Tasmania’s Forgotten Stories I find western Tasmania a fascinating place. It’s wild, rugged, feels 20 years behind much of mainland Australia and its landscape is littered with crumbling testaments to a bygone era. Ghost towns. Basing myself in the remarkably intact ghost town of Gormanston, I explored four other such places that lie scattered amongst […]
A Cut Above The Rest
Legerwood Memorial Tree Carvings Legerwood is located about 85 kilometres northeast of Launceston, Tasmania, along the Tasman Highway (A3). The Memorial Tree Carvings are contained in a small park beside Main Street (aka Ringarooma Road). The park is open 7 days and admission is free. The reserve includes a picnic area, BBQs and toilets. For […]
Axeman Ready
The Australian Axeman’s Hall of Fame “Axemen, stand by your logs!” A hush falls over the crowd of spectators as six men stride to their places for the final of the Standing Block – lengths of hardwood, about a metre long and 375mm thick, clamped vertically on metal stands. Each man is clad in cream […]
Homes of the Statesman
Humble beginnings, but tenacity and education can lead to success… The township of Stanley, nestled in the lee of Circular Head (aka The Nut), has a long and interesting history, dating back to 1826 when it was established as the headquarters of the Van Dieman’s Land Company in northwest Tasmania. Some of the town’s history […]