Grant Brooks posted these photographs on the Old Motor Racing Photographs – Australia Facebook page and wrote, ‘My father, had to pick it up in Hobart and drive it to Ulverstone, (300km from Tasmania’s capital in the south, north to the coast) I was the lucky passenger. Here it’s...
#2 – Road trip Tasmania’s east coast, TAS Score: 9.1 Who’d have predicted that the drive up the east coast of Tassie, from Hobart to the Bay of Fires, would beat all our iconic road trips – including the world-famous Great Ocean Road, the wildly isolated Nullarbor – to take th...
but also a keen horse-rider. I bought my first horse shortly after getting my first job at the age of sixteen, and haven’t looked back. I’ve traded California’s beaches and rolling coastal hills for country lanes and backroads, and I’ve become pretty much a fair weather rider, but...
Tasmania's Cradle Mountain National Park would have to be the cream of the crop for hikers who visit from all over the world. As a Australian landscape photographer I could not think of a better place for Australian landscape photography. For a less crowed alternative, try the Walls Of Jerus...
Bellette, Jean a.k.a. Jean Mary Bellette; b. 1909 Hobart, Tasmania; d. 16 Mar 1991 Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain; also artist and illustrator —Port of call: a tale of waterside love(1934, short story) Bennett, M M; birth name: Mary Christison; aka Mary Montgomerie Bennett; b....
With Mona’s summer festival MONA FOMA (or Mofo) planning to relocate its entire operation to Launceston, is Tasmania’s second-largest city next? “With the current Hobart-centric boom of Tasmania nationally and internationally there’s a sense that the north of the state is missing out,” ...
Another source claims it originated with horseracing, when the favored winner lost the race. bollocks I have been hearing the exclamation "Bollocks!" frequently since I arrived in Australia, and I've taken it to mean the equivalent of "Bullshit!" However, I've gone astray in the first ...
Part of Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area, Cradle Mountain is an ideal National Park for hikers. Choose from ranger led-day walks or independent multi-day hikes, both of which will take you through the park’s incredible ancient forests and dramatic gorges. ...
Battery acid -Cheap cask white wine. (Also plonk, horse's piss, vinegar.) Battler -Someone who is always struggling hard but never seems to get anywhere in life. (Like me) Beak -Magistrate or a nose. Beanie -Silly looking woollen hat. ...
HORSE MX 191755/56 BEP 022 YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM ME ABS 023 THE PANTHERS / NEIGHBOURS BS 024 BS 025 WOMEN OF THE WORLD / A PART OF MY LIFE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE SLIM DUSTY SONGS / I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE BS 026 BS 027 BS 028 ROUGH RIDER / SNOWFLAKE IT DOESN'T MATTER ...