 pm Thursdays to Sundays til 15th October 06. |
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25-09-2006 |
| Tasmania to go to day light saving this Sunday 1st October. Will be then 9 hours ahead of France. |
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21-09-2006 |
| The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is in the running for an ARIA award. The violonist, Niki Vasilakis and conductor Stebastian Lang-Lessing have been nominated in the best classical album category. |
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19-09-2006 |
| A retired couple from the Huon Valley (South of Hobart) has won AUD $ 1.8 M at Tattslotto. Congratulations to them ! |
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18-09-2006 |
| Global Warming is going to help Tasmanian Wine producers by broadening the range of grape varieties such as Shiraz or Cab Sav which are normally produced on main land Australia. |
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11-09-2006 |
| The Tasmanian Government hopes to open a new bushwalking track down the peninsula. The track would be the second biggest after Overland Track (in the center of Tasmania) which is very busy in the peak season. |
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08-09-2006 |
| Death of Racing Car Driver Peter Brock. |
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05-09-2006 |
| The whole australian nation saddened by Steve Irvin sudden death. All Australian mourning the loss of an icon and hero. |
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04-09-2006 |
| The Car Show in Hobart yesterday was very popular for Father's Day. |
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01-09-2006 |
| Hobart's driest winter ended yesterday.... Mercury titles today.
Hobart had just 50.8 mm of rain over winter, less than a third of its average. |
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31-08-2006 |
| Tasmanian students have dominated the 2006 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards this year. |
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29-08-2006 |
| The Tasmanian Reggie Bird, winner of Big Brother, to write a tell-all book. |
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26-08-2006 |
| Sighting of dolphins in the Derwent River in Hobart. |
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25-08-2006 |
| 10 Tasmanian people received last night the Tasmania's Pride of Australia 2006 Medal. |
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22-08-2006 |
| You will get a free DVD on Tasmania with the September issue of Gourmet Traveller. The scene is glorious. |
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21-08-2006 |
| National Geographic Traveler magazine has rated Maria Island (off the East Coast of Tasmania) as one of the most beautiful isaland in Australia. A ferry operates between Triabunna and Maria Island. |
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18-08-2006 |
| 15 years ago today Alain and I arrived in Tasmania ! |
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17-08-2006 |
| Tasmanian Bakeries is producing a new biscuit, Bliskit, to help the Tasmanian devils threatened by a facial tumour. 5 c per bisucuit will be donated to help fighting the disease. |
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14-08-2006 |
| The Australian Clogging Association danced in Hobart last weekend. Cloggins is a quick version of tap dancing. |
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10-08-2006 |
| Denise Banks, the eldest Frenchwoman in Tasmania has passed away. She had been for years the french voice on French Radio and President of the Alliance Francaise of Hobart. Farewell Denise. |
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07-08-2006 |
| Tomorrow night 8th Augsut will be Census Night all over Australia. |
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02-08-2006 |
| The "Vineyards Association of Tasmania" is going to be replaced by a new body called "Wine 42 Tasmania". |
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01-08-2006 |
| Congratulations to Restaurant Marque IV Hobart for having recently been named as one of Australia's 10 hottest restaurants by reviewer Elizabeth Meryment in the Weekend Australian. |
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01-08-2006 |
| The first export batch of Tasmanian truffles by Perigod Truffles of Tasmania is about to leave to Tokyo. |
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31-07-2006 |
| Volunteers yesterday helped planting new trees at various sites in Tasmania for Planet Ark's National Tree Day. |
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30-07-2006 |
| Hobart Airport improvment begins in September. |
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27-07-2006 |
| The Hobart photographer Sean Fennessy has been named as one of the best young artists in Australia by the prestigious magazine Art & Australia. |
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27-07-2006 |
| Tonight Dianne Bye will be officially appointed French and German Honorary Consul. In her honour, The Consul General de France, Mr Laurent Delahouse, and the Consul General of Germany, Mr Thomas Kessler, will be in Hobart where they will host a function for their respective communities. |
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25-07-2006 |
| Rakphs Bay development fury grows in Tasmania. |
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25-07-2006 |
| In order to stem skill shortages in Tasmania, Federal Small Business Minister Fran Bailey has promised to push for tax shortage and hence encourage business to train their staff. |
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24-07-2006 |
| University of Tasmania will offer 290 new student places next year. |
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23-07-2006 |
| While the wine industry is struggling on mainland Australia, there is a shortage of grapes in Tasmania. |
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23-07-2006 |
| Next time you are in Tassie, visit Poatina, 40 kms south of Launceston. This old hydro village is being revamped by Sydney business man Mal Garvin who intends to make Poatina "one of the most significant inland towns" (The Mercury 23/07/06). |
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21-07-2006 |
| A beautiful Australian movie is on at Village 7:
Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer, "the first film to deal with Aborigines as other than an 'issue' is stunning" says the Critic. |
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21-07-2006 |
| John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, in Beaconsfield today to unveil a plaque to commemorate Larry Knight who died in the mine on Anzac Day. |
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21-07-2006 |
| Paul & Liz Bartlett in Epping Forest (Northern Tasmania) breeds and sells around the globe via their website a new breed of dogs : Labradoodles. |
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21-07-2006 |
| The Anglican Church in Tamania may sell 2 of its churches : Holy Trinity in North Hobart and Sandys Bay's Bay West. Interested ? |
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20-07-2006 |
| "Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart has popped the cork on a year long party to celebrate its 30th anniversary - and everyone is invited" Mercury Newpaper, 20th July 06. |
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