Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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802Struth!
YOU won’t get much more remote than this – the tiny Punta Grande Hotel on the farthest tip of most south-western of...
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An instant ghost town called Varosha
Now: Beach behind barbed wire Then: Varosha in its heyday Now: An abandoned urban street Now: Inside an abandoned hotel THESE once-luxury,...
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More on nesting Peregrine Falcons in Tasmania … prepare to be amazed …
In 2013 the editor/moderator of Tas Times kindly posted several hundred still photos of the development of a brood of Peregrine falcons...
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Hobart Baroque: Be realistic, demand the impossible!
Recently there has been much discussion about the funding issues of the Baroque Festival in Hobart. I have followed this discussion over...
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Supermarket Monsters
The Nikitaras brothers’ corner store has a hallucinatory shine, like a set from a period movie. Staff in navy blue uniforms and...
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More Follies on the Capes
It seems that almost every month the 3 Capes project exposes another event of illogical blundering, bumbling bureaucracy and visionless political agendas....
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The Governor’s Legacy
The life of Peter Underwood was recently honoured by a State funeral, with eulogies to a distinguished lawyer, Chief Justice and respected...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (26)
*Pic: Wikipedia’s picture of a pardalote from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striated_pardalote The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the...
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An Open Letter to Joe Hockey
We’re entitled … Smokin Joe and Matthias pre-Budget … Dear Joe Hockey, Back in 2012, when you said the age of entitlement...
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Kim Williams calls News Corp leaks a festival of vengeance
It’s all over Rupe … he just doesn’t know it … During my time at News Corporation there were frequent frustrating leaks,...
