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2.7K44Adventure and WildernessHobart’s cable car
It’s no secret that it’s been a tough summer in Tasmania. The fires are still going here in the south of the...
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1.6K16Article
After the fires …
The relentless convoy of the waterbombing helicopters overhead has halted. The last of the evacuees have packed up their mattresses and belongings...
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1.5K11Adventure and Wilderness
Tasmania is burning
In contrast to Far North Queensland, where torrential rain has led to widespread flooding with over 400mms falling in 24hrs; here in...
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7763Coroner & LegalOn a break from Sydney …
Like so many of our other Airbnb guests, Sarah and Kevin look like just other middle-aged couple having a break. I imagined...
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9463Economy
Twittered out in Tasmania
Every night, after dinner, and the dishes are in the dishwasher, I turn to Twitter; hoping, I guess, to find something interesting...
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1.1K3Economy
The sparrows …
Like the quolls living under our house, the sparrows had to go. They were starting up before dawn, while we were still...
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1.2K1Opinion
The lost dog
*Pic: A Maltese Shih Tzu cross (not Philip’s). Image from here The “Missing” poster of Ollie, our Maltese Shih Tzu cross, has...
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8841Society
Flicking footy tipping
Yes, I know, betting in sport is big business. I accept that the genie is well and truly out of the proverbial...
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8373Opinion
Beyond belief Down Under
One September day back in 1980, twenty of us arrived in Cork to begin our noviciate year. I was eighteen years old...
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902History
Fog on the Lake
The young lad driving the hearse had worked on construction sites in London but he’d missed his girlfriend, so he’d returned to...
