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The Tasmanian Government is investing to further support the future of the Tasmania's iconic special species timber industry announcing $100,000 for a ...

The 15th Australian Wooden Boat Festival has launched its program of events along Hobart’s waterfront this long weekend. Premier and Minister for Tourism, Jeremy Rockliff, said the Australian Wooden ...

Hobart’s waterfront sparkled with energy today as the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival officially opened with the ...

Pacific voyaging is being celebrated at the Australian Wooden Boat festival this year, and some traditional experts hope it ...

The Tasmanian Government is investing to further support the future of the Tasmania’s iconic special species timber industry announcing $100,000 for a market assessment of special species timbers and ...

The SMAC board voted on Jan. 28 to award $102,285 in grant funds to 13 organizations and $936 to one individual artist. Local grant recipients were: The Minnesota Pottery Festival of Hutchinson, ...

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...

A historic 20-metre wooden pilot cutter has sunk in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel off Middleton after taking on water. The 1958 ...

Four restored Tasmanian-designed yachts have been re-launched today ahead of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival. The Derwent Class yachts, made from Tasmanian timber, date back as early as the 1920s.

There are not many boats that can sail competitively in the Sydney-Hobart one month, and then show up at the Australian ...

They had been placed in the water by the hundreds of dragon boat paddlers, all cancer survivors, gathered together at the ...