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THE HOBART MAGAZINE The election is behind us, Autumn is in full swing and this is our third birthday issue. Over those years there’s been late nights, fascinating people, a baby and of course, COVID, that’s been added into the mix! What a ride.

This issue seems to have naturally gravitated towards sport and endeavour. Our cover person Dan Watkins is touted as one of the best paddlers from Tassie so ZH FDQ¶W ZDLW WR VHH KLP LQ DFWLRQ RQ WKH ZRUOG VWDJH LQ KLV ¿UVW 2O\PSLFV ZKHQ Tokyo kicks off. He’s a big talent and one to watch. Meriem Daoui is a nurse and distance runner who is using her running ability to raise money in May for children living with serious illness. Get behind her as she runs the Point to Pinnacle course every day for a week!

We’ve also launched an epic giveaway in partnership with Link Airways and Forrest Hotel and Apartments, with a prize worth $2,550! Check out the details on page 13.

We’re loving the letters, photos and stories readers are sending in. You can be part of the conversation by emailing me at editor@thehobartmagazine.com.au.

Thank you for all the support you’ve sent our way, we couldn’t do it without you!

All the best, Steph, James and The Hobart Magazine team.

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Letters to the Editor Parking Pump Up! Thank you for a great magazine. LOVE it. I want to shout out to Margaret Kinsela of Howrah to say “Well Said” Pamela Gahan, Glenorchy

Wicked Campers Still On The Nose Unfortunately not all Wicked Campers have listened to the bad press. This was a most upsetting sight while driving in the city this week!

Leslie Kilgour

Our Great History Grown up here and have looked at that statue (William Crowther) from time to time, never knew its story, always caught my attention and later in life I liked it as “a good art work”. I suppose it’s part of my identity, it reminds me of where I am.

Through the years I have seen that statue in all its glory, with cans of beer in hand, gym shoes around the neck, various paint jobs, sporting a cap or hat, always covered in seagull shit and now a contemporary art work, “interesting”.

After reading the W. Crowther story (THM, December 2020) I can understand why blackfeller and a fair number of whitefeller don’t go much on him. I now have some mixed feelings but think the statue should stay mainly because of its value as part of the history to this place. “Conclusion” would be good to see a monument to King Billy, He seemed a very good leader for his people. History should not be cancelled and past stories heard for better or worse. Statues and symbols are important to people.

Tim Corrigan

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MeriFm Daoui Interview: Stephanie Williams Meriem is a registered nurse with a passion for running. This May, she’s using her running to raise money for children living with serious illnesses in Tasmania.

Where in Hobart do you live?I live in the beautiful suburb of Kingston, about a 15min drive from Hobart What’s the best thing about Hobart? The diversity and close proximity of places. You can be shopping at the mall or Salamanca Market and then within a 10-20 minute drive you can be strolling and enjoying the beautiful beaches of Hobart or enjoying the views that Mount Wellington has to offer.

And the worst? The unpredictable Hobart weather can be tricky especially when trying to organise events.

Tell us a little about your work? I’m a registered nurse currently working in paediatrics and oncology. I absolutely love my job and I am very grateful to be able to work in a rewarding and IXO¿OOLQJ FDUHHU You have organised a special running fundraiser this month.

Why is the cause is close to your heart? In Australia, more than 1000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. Cancer also kills more children than any other disease in Australia.

Treatment can go for years, can be very intensive and expensive, and puts an enormous strain on the patient and their family. As D UHJLVWHUHG QXUVH , KDYH ZLWQHVVHG ¿UVWKDQG WKH FKDOOHQJHV families are faced when dealing with childhood cancer. On 17 May I will be running the Point to Pinnacle course every day for one week to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer. The course, also known as the world’s hardest half marathon, starts IURP :UHVW 3RLQW &DVLQR DQG ¿QLVKHV DW WKH SLQQDFOH RI 0RXQW Wellington. The course is 21.1km long and just over 1,270 metres. Running this seven times is equivalent to running up Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. The challenge will bring me to an elevation gain of 8890m and a distance of 147 kilometres. All funds raised will be directed to the Tim Blair Run for Kids Foundation, which is a Tasmanian not-forSUR¿W VXSSRUWLQJ ORFDO IDPLOLHV ¿JKWLQJ VHULRXV FKLOGKRRG LOOQHVVHV 7KLV LQFOXGHV SURYLGLQJ ¿QDQFLDO DQG VRFLDO VXSSRUW IRU Tasmanian families going through childhood cancer as well as raising funds for vital research.

How can people get involved? You can support the event by donating, sharing the event with family and friends, and participating at the Kingston parkrun. The Kingston parkrun is a 5km run/walk on Saturday 22 May. The run will help raise funds and awareness for the event. The theme of the run is to wear yellow or a yellow ribbon to represent childhood 6

MeriHm is in running mode. cancer. You can directly donate at www.timblairrunforkids.org.

Reference ‘Everest’ in your payment so we can keep track of funds raised What advice would you give someone interested in starting running? 0\ EHVW DGYLFH LV WR ¿QG D IULHQG RU UXQQLQJ JURXS \RX can run with. Most importantly, enjoy the run and create realistic and achievable goals. There are many group runs that you can join during the week which have runners and walkers from all ZDONV RI OLIH DQG ¿WQHVV OHYHOV OLNH 7DVPDQLDQ 5RDG 5XQQHUV Hobart Trail Runners and Knockoffs Run Club. More information can be found by searching the groups on social media.

What’s your dream project to work on? , GRQ¶W KDYH D VSHFL¿F project in mind but I do have a philosophy which is to better myself, learn from my mistakes and use my experiences to help others. Whenever I seek an opportunity to contribute towards the community I take it. This includes organising fundraising events for important causes, volunteering or just being there for a friend. In the past I have gone through a lot of hardship and the support I had received from friends, family and complete strangers is what got me through. I want to give back to those who have helped me. The support I received during my darkest moments is invaluable. I also believe every hardship happens for a reason, I want to use my experiences to help and support others who may be going through a similar hardship.

Where’s your favourite Hobart eatery? Urban Greek is GH¿QLWHO\ RQH RI P\ IDYRXULWH GLQQHU RXWLQJV 7KHLU PHDOV QHYHU disappoint!

Drink of choice and where do you head for it?

0\ IDYRXULWH GULQN ZRXOG GH¿QLWHO\ KDYH WR EH D FKDL ODWWH , usually grab a takeaway chai latte from LivEat or Banjos on the way to work or after a long busy shift.

Quote to live by? “Faith is beautiful. You don’t have to see the whole path ahead of you in order to walk it. Take your time in your journey. Appreciate all that the almighty has sent you. Keep moving even if it’s baby steps. Most importantly, be consistent.

You will get there eventually” - Mufti Ismail Menk

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Hi, I’m Nicola, the Designer and co-owner of Smitten.

13 years ago I had a dream to design lightweight merino wool clothing that was stylish, comfortable and practical, and get it manufactured right here in Tasmania.

We had recently moved from WA to Tasmania and loved the climate, the people, the whole island, and especially the sheep! We wanted to know where all the wonderful wool was going, because we were cold and wanted to wear some. So I designed some pieces and we decided to make it ourselves. We wanted to support Tasmania and be local. We wanted to create a unique Australian brand and offer visitors and locals a Tassie souvenir they could wear for years to come.

It’s a family business – Carl is Main Marketing Man, Nicola is the Designer and Photographer, our daughter Holly is the face of Smitten and part-time fab Salesperson, Brooke, our other daughter, is part-time Smitten Model and full-time Doctor in Tweed Heads, and Daniel, our skateboarding son, is hopefully taking over as Photographer for all our shoots (when he directs the camera away from beetles and sheep...)

We hope you love Smitten as much as we do. Our relationship with you is one we treasure.

Thank you for keeping our wool dream alive.

Nicola and Carl Mason 5WRGTƂPG OGTKPQ YQQN HCUJKQP Tasmanian owned and Tasmanian made www.smittenmerino.com Phone: 03 6212 0197 | Free Shipping Australia Wide 7

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Rob Flehr Interview: Stephanie Williams Where in Hobart do you live? North Hobart.

What’s the best thing about Hobart? Hobart feels like a place where anything is possible.

And the worst thing? Rental prices.

