Visit to Hobart
HANDMADE WITH HEART All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.’ It’s as though this Federico Fellini quote was custom-made for Hobart’s Oyster and Pearl, a studio …
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Hobart Vacations
SMALL STREAM, BIG STORY The Hobart Rivulet is a small, pure waterway that’s been flowing down from Mount Wellington since ancient times. It is, in part, the reason that …
Tasmania Vacations
KITSCH COASTAL COMMUNITY KITCHEN Some cafes are more than just a cafe. They’re places where people congregate and socialise; they help to build a community. Citrus Moon is such …
Visit to Tasmania
BEST MEALS ON THREE WHEELS Cafes come and cafes go – and it’s pretty easy to pick the stayers. You know, the ones that get it just right by …
Hobart Guide for Tourist
GOLDEN GIRL STILL IN FULL GLORY They sure don’t make theatres like they used to. Take the Theatre Royal, positively ancient by Australian theatre standards, with its straightback’ seats …
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MEET TASMANIA’S ORIGINAL CRAFT QUEENS We’re in the midst of an online craft revolution, with websites like etsy.com giving us access to gazillions of beautiful handmade creations from every …
Hobart Map
MARKET GOODIES FOR ALL THE WORLD In 1872, travel writer Anthony Trollope enthused, Tasmania should make jam for all the world’. Not only jam Mr Trollope! But also honey, …
Travel to Tasmania
BIG-DEAL MEALS Looking for a meal deal but aren’t turned on by coupons? Look no further than the Mill on Morrison, a stylish and snazzy operation run by five …
Tasmania Map
GREAT DESIGN, IN THE BAG The Japanese have long had a love affair with Tasmania, but for Kiyomi of Sashiko Design, it was a love affair with a Tasmanian …
AUSTRALIA
Twelve million years ago, give or take a few hundred thousand years, a piece of Antarctica broke off, drifted northward and finally stopped to become Australia. Australia is both …