Tell us a little about your work? I run a small bookbinding studio in central Hobart, specialising in hand-bound journals and marbled paper. Sustainability is important to me, so I source my materials locally or from other small-scale producers and businesses. Where possible I use recycled materials, whilst keeping to archival quality.

How did you get into bookbinding? Growing up, I found something inexplicably magical about old books. I was particularly fascinated by books like our family bible, with its large metal clasps and gold tooling. Book binding runs in my family and something I’m passionate about reviving. It has been a lifelong obsession. As COVID-19 began to hit, I made the most of lockdown to practice my craft. Like many people, I became unemployed, which in turn made me eligible for the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS). Through the NEIS program I was able to develop the skills to turn my craft into a viable business, which is now my full time work.

Your books are very detailed - they’re not your run of the mill journals. What is the market like for bespoke bookbinding?

7KH PDUNHW IRU ¿QH ERRNLQJ LV YHU\ GLYHUVH ,W UDQJHV IURP simple well-made journals to more ornate, customised books, albums and marbled papers for special birthdays, anniversaries and weddings. My main clientele is a mix of local and interstate professionals who value small-scale/ high-end production with detailed customisation. I, myself, desire books that are beautiful yet very durable; being designed for high levels of use. These values are at the core of my practice. My current turnaround for commissioned books is 6 to 8 weeks, however this can vary depending on the level of complexity.

Rob’s beautiful bindery I’m inspired by... Master craftsmanship. There’s something in the precision of traditional hand-crafts that is hard to replace. From the intimate knowledge of each material that is worked with, to then how that material comes together with technique to make D ¿QLVKHG ZRUN 7KH ZKROH SURFHVV RI WKH PDNLQJ 7KHUH¶V VR much incredible beauty to learn about.

What do you love doing outside work? When I’m not making books, I love writing in them! Calligraphy and illuminated texts have always been a passion of mine. There’s also nothing quite like yoga after being hunched over books all day.

Where’s your favourite Hobart eatery? We are so spoiled for choice when it comes to places to eat here in Hobart. Some favourites are Shoebox Café, Bar Wa Izakaya and Faro Tapas at MONA. Drink of choice and where do you head for it? I really enjoy wine. Cool Wines has the most incredible selection.

Guilty pleasure? I collect amber.

What do you never leave home without? My lucky rabbit foot.

I’d like to travel to... the UK, France, Scandinavia.

If I didn’t live in Hobart I’d live... in New Zealand or Wales.

What’s your dream project to work on? To be honest I’m really content with what I’m doing right now - working in my studio every day in the pursuit of perfecting my craft. As circumstance permits I would love to travel a little to learn from Master bookbinders to further my practice.

Favourite Hobart secret? The Hobart Gem show

Where can readers find your work or talk about a project?

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Quote to live by? “Seek wisdom that unties your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being’’.

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BITS AND PIECES in Rokeby. It’s designed for younger kids, aged 0-10, and includes a net climber, rock wall, slide, rockers, swings, monkey bars and more.

There’s even a blackboard - BYO chalk and let the kids get arty.

Kookaburra Books and Clothing (365 Macquarie Street South Hobart) has opened on the increasingly vibrant South Hobart strip.

Kookaburra’s new South Hobart Store.

Pic: Facebook OPENINGS Capulus Espresso in North Hobart have moved...but they haven’t gone far! Their new cafe is open now at 279 Elizabeth Street. Trophy Doughnuts (2/137 Liverpool Street, Hobart) is opening soon. New eatery St.Js, has been described as a “sandwich delicatessen” and is opening in collaboration with DarkLab and The Hanging Garden, upping the humble sandwich game in the CBD. You can never have too many doughnut shops!

Made By Mosaic (99 Bathurst Street, Hobart) is a new bricks and mortar social enterprise shop run by Mosaic Support Services. They sell handmade arts, crafts and jewellery made by all ability artists from Hobart. You can also buy their work online at www. madebymosaic.com.au. The Rivulet, a grand house at 391 Sandy Bay Road, has opened as a new accommodation offering. Owners David and Noellene Williams have remodelled the historic property over the past two years.

Sip and Style Co (13-17 Castray Esplanade, Suite 1, Level 3, Hobart) KDYH RSHQHG $XVWUDOLD¶V ¿UVW KDLU and beauty interactive masterclass - with bottomless champers - in Hobart. Each session is run by an industry professional. There’s a new playground to explore on Lucy Way 10

CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING IN HOBART SCHOOLS UNCOVERED During the recent election campaign the Australian Education Union released a detailed list of amounts of underfunding for every Tasmanian public school as a result of a Liberal state and federal government school funding agreement. The full table of funding shortfalls (you can punch in the details for your local school at www.vote4education.org.au) shows Launceston College in the north is the biggest loser with an $11.5 million shortfall over four years. Locally, some larger underfunding was found at Taroona High School - underfunded by $8.8 million, Sorell School by $6.3 million, Lauderdale Primary School by $5.35 million, Howrah by $5 million and Austins Ferry Primary school by $4 million. “Every school should be provided the resources it needs to ensure every child gets the best education, regardless of their background or circumstances,” said Brian Wightman, AEU Tasmania State Manager and former principal. “This underfunding is a huge failure from the Tasmanian Liberal Government – they’ve failed to stand up for Tasmanian children at the federal level and they’ve failed to meet the shortfall so our kids are missing out. This is not about capital funding or oneoff expenditure, this is about every Tasmanian school and child missing out every year – on average, every school is missing out on $630,000 every year.” Let’s hope now the election is behind us that education and school underfunding is prioritised.

THUMBS UP Australia Post has listened to Tassie food producers and reversed their recent ban on posting perishables.

Kudos to the unassuming Tawny Frogmouth - it’s been deemed the world’s most Instagrammable bird based on a study of likes on the app.

Regional investment is humming along.

The new distillery at Oatlands is nearing completion and will add to the growing local offering.

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THUMBS DOWN City lifts are getting a bit angsty- we witnessed an older lady giving it to someone who dared hop in her lift. If you’re able, take the stairs.

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RHH emergency staff and patients continues to suffer as the department regularly reaches capacity.

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BITS AND PIECES HOUSE PRICES JUST KEEP RISING In great news for home-owners and likely terrible news for everyone else, Tasmania’s real estate market continues its ever-upward trajectory as it records its strongest growth since 2002. The Tasmanian Real Estate Institute’s latest report shows that Hobart’s median house price is up 8.5 per cent to $632,750 and Battery Point is still our most expensive suburb (with six properties going for more than $1.6 million). The North-West of the state is the real stand out in the report though median prices there have shot up 28.5 per cent, with Devonport recording the most sales.

OFFENSIVE WILLIAM CROWTHER IS HAVING WORK DONE 7KH ¿UVW RI IRXU DUWZRUNV UHVSRQGLQJ to the controversial William Crowther statue in Franklin Square has been ODXQFKHG 7KH ¿UVW ZRUN 7UXWK 7HOOLQJ LV by celebrated Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Allan Mansell and features the transformation of William Crowther into 19th century Aboriginal community advocate William Lanne. Crowther was the 14th premier of Tasmania and is infamous for his cruelty, and for desecrating the body of Lanne. Last year, Hobart City Council launched the Crowther Reimagined art project to encourage conversation about Crowther’s statue amidst worldwide debate about how to deal with such public GHGLFDWLRQV WR SUREOHPDWLF ¿JXUHV IURP history. Mansell said he wanted his art to educate. “I’m driven by putting the wrongs right and telling the truth of our history,” he said. “I’ve spent all my life battling white bureaucracy and telling the truth of what happened, as it isn’t happening in our schools and libraries...

What happened to Lanne happened to many of our ancestors as they fought to keep their lands. This is the truth of what happened.” The further three successful artworks will be produced by Tasmanian ¿OPPDNHU 5RJHU 6FKROHV ZRUNLQJ ZLWK Professor Greg Lehman, Hobart-based artist and writer Julie Gough, and Hobart journalist and photographer Jillian Mundy. For more information about Crowther, 12

head to our website to read the recent article “Why History May Not Be Kind to William Crowther”.

Allen Mansell with his reimagined Crowther CSIRO JUNK FOOD ANALYSER 1HDUO\ IRXU LQ ¿YH $XVWUDOLDQV RYHULQdulge in junk food every day - eating the equivalent of 20 chocolate Easter eggs in discretionary calories per day - according to new CSIRO research. They’ve launched a new free online tool - dubbed the Junk Food Analyser - to help us better understand our intake of extra kilojoules. CSIRO research scientist Dr Gilly Hendrie said new approaches were needed. “Discretionary or junk foods are the number one issue affecting Australian diets today, with excessive consumption resulting in poor nutrition, high rates of obesity and an even higher risk of lifestyle diseases.” In Australia we get our bonus calories from alcohol (21% of total discretionary food intake), followed by cakes and biscuits (19%), sugar sweetened beverages (12%) and savoury pies and pastries (9%) (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health). “While the elimination strategy is common in diet programs and can reduce kilojoules the most, the interactive Junk Food Analyser lets users explore a combination of strategies to reduce discretionary food intake, without cutting their favourite foods altogether,” Dr Hendrie said. “That might include choosing to

eliminate alcohol, take a break from cakes and biscuits and halve confectionery consumption,” Dr Hendrie said. To take the new Junk Food Analyser quiz, head to www.junkfoodanalyser.com BUS SHELTERS Finalists in a bus shelter design competition the City of Hobart run last year are now on display. 120 entries came in from all over Australia and the world and include ideas for weather-protection for passengers, LED lights to signal drivers, mini urban gallery spaces, swivel chairs and mini edible gardens. You can view the top 40 designs at the Council Centre (on the corner of Davey and Elizabeth Streets) until May 18 and vote on your favourite for the “People’s Choice” award. Five are selected to move to a detailed design stage. Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said “while we’re not the operators or funders of public transport (state government is) we’re keen to see it get more love in Hobart.”

NOT MADE IN TASMANIA Nick Haddow, of Bruny Island Cheese Co, recently called out the world’s largest food and beverage company - Nestle for piggy backing on the good name of Tasmanian fresh produce. Nestle released a new Tasmanian Mint dark chocolate Kit Kat, but as Nick pointed out on his company Facebook page, it’s not made in Tasmania and includes 99.9% non-Tasmanian ingredients. “Nestle still thinks it’s ¿QH WR OHYHUDJH RXU 7DVPDQLDQ EUDQG RQ D $3 Kit Kat,” Nick said, before suggesting a list of local chocolatiers for consumers to choose to support instead.

Give us a break.

BITS AND PIECES WHISKY OFFSPRING WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD If Bill Lark is the whisky king of Tasmania, then his daughter Kristy Lark-Booth must be the whisky princess or, perhaps queen in the making. Kristy recently won the Australasian Whisky of The Year 2021 Award in the international The Wizards RI :KLVN\ DZDUGV .LOODUD LV WKH ¿UVW Australian distillery to be fully owned and operated by a second-generation distiller and a woman. Kristy started working in the distilling industry 20 years ago and started Killara Distillery in 2016. She is now establishing 26 acres in Richmond to grow barley for whisky, grapes for brandy and herbs, spices and fruits for gin and other liqueurs.

political parties or other interest groups.

It’s being held at the Main Hall, King borough Community Hub, Goshwak Way, KIngston on 22 May 2021 1-5pm.

There’s a $10.00 fee to cover costs, wit any surplus being donated to SLiK (Sustainable Living in KIngborough) for community development projects. Free for unemployed, under 18 and pensioners. *Kingborough Thrives is a working group of engaged local residents who are seeking to increase active involvement in local democracy. Some of the members will stand in the Kingborough local government elections in 2022 as a network of independent candidates.

WIN FLIGHTS FOR TWO TO CANBERRA ON US! 'LG \RX NQRZ \RX FDQ QRZ À\ GLUHFW WR Canberra from Hobart? To celebrate their new route, Link Airways have teamed up with Forrest Hotels and Apartments to give away a massive $2550 prize to The Hobart Magazine readers. The winner will win two return airfares from Hobart to Canberra, three nights’ accommodation at the very lovely Forrest Hotel and Apartments and two tickets to the National Gallery of Australia. You can

enter a few ways. Check out the compe tition post on our Facebook or Instagram.

7$* \RXU ÀLJKW EXGG\ RU WKH SHUVRQ ZKR \RX ZRXOG XVH WKH ÀLJKWV WR JR YLVLW FOLLOW The Hobart Magazine, Link Airways and Forrest Hotels and Apartments. If you’re not into socials, head to www.linkairways.com to enter there.

Hurry though, the competition closes on 30 June, 2021 at 11:59pm. You can enter as many times as you like. We’ll contact the winner via direct message on 2 July, 2021 and announce it in the July edition of The Hobart Magazine. T&C’s apply.

COCK YOUR RIFLES Did you know that you can book tickets to hunt anterless deer at many conservation areas across Tasmania? DPIPWE run the public land hunting program and tickets can be booked through Eventbrite.

Each ticket entitles the holder to one week hunting, with dates available from now until November. It covers up to four hunters and there’s a bunch of conditions that need to be met, including wearing hi-vis gear. Word is some people use the sessions as an opportunity to stock the freezer while assisting in managaing wild fallow deer populations.

Kristy gives a dram KINGBOROUGH INDEPENDENTS WANT YOUR OPINION Kingborough Thrives* is seeking 100 local people who’d like to talk about how they’d like Kingborough to develop. Be kinder? Safer? Greener? More commercial? More family friendly? More local employment? Better public transport?

There will be 10 different streams of conversations through the event and you can jump from one group to another to add your say. Everyone participates as individual local citizens, not as representatives of any businesses, organisations,

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BITS AND PIECES ICE RINK ON THE BRINK $PHULFDQ ¿JXUH VNDWLQJ FKDPSLRQ 1DQF\ Kerrigan has recorded a video in support of Tasmania’s only ice-skating venue, which is at risk of closing for good. The iconic Glenorchy Ice Skating Rink was put on the market last year, and now local skaters are worried the family-run rink might go to a developer. Kerrigan’s uplifting message has been posted to the Save Tasmania’s Ice Sports and Recreation page on Facebook - a page set up by members of the tight-knit Tassie skating community to raise awareness of the potential loss. The group are appealing to the Tasmanian Government to save the rink from development and consider building a new Olympic-sized facility.

ARE YOU PUSHING YOUR LUCK RUNNING RED LIGHTS IN HOBART? Back in 2002, two red light and speed cameras were installed in Hobart (and one in Launceston) but were switched off in 2004, citing technical issues at the time. There are currently 10 permanent speed cameras operating across the state, but with increasing accident and WUDI¿F ZRHV LV LW WLPH WR WXUQ WKH UHG light cameras back on?

eras save lives”. Red light cameras have been operating in Victoria since 1983, where there are 175 cameras in city and regional areas. Victoria Police share that the aim of speed and red light cameras is to change driver behavior. “Since being introduced, road safety cameras KDYH FRQWULEXWHG WR D VLJQL¿FDQW GHcrease in the number of fatal and serious injuries on Victoria’s roads,” according to their website.

In NSW for example there are 201 red light speed cameras in operation including in smaller regional cities. According to Transport for NSW, red-light speed cameras play a vital role in reducing road trauma. They share that speeding leads to an increased chance of a crash as well as increased risk of death or serious injury. Running red lights can lead to serious T-bone crashes or vehicles crashing into pedestrians.

According to their website, reviews of the speed camera program in NSW consistently demonstrate a reduction in the number of crashes and injuries at intersections after the installation of red-light speed cameras.

So why don’t we have them? A State Growth department spokesperson shared that they are “always open to the use of technology when it is clear that would make a real difference and reduce serious injuries and deaths on Tasmanian roads. There are no plans to introduce red light cameras at this time and any change would need to be irmly backed up with evidence that it would be effective for Tasmania’s road QHWZRUN DQG WUDI¿F :KLOH HQIRUFHPHQW is an important tool used to address high-risk driving behaviour, it is up to every road user to take responsibility for their own actions and to keep themselves, their passengers and others on the road safe.”

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BITS AND PIECES NEW PUBLIC SPACE FOSTERS FREE SPEECH IN HOBART For the next six months Hobart will trial its very own Speakers Corner for public free speech. The new space, at Salamanca Place, is available for any lawful and peaceful public address and for local creative writers to share their work. Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said she hoped the legacy of famous speakers’ corners, such as that in London’s Hyde Park, could bring a vibrancy to Hobart. “We hope to encourage people to bring back the art of public speaking and the concept of stimulating debate and discussion through the spoken word,” she said. The new Speakers’ Corner is available for public speech between 10am and midday, Monday to Friday. Speakers can book a 30-minute session online at hobartcity.com.au/speakerscorner or by phoning 6238 2711.

BREATH OF FRESH AIR AGAIN 7KH 7DVPDQLDQ %UHDWK RI )UHVK $LU ¿OP festival is on again this month. Last year WKH\ EHFDPH $XVWUDOLD¶V ¿UVW RQOLQH DQG IUHH ¿OP IHVWLYDO DQG WKH\¶UH FRQWLQXLQJ the online options this year, streaming ¿OPV IURP FRXQWULHV DOO GLIIHUHQW to the in-cinema program. The festival comes to Hobart from 28-30 May, and the online version is available from now until May 30. www.breath-of-fresh-air.com.au OVERLAND RUN FOR TASSIE CHOPPER FUNDRAISER Eight members of Tasmania’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew will run the Overland Track on May 28 to promote a fundraising campaign for vital equipment.

They have set aside the month of May to raise $30,000 to buy life-saving equipment and pay for specialist training for crews. To raise awareness for the “30K for the Month of May” campaign, the crew members aim to run the entire 65-kilometre trail through the wilderness in just 14 hours. To donate, head to www. westpacrescuetas.com.au 16

DARK MOFO FLIPS AN ABORIGINAL INPUT Dark Mofo has announced new Tasmanian Aboriginal art funding and the appointment of cultural advisors. In March, the winter festival received world-wide calls for a boycott over the plan to soak D %ULWLVK ÀDJ LQ EORRG GRQDWHG E\ )LUVW Nations people. This year’s winter fest advisors are palawa man and visual artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell and Gumbayn ggirr and Dunghutti man Dylan Hoskins, ZKR ZLOO DGYLVH VSHFL¿FDOO\ RQ PXVLF DQG art. DarkLab Creative Director Leigh

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Carmichael has announced a $60,000 seed fund for Tasmanian Aboriginal artists to develop proposals for future Dark Mofo festivals. The fund will be entirely managed by a yet-to-be-appointed First Nations cultural advisory group. Leigh Carmichael said there was more to come. ³7KLV LV MXVW RXU ¿UVW VWHS DQG ZH KRSH this announcement demonstrates our commitment to Tasmanian Aboriginal people,” he said. If any Tasmanian Aboriginal people with cultural experience wish to make contact, email creativedirector@ darklab.net.au.

BITS AND PIECES NEW KIDS GALLERY OPENS AT TMAG The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) has recently opened an exciting new gallery space for children. Stephanie Williams had a chat with Andy Baird, Deputy Director, Engagement, to get the lowdown on the project.

Why was it important to create a children’s gallery? We’ve long recognised the importance of our younger visitors and our role in helping nurture the next generation. We’ve had a strong formal and informal learning program for many years and have had displays and exhibits VSHFL¿FDOO\ PDGH IRU FKLOGUHQ +RZHYHU we recognise the value in creating a space in which the approach was child-centred and worked with the diverse ways children experience the world – more playful, more interactive, using all the senses, and bringing together all the possibilities of TMAG’s vast collection.

What can kids expect to feel and do in the space? mapiya lumi | around here, the gallery for children 0-7 years old, offers a visually rich and physically engaging environment for children and their carers to explore the core theme of ‘little big home’. It works with the way children relate to the intimate and small scale of the world around them, so there are nurturing, nesting places for 0-3 year olds to listen to a lullaby, places to touch animal furs, little peep holes for slightly older children to explore the interiors of homes, the kitchens and living rooms of bygone times. Then for the older, more physical ages where children expand their awareness of the world, we offer experiences such as a tree climb and a mountain path through dolerite pillars, discovering along the way the animals and habitats of the natural world. There’s a cave area of fossils and glowing rocks, a slide down a waterfall – without the water – and even a rainbow generator.

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Exploring the new space. community had in the planning of the space? TMAG’s Aboriginal Learning Facilitators provided input throughout the gallery to give a deep time grounding to the gallery. TMAG consulted with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre on the name of the gallery and also worked with Aboriginal students from East Derwent Primary school and St Aloysius Primary school on the imagery for the creation stories revealed in an evocative sky screen animation. The lullaby is sung in palawa kani by singer and narrator Kartanya Maynard, a First Nations writer and performer.

Did covid have an effect on the project? Or in the decision making around the practical side of the space? We have been very fortunate in avoiding many of the COVID-19 impacts in the creation of the gallery and have been able to achieve our original timeline even with some challenges in freight and fabrication of specialist aspects. Obviously we have designed the gallery in a way that means we can regularly clean, and our booked VHVVLRQ WLPHV ZLWK GHGLFDWHG VWDI¿QJ HQsures cleaning between each session and a COVID-safe offer. The ubiquitous hand sanitisers are present in the gallery, and while there have been some design con-

straints in implementing a COVID-safe approach, we believe we have achieved something that will allow visitors to still get that hands-on approach, in a safe way.

What do you think kids will connect to the most? One of the beauties of this space is it will connect with different aged kids differently, so picking a single winner is – impossible! But the yarning circle DURXQG WKH FDPS¿UH ORRNLQJ XS DW WKH VN\ animation and listening to the deep-time creation stories of lutruwita is something I think will appeal to all.

Have local companies and people been involved in the project? Yes, the gallery has been fabricated by a Tasmanian company, Soda Projects, and employed many local tradespeople. We’ve also commissioned over a dozen local artists and craftspeople to create content ranging from wall graphics to little 3D dioramas, woven nests to tall tree furniture, soundscapes to stuffed animals, animations to individual artworks: a truly diverse expression of Tasmanian talent. These people include Kartanya Maynard, Jamin, Roz Wren, Alex Miles, Annette Day, Eve Howard, Matthew Fargher, Matt Daniels, Marcus Tatton, Chu Hang, Donna Ritchie, Edith Perrenot and Tom Sloane.

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MATT BEVILACQUA FINALLY NABS ELUSIVE BOARD VICTORY Interview: Stephanie Williams Pic: Clayten Fowler Ironman Matt Bevilacqua added an extra special award to his trophy cabinet recently, becoming the Australian Board 5DFH FKDPSLRQ IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH GHVSLWH EHLQJ WKH ZRUOG FKDPS LQ WKH HYHQW ¿YH times over!

How did it feel to win a title that had alluded you for some time?! The standout feeling was massive relief. But I was so surprised with how emotionally relieved I was. I have never been so relieved and emotional after a race before!

Even after my largest achievements such as winning a Nutri-Grain Ironman Series or the Coolangatta Gold I have never been so emotional. The Australian Board Race Championship is incredibly short, around 20

¿YH PLQXWHV LQ DQG RXW WKURXJK WKH VXUI with 200 of the best paddlers around the country contesting it, with only 16 makLQJ WKH ¿QDO UDFH RQ WKH ¿IWK GD\ (YHQ the slightest mistake can cost you a place LQ WKH ¿QDO DQG WKHQ GXULQJ WKH ¿QDO WR win requires an absolutely perfect effort.

would prepare for the World Paddleboard Championships in Hawaii but that won’t go ahead again this year. The next event will be the iconic Coolangatta Gold in October where I’ll defend my title against the greatest athlete to ever compete in it, Ali Day.

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Sport is so ruthless sometimes in that you PXVW EH RQ IRU WKDW VSHFL¿F GD\ DQG HVpecially in surf, everything must go your way. Coming from Tasmania in this sport I’ve always been behind in years at the top because of all the catching up I had to do, so I’m focused on making my mark on the sport now that I can. I worked so hard in Tasmania and now in Queensland, so wins like this are just so incredibly sweet to prove I’m probably now the best all round board paddler in the world.

How has COVID affected you over the past year? Being a professional athlete during COVID over the past year has made me feel incredibly out of place.

I’ve been so separated from my family in Tasmania and I’ve questioned whether it’s even worth chasing my professional sporting goals given the volatility of the world right now. I have, however, been so supported by my sponsors and my club and now coming out of COVID, I’m incredibly motivated to make the next few years count. It’s brought on a new appreciation for being able to race and compete in one of the most iconic sports in Australia.

What’s your next focus? I’m going to enjoy some weeks off. Normally I

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BOOK REVIEW

BAD SALMON Words: Sarah Aitken

Richard Flanagan is angry.

He’s angry and he’s sad, and that anger and sadness emanates from every single page of his latest release, Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry.

Written quickly (his previous novel only came out in September), Toxic is a SDVVLRQDWH FDOO WR DUPV IRU FLWL]HQV WR ¿JKW back against a litany of abuses Flanagan says the salmon farming corporations KDYH LQÀLFWHG XSRQ QRW MXVW WKH PDULQH ecosystems of Tasmania but also against locals, the larger environment and villages half way across the world. And then WKHUH¶V WKH ¿VK The Tasmanian farmed salmon industry is worth approximately $796 million (more than our dairy and beef industries combined) and has grown exponentially over the past three decades. Over that time Flanagan has watched the “slow destruction” of the waters near his Bruny Island property. The pristine water turned PXUN\ ¿VK DQG SODQW VSHFLHV GLVDSSHDUHG and a sliminess and algal growth visibly increased. “I thought I would write something about this, just a short article, and 22

then I started talking to scientists, to people in other communities and I discovered one story of horror after another, after another,” he recently told the ABC. “I realised that Tasmanian Atlantic salmon is just one big lie. It’s not clean, it’s not green and it’s not even healthy.”

The result is this small but mighty book, RYHUÀRZLQJ ZLWK IDFWV DQG FDVH VWXGLHV from all over the world but concentrating on the work of industry behemoth Tassal, and to a lesser extent Huon Aquaculture and Petuna. Despite the heavy statistics it remains a readable and at times even JUDFHIXO ERRN $QG \HV LW ZLOO GH¿QLWHO\ put you off your salmon dinner. There are stories of near-ruined ecosystems from Hobart to the west coast, where, Flanagan writes, “the sludge pouring out of the ÀRDWLQJ IHHGORWV LQ WKH IRUP RI ¿VK IDHFHV uneaten food and urea can destroy marine ecosystems by overloading them with excess nutrients”.

Alarmingly, there is Hobart’s compromised drinking water supply: “it should be self-evident that using Hobart’s drinking water catchments as — in the words of one scientist with extensive experience working with the aquaculture industry — sewage settling ponds for salmon hatcheries is not just wrong but profoundly dangerous,” he said. Flanagan covers animal cruelty in gruesome detail.

“Fish farms are falsely named. In reality, WKH\ DUH JLJDQWLF ÀRDWLQJ IHHGORWV ´ KH summarises. “Even that image is inadequate to convey the cruelty.” He describes intelligent creatures who have worn off WKHLU ¿QV RQ RQH VLGH DIWHU VZLPPLQJ LQ one direction en masse for so long, and who are chromosomally altered to grow IDWWHU IDVWHU 7KHQ WKHUH DUH WKH PDVV ¿VK deaths (1.35 million salmon died in their pens in Macquarie Harbour 2017, and DQ DV \HW XQFRQ¿UPHG QXPEHU GLHG DW Okehampton bay last December).

Flanagan describes the dyeing process used to make the salmon look like...well... salmon. The whole process sounds far too much like taking a trip to Mitre 10 to choose a paint colour for the house - there is even a colour wheel from which to choose the most salmony salmon tone.

There is the intense use of antibiotics, and the carcinogenic additive (invented as a pesticide by Monsanto) used to stabilise WKH RLO\ ¿VKPHDO DV LW LV WUDQVSRUWHG DFURVV the world to the Tassie feedlots. This additive – ethoxyquin - is not permitted for human consumption, but it is allowed WR EH HDWHQ E\ WKH ¿VK ZH FRQVXPH Flanagan shares stories of corruption, of the opinions of intelligent and experienced experts being ignored by regulatory panels, and of local councils going into debt to pay for water infrastructure for salmon companies.

Understandably, the industry has pushed back against Toxic. A spokesperson for the Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, representing the three companies, said Tasmanians should be proud of the “strong, highly regulated, longstanding” industry, and that Flanagan’s claims would be “deeply felt by the more than 2,000 people we directly employ and their families, as well as thousands of contractors”.

“I’m sorry (he) felt upset when his beach house views were disturbed by workers doing something productive for the Tasmanian economy, their families and regional communities,” an Australian Workers Union spokesman said.

The industry hopes to double in size by 2030. The areas slated for expansion have not yet been made public. Flanagan argues that the salmon farms should be moved out of the coastal waters altogether and into land-based tanks, something he says the international salmon industry is already looking at.

I couldn’t put this down. I read it late at night, gasping at each new revelation. And I’m not the only one – Fullers announced that in 101 years of trading, they’d never had a book sell so many copies so quickly. Within two days the book had become their #1 bestseller for the year. It is resonating with readers because it is a neat and tidy snapshot of an enormous industry where, like in so many FDVHV LW VHHPV FRUSRUDWLRQV FRPH ¿UVW government comes second and people and places come a hard last.

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It’s International Day against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination.

Celebrate at a breakfast event (including the announcement of The Dorothies Award winner for inclusive practice in education). More info hfcc.com.au

Be inspired by our emerging Tassie artists at ArtRage - the annual travelling exhibition of works by year 11/12 art students. At the Salamanca Arts Centre until May 28.

Karen Smithies and Jennifer Marten-Smith share a single piano for One Piano, Four Hands for the Lunchbox Autumn Series of short concerts.

1:05pm-1:45pm, Hobart Town Hall, book ahead.

Join the Diabetes Tasmania ShopSmart program today to learn how to look beyond the marketing and make healthier choices when food shopping. Register via 6215 9000.

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Tonight we’ll be treated to a Super Moon (when a full moon occurs during the moon’s closest approach to Earth). Fingers crossed for a clear sky.

The Uni Revue is back for its 74th year with Tool Story, a glimpse into Trump’s time as president. At the Theatre Royal from 7-22 May, 7:30pm.

Today marks copy the start of Reconciliation Week in Australia. This year’s theme is More than a word. Reconciliation takes Action.

Do it for Dolly day. Australia was shocked by the 2018 death of 14-year-old bullying victim Dolly Everett. Wear blue today and help create a safe and kinder world for our kids.

More info: dollysdream. org.au

Hobart kids who care about climate change can take part in the School Strike for Climate today. At Parliament House Lawns from 12-2pm.

Queensland copy punk rock band The Chats grace the stage of the Uni Bar at the Sandy Bay UTAS campus tonight from 8pm. Tickets through OzTix.

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If you’ve seen something suss, speak up and help keep your community safe. 1800 333 000.

Last chance to see Tasmanian landscapes interpreted into abstract oil paintings at Margaret Skowronski’s Illuminations exhibition.

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Business Tasmania offer a free info session to help businesses and community groups.

5:45pm, Glenorchy Masonic Hall. More info ask@business.tas.gov.au.

Today is World Oceans Day. We might pack a thermos and all the winter woollies and have a play at one of the many gorgeous beaches in or around Hobart.

Did you know you can apply for free permits to hunt antlerless deer at various conservation areas across the state? It’s managed

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Forest Practices Authority are running a one-day course on eagle ecology and habitat management at Richmond Hall from 9am4pm. Call (03) 6165 4090 to book.

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copy better Where to practise Shinrin Yoku - forest bathing - than here in Tassie. Connect with nature at Forest Therapy in the Royal Botanical Gardens today, book through Eventbrite.

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The Voices in Harmony - Youth A Capella Revolution is a workshop for under-30s.

There’s the chance to sing on stage at an ACAFEST gig with The Velvetones, Deep South and others.

Book into a Sound + Breath of the Heart Workshop with Allison Davies and Polly McGee at Mana Movement Studio. Book via Mana’s website.

See some of Tassie’s best original Blues and Roots artists at the Longley International Hotel today for the release of ‘‘Songs From Solitude, The Lockdown Lowdown’.

19 - 23 May Musical theatre fans: pack your bags, select some road trip music and get on the road to Launceston for the annual Australian Musical Theatre Festival. See Simon Gleeson, Natalie O’Donnell and Callum Francis, amongst other performers, and sign yourself up for classes for all ages and abilities, development programs, panels and concerts.

For all the details head to: www.amtf.org.au.

21 May 7KH YHU\ ¿UVW 9HU\ 6KRUW )LOP Festival will screen at the Spring Bay Mill on the East Coast tonight from 6pm. The national festival is open to DQ\RQH ZLWK ¿OPV UDQJLQJ LQ length from 2-5 minutes. The shortlist will be announced on Guardian Australia website on May 10. If you’ve travelled to Triabunna for the fest, why not add on a day or two and take the ferry to Maria Island, or check out Freycinet in the cooler weather. More info: YHU\VKRUW¿OPIHVWLYDO FRP DX

29 May With the doom and gloom of Covid, some Huon Valley locals are putting on spectacular ¿UHZRUNV GLVSOD\ µ/HW¶V ,JQLWH the Night and Rock the Valley’.

Cast your eyes towards Scenic Hill just before 9 pm and tune into 95.3 Huon FM and enjoy the show. The display will be ¿UHG IURP D SULYDWH SURSHUW\ and the gate will be locked so please refrain from driving up to Scenic Hill, but there are plenty of vantage points to view this display around the Huonville area. It’s a free event. For more information head to Facebook.

All Month Autumn is a wonderful time for adventures in nature in Tassie - head up to Mt Field National Park or Cradle Mountain to see the turning of the fagus (native deciduous beech trees whose leaves change from green to orange, yellow and pink right about now). Orchid lovers know it’s a perfect time to spot WKH ÀRZHULQJ RI WKH 3DUVRQ¶V Band, Mosquito, Autumn Bird and Midge Orchids at various locations near and far. ShortTailed Shearwaters (mutton birds) leave our shores for Alaska this month too.

Until May 30 The Port Arthur Asylum LV ¿WWLQJO\ KRVWLQJ D QHZ photographic exhibition called Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties. It’s a collection of over 100 candid black and white mugshots of suspects taken by NSW Police in the 1920s, capturing the compelling darker side of The Roaring Twenties. The exhibition is open daily from 11am-4pm and is free for Port Arthur Historic Site ticket holders. Entry tickets must be booked in advance at www.portarthur.org.au or by phoning 1800 659 101.

Got an event coming up in Tassie?

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TASMANIAN OLYMPIC KAYAKER

DAN WATKINS Interview: Stephanie Williams Pictures: Supplied Dan Watkins is one to watch. Bursting onto the senior scene only two years ago, the 25 year old is only just getting started, in a sport that values a bit of age under the belt.

How did you get into kayaking? 0\ GDG JRW LQWR ÀDW ZDWHU kayaking and joined the Derwent Canoe Club. Once he was in the club, he learned they were running a kids program for 10 to 12 year olds to get into slalom and whitewater. So I did that SURJUDP ,W ZDV MXVW D VXPPHU RQ ÀDW ZDWHU JHWWLQJ VRPH EDVLF skills up, then we went on the whitewater. I instantly fell in love with the sport when I had enough skills to get on the whitewater, and pursued slalom through that, it was a slalom based program from there.

This will be your first Olympics. What’s it like training for an Olympics that hasn’t had a date until recently? It was quite a while without a date! It’s a different Olympic experience, what it’s going to be now, compared to what I was dreaming of when I got selected to the team last year. It was before COVID had really had a big impact on the world. It’s completely out of my control. There’s not really much I can do to change anything apart from just keep training, and keep hoping that the games are going to go ahead and keep adjusting training to the date and just get ready to perform my best when we get there.

And how do you feel your performance is going? How are you feeling? To be honest, the games being postponed a year is SUREDEO\ EHWWHU IRU P\ SHUIRUPDQFH ,W¶V P\ ¿UVW JDPHV DQG ,¶P quite young in slalom. In slalom it’s the late twenties to 30, even early thirties when you have your peak performances. And a lot of other competitors will be going to their second or third games.

So for me, an extra year and I’m still on a good learning curve.

I should simply be better racing in 2021 than 2020 if everything goes ahead.

You’re training at the moment in New Zealand. How does it feel to be overseas? ,W¶V UHDOO\ QLFH KH\ /DVW \HDU ZDV WKH ¿UVW full winter I’ve done in eight years, with our sport we just travel.

We travel so much. We have our domestic season in Australia in the summer, state champs, nationals. We have some international invitational races in Australia and New Zealand. And then we go and do all the world cups and world champs, always in Europe.

I do six months in Europe through the winter. So that was super different with COVID and everything actually being home for so long and having an actual winter to train to. But the training was good and I liked being home.

Where is home? In the Huon Valley.

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Where are your favourite spots to paddle around home?

Bradys Lake is the best training spot in Tassie for slalom. I get out and do lots of creek boating and paddle on as many rivers as I can. And it’s hard to pick some favourites! I end up kind of all over the place, wherever the rain goes.

What does a typical day look like for you at the moment?

We have two whitewater sessions a day, which is quite a bit.

We’re normally on the whitewater once a day, and then cross WUDLQLQJ IRU WKH UHVW RI WKH GD\ GR VRPH ÀDW ZDWHU UXQQLQJ RU gym. Because we’re in New Zealand for a training block we’re on the whitewater twice a day.

There’s a timeframe on your career as a professional sportsperson. Outside of kayaking what do you want to do?

Good question, I don’t have a good answer. I started a Bachelor of Science but dropped out of that. I enjoyed what I was studying but I wasn’t that excited about the career path. I’m pretty openended at the moment, just going all in for slalom, especially since the Games. I haven’t been trying to plan to work or study more than just some odd jobs for friends.

How do you fund your training? Most funding is through the sport itself. It’s a result based tier system, and with the results I’ve had in the last few years, it’s enough to get mostly by. When I’m home in Tassie, I do a little bit of work as much as I can like a bit of labouring. At our level, a lot of our training costs are covered and international travel around racing is covered too.

Are you looking for a sponsor? I could be, if anyone’s keen!

(Ed’s note…contact us if you want to sponsor Dan!)

Dan in action at the 2020 Australian Open Canoe Slalom. Pic: Col Boyd

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experiences on the river, which has been awesome. I’ve barely thad a swim on a river myself! We did one mission last winter, the Douglas River in the Douglas-Apsley National Park. It was pretty much remote. There’s a three-day walking track there. For us it was two hours hiking and then an abseil around a 20 metre waterfall. And then it was six or seven hours on the river after that. We were working pretty hard to get down the river as quick as we could because it was middle of winter. Ten minutes after it went dark, we got to the car. If anything went wrong in there, you’re in the middle of the three-day bush-walking track. It’d be quite a mission to get out!

Where’s your current base? It had been in Penrith, near the Olympic course. That’s where our national team centre is set up, where all the coaches are and we’ve got a pretty good training facility there. I’ve been there mostly since the state borders opened up in October.

Do you ever kind of run into other Tasmanian Olympians?

Like a little club? No, not really. But we’re going to the gym at the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. I’ve met lots of other athletes from other sports, so that’s kind of cool. Not always the Olympic DWKOHWHV EXW ZH HQG XS LQ WKH J\P ZLWK ¿YH RU VL[ GLIIHUHQW sports at the TIS and that’s kind of cool. Last winter I was in there three times a week consistently all year.

What’s the hairiest spot you’ve gotten yourself into in a kayak? Honestly, I’m pretty lucky. I haven’t had too many bad

What do you like to do when you’re back in Tassie? Just get out as much as I can into the wilderness. I love mountain biking, hiking and camping. I camp more than I stay at home!

Where’s your favourite campsite? I like getting up into the lakes around Bradys Lake, exploring the other lakes around there, and getting to the west coast is always stunning. It’s a bit hard to kind of duck away just for a night or two, but it’s always epic going out to the west.

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required inspired Rachel and her husband to keep going in their own way. Their son has since returned to school, as they felt his needs were being met there, but the girls are thriving at home.

Reactions from friends and family were almost entirely negative. “Everyone was really surprised. People said ‘what are you doing!?’ And ‘You’re destroying their lives!’. I only had one friend, who has grown up children, say “That’s fantastic!”.

“Now, twelve months down the track, all of my friends and family have a totally different perspective and say ‘I wish I could do that!’.”

THE ACCIDENTAL HOMESCHOOLERS Words: Sarah Aitken

+H\ SDUHQWV +DSS\ ¿UVW DQQLYHUVDU\ of sending the kids back to school after Covid-induced home-learning! Did you, like many, rejoice when the school gates reopened in May last year? Or did you consider ongoing homeschool? Sarah Aitken meets a family who never got the school uniforms back out.

In early May 2020, after weeks of VFUDPEOLQJ WR ¿QG HQRXJK KRXUV LQ the day into which to squeeze work, home-learning, housework and everything else, Tasmanian parents ¿QDOO\ FDXJKW D ELW RI D EUHDN Editor Steph was amongst those letting RXW RQH KHOO RI DQ H[KDOH ³2Q RXU ¿UVW day of homeschool Jack (now 6) said to me “Mummy you’re not my teacher, I’m not doing what you say!” And he went outside to the trampoline and announced, “I’m doing sport all day!” she laughed.

“Great start there!” Add Jack’s lack of enthusiasm to the practical issues of not having enough technology to go around and both parents working every day, and Steph sums up the time succinctly: “it was a horror, basically.

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Anecdotal evidence (i.e. school gate chats) leads us to believe most parents felt the same way. Some families, however, found a wonderful new normal within the chaos and haven’t sent the kids back.

Rachel’s* family, of Lenah Valley, is one of them. They’d never considered homeschooling until last year’s pandemic gave them a glimpse of how it could work for them. A year later she’s still homeschooling her daughters in grade 7 and grade 2.

Her son, in grade 1, is back at his school.

They pulled all three kids out of school D ZHHN EHIRUH VFKRROV RI¿FLDOO\ DVNHG parents to keep kids home. So Rachel hit the ground running with her own version of homeschooling, covering topics and texts that suited the kids’ interests and levels.

Then the school began to dictate online learning, and as Rachel said, “that’s when it all went pear shaped!”. The incongruence between what the school was providing for the kids and what their kids

Rachel said she hasn’t found it all that hard. She’s found plenty of government curriculum resources available online, and a supportive local homeschooling community. She and her husband work for WKHPVHOYHV IURP KRPH DQG VKXIÀH WKLQJV around so that they sometimes work into the night. It’s tiring, but they’re happy.

“My kids talk about how great and fun it is,” she said.

The question she has heard most over the past year is how her kids manage to socialise.

“My kids do say they miss lunchtime at school - that forty minutes of play - and I get that. But if you look at the contact hours of social time they get - it’s a lot more now,” Rachel said. She also said they’ve found the homeschooled kids to be less judgmental than some of the kids they encountered at school, and that it’s refreshing that age doesn’t come into it – kids of all ages will get together and play happily.

The family are anticipating that the girls will likely return to school for the upper high school years, but they’ll make that call when they get to that point. In the meantime, they’re enjoying their new way of life one year on. *we’ve changed Rachel’s name to protect her kids’ privacy.

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DON’T EAT THAT RAT! Words: Landcare Tasmania, Jennifer Gason It’s the Autumn of 2019. I’m sauntering happily into my kitchen until something catches in the corner of my eye. I stop abruptly and freeze. I am locking eyes with an audacious mouse on my stovetop.

Caught mid-munch, my new housemate stares back. The mouse was the braver RI XV ERWK DQG PDGH WKH ¿UVW PRYH scampering at great speed under my kitchen fridge. It didn’t take long for me to realise that this mouse had brought its family and friends along to an extended, all-you-can-eat holiday at my place.

I’m sure many of us know the horror RI ¿QGLQJ WKDW D IXUU\ IULHQG KDV WDNHQ residence in the back of your pantry. Others in food retail, hospitality, farms and factories will know the distress of trying to keep these spaces free of rats and mice.

As the colder months approach, rats and mice are looking for a warm place to stay.

Across Tasmania a war is waged against rodents in both urban and rural settings, often through the use of poisons.

So, I don’t want to share my packet of honey oats with the local family of rodents – what are my options? Is it time to reach for the rodent poison?

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Josh Pringle (Keep Tassie Wild), Adam Cistern (ANU Masked owl researcher), Peter Vaughan (UTAS Avion Club), Amelia the owl, Andrew Wilkie MP, Julie Collins MP, Rod Knight (former Landcare Tas CEO) Pic: Natasha Mulhall It can seem like an easy option. But that same Autumn, I started volunteering with /DQGFDUH 7DVPDQLD DV DQ HDJHU RI¿FH helper. It was here that I learnt why to avoid poison, and not just because you’ve become fond of Helga, Nigel and their three babies.

We commonly consider the impact of rodent poisons on children and pets – but not so much our native wildlife.

However, the impact doesn’t stop at the rat - rodenticides have devastating consequences for many animal species and whole ecosystems.

This happens because animals of prey such as raptors, quolls and devils eat dead or sick poisoned rodents, and end up dying in large numbers too. Like myself back in 2019, most people aren’t aware of these second-hand impacts.

Birds of prey, such as the endangered Masked Owl are particularly vulnerable to rodenticides (this is because they ingest their prey whole – including all the poison in the rodent’s stomach). Wedge Tailed Eagles, Goshawks, and Peregrines are species that are also severely affected.

When they eat dead or dying rodents they are poisoned themselves and their deaths have serious impacts on the ecosystems they are a part of.

Modern rodenticides labelled as ‘one shot’ or ‘one bite – one kill’ have the worst impact on our wildlife because of their active ingredients such as Brodifacoum and Bromadiolone (the Bros) being more toxic, and are being stored longer in the rodent’s tissues. These are known as ‘Second-Generation’ poisons and have started to dominate the shelves, going from about 10% of the available products to 90% over the last 5 years

Products like this have been banned from public sale in the US, Canada and some countries in Europe, and yet in Australia we can pick them up at the local supermarket. Yay! So what can we do? The advice is to use manual traps and carefully prepare your home or facility (DETER THE MICE!).

Make your rodent-hotel very unattractive and leave bad yelp reviews if you have to. “Food was all stored in un-biteable containers” Two stars. “Not a crumb in sight. Terrible service.” One star. “The entire facility was impenetrable – a waste of time!”

If you must use poisons, look out for those active ingredients – the Bros are a No Go! Choose ‘First-Generation’ poisons with the active ingredients Warfarin, Coumateralyl or Sodium chloride (NaCl).

The threat is very real, studies have been done, and we know how we can minimise our impact. Next time Helga and Nigel come to stay I won’t be introducing them to the Bros.

Landcare Tasmania is currently running a Rodenticides awareness program which is supported by the Australian Government’s Communities Environment Program, with the support of MP Andrew Wilkie and MP Julie Collins, as well as donations from BirdLife Tas and Keep Tassie Wild. There are a number of upcoming information sessions in South Hobart, Kingston and Franklin that the community can come along to. For more information, go to www.landcaretas.org.au/rodenticides We are also lucky to have experts in this ¿HOG FRPLQJ WR WKH /DQGFDUH 7DVPDQLD conference on 2nd October to speak more on the impacts of rodenticides on Tassie’s wildlife and ecosystems.

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From the Syrian Army to Sandy Bay: How good karma helped Mo Abdah Interview: Stephanie Williams Pic: Sarah Ryan When Mo Abdah, then a member of the Syrian Army, met Yaz Mohamad, a make up artist from Hobart on Facebook, neither knew they were talking to someone on the other side of the world. It was through a series of chance moments, that their lives became entwined.

Mo joined the Syrian Army when he was just 19 years old. It’s a requirement of all young men to spend a year and two months in military service. Before he commenced, he completed two XQLYHUVLW\ FRXUVHV ³, ¿QLVKHG P\ XQLYHUVLW\ GHJUHH LQ KRWHO 34

management and then specialist in tourism guide after that.” And then everything changed. “I go into the army in March 2010. In 0DUFK WKH ZDU EHJDQ , ZDV WZR PRQWKV VKRUW RI ¿QLVKLQJ the army, but the war happened.”

During his time in the army Mo was stationed in the kitchen because of his hotel management degree. He has fond memories pre-war, of parties and meeting interesting people in the dining room. Once the war began, things changed. Yaz said, “there’s a SKRWR RI 0RKDPHG DQG KLV IULHQGV LW ZDV MXVW ZKHQ WKH\ ¿UVW went in at 19, and they just all look like babies. He said that not a single one of them is alive anymore.”

Mo is from Tartus City. “It’s on the beach next to Lebanon.

Beautiful city, really nice. My dad, my mum and my sister still live in Tartus City.” Mo’s brother is in Lebanon he explains, “He doesn’t want to go to the army because he’s afraid something happen to him like me, having to stay many years.” Once you leave Syria for a certain period you can pay a fee and then you don’t have to go into the army. “It’s between $USD7,000 and $USD10,000. To people here, that’s not much.

Mo in Syria with l/r Mitch McPherson, Yaz, a friend, and Yaz’s cousin (and Mitch’s wife) Sahar

To people living in Syria, they don’t even earn that in their lifetime. So some of was offered a heartbreaking choice – to swap his spot with his brother. He’d be free but his brother could be sent straight to the frontline rather than to the kitchen like Mo was. So what did he do? “If my brother die, what I do? It’s really hard to me. So I stayed in the army for another two-and-a-half years. In eight months time my brother can pay the money to not EH LQ WKH DUP\ DQG WKDW¶V ¿QLVKHG ´ But what happened next was truly life changing for Mo. Six months before he was discharged Mo, he bought a new phone and lost all the contacts. It also meant signing up for a new Facebook account, and for popular Mo, he had a few friend suggestions come is way. The algorithm somehow connected Mo DQG <D] DQG KH VHQW KHU D ZDYH ZKLOH VKH GLGQ¶W KDYH D SUR¿OH picture he thought she must’ve been a friend already. “After three, four days I got a message late at night. Then when I wake up I sent one to her and then after nine, 10 hours later, she sent to me. It was a game of mouse and cat!” Mo said. He began to open up to her. “Then, after one week I thought my friends were setting me up, because I can’t believe someone a girl, the girl

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XVXDOO\ QHYHU WDON OLNH WKDW ´ :DQWLQJ WR ¿QG RXW KH DVNHG IRU D voice message. It was a shock to hear an Australian accent.

Then he shared his truth too, that he was in the Syrian army.

After a month of chatting, Mo mentioned he had family in Australia. Knowing it was a big place, he wasn’t hopeful but he shared his uncle’s name with Yaz. 20 minutes later, Yaz sent him a photo. It turns out that Mo’s uncle is married to Yaz’s cousin!

There are even more crazy coincidences between their two lives, which you can hear more about on the podcast!

Once discharged from the army, they travelled to see each other and quickly became engaged. The next chapter for Mo and Yaz hit a roadblock when COVID scuttled plans for their Syrian wedding. Grounded in Tasmania, they decided to elope. Yaz shared, “We both cried all day. I read my vows in English and Mo read in Arabic.” For Mo, missing his sister’s wedding in Syria while he was in the army, was hard to take. “I’m so happy. I have my wife. But I’m so sad, I want my family, you know?”

Settled now in Hobart, Mo turned to an old skill to create a new EXVLQHVV IRU KLPVHOI DIWHU ZRUN ZDV KDUG WR ¿QG ³0R ZDV UHDOO\ worried about the language barrier. Then, with COVID, trying to ¿QG D MRE ZDV DOUHDG\ KDUG HQRXJK IRU SHRSOH OLYLQJ KHUH ´ <D] said. “But Mo was really lucky because he just came across people that were just so kind and generous and willing to give him a go.” Sandy Bay barber, Silvio had been in his shop for 25 years, but after working with Mo, he knew he was the right person to take over. They’ve since renovated the space at Long Beach, opening a few months ago. And things are going well. “Word of mouth is just so big in Hobart. Mo’s such a good barber but it’s also his personality. People are just so drawn to him,” Yaz said.

You can hear more of Mo and Yaz’s story on the latest episode of The Hobart Magazine Podcast, on all good podcast platforms and our website at www.thehobartmagazine.com.au.

Mo and Yaz on their wedding day.

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ROLLING ON THE RIVER AT ECHUCA Words and Pictures: Peter Carey

Our colonial history is a common motive for exploring our many regions. One Victorian town so committed to the special theme of the colonial river trade is Echuca.

Situated on the Murray River, 224 kilometres north of Melbourne, it has preserved the history of Australia’s early river trade; where paddle steamers made up the dominant transport between river settlements; enhanced by a rail link to Melbourne.

Originally, it had over 70 licensed drinking houses; one of which, The Star, has a secret cellar where those engaging in questionable legal activities would hide in the event of a police raid. It continues to trade with an entrance off Murray Esplanade and coming up into their pizzeria. $ VLJQL¿FDQW SDUW RI (FKXFD¶V V KLVWRU\ ZDV ERWK WKH setting and shooting location of the 1983 ABC miniseries, All The Rivers Run featuring actors John Waters, Sigrid Thornton and Charles (Bud) Tingwell. Many locals are keen to boast the occasional visit from two actors in particular who are said to have developed a special affection for the locale and the career experience.

Today, you can walk through Murray Esplanade, preserved pretty much as it was, with a range of traders in crafts, clothing, KRWHOV DQG HYHQ D FLQHPD 2QH LQWHUHVWLQJ PRGL¿FDWLRQ ZDV the replacement of the concrete kerbs and gutters with curbed redgum bark to enhance the authenticity of the 1890s temporal setting. It fascinated the locals so much that the gutters have remained ever since.

The beautiful PS Emmylou With so much to explore, the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre conducts walking tours around the wharves, explaining various features - a foundry, timber mill, and a railway station with a stationary locomotive sitting on a section of rail with point access to the main line which crosses the Murray River into the New South Wales town of Moama. It terminates ultimately in Deniliquin, approximately 50 kilometres to the north.

For those keen enough to explore beyond the river precinct, there is the 1869 heritage listed Echuca Police Station and Lockup complex in Dickson St with very rudimentary cells, also used as props in All The Rivers Run. A special treat for the Holden enthusiasts, the National Holden Museum in Warren Street has preserved samples of most of the Holden models dating right back to the 48/215 model, popularly referred to as the FX. The Beechworth Bakery, one of eight in Victoria, has an unbelievable range of bread and pastry treats to die for.

7KH KLJKOLJKW KRZHYHU LV WKH ÀHHW RI SDGGOH VWHDPHUV ZKLFK offer a range of cruises from an hour up to overnight, dinner and wineries options. Some notable examples include PS Canberra; PS Emmylou and PS Pride of the Murray. Having experienced one with my family, I can testify to an amazing experience which included views from the wheel house as other vessels passed in WKH RSSRVLWH GLUHFWLRQ WKH ULYHU EDQNV ÀDQNHG E\ UHGJXPV DQG a river view perspective of the wharf infrastructure which was a major triumph of engineering for 1890s Australia.

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RECHARGING YOUR AAA BATTERIES Words: Annia Baron

You don’t need a psychologist to tell you that your nervous system is one of the most extraordinarily complex, sensitive, and intelligent structures in the Universe.

But you may appreciate hearing the hard-hitting truth: Yours, is most likely fried. These days we’re exposed to more stimulation, toxins, and noise pollution than ever before. Our adrenals are IUD]]OHG DQG VDGO\ RXU RYHUZRUNHG ¿JKW ÀLJKW PRGH UXQ E\ the sympathetic nervous system; SNS) is so used to functioning above the required baseline that many of us have actually created a psychological addiction to it. Yes, you read correctly. We’re addicted to the stress experience. Many of us feel uncomfortable at the thought of being still and worry that if we let ourselves VWRS ZH ZRQ¶W FRSH ZLWK WKH LQÀX[ RI DFFXPXODWHG HPRWLRQDO load. Our parasympathetic nervous system (the rest and digest mode) is in desperate need of some TLC but in a world where the constant stream of demands, tasks to complete, and people to please feel endless, how do we shut down and recharge without the pang of guilt, failure, or fear of missing out? How do we reset without totally disconnecting?

Simple, recharge your AAA battery: Acceptance, Alignment and Appreciation.

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Recharging should be easy... identifying your personal values is advantageous. They act like the rudder of your ship, steering you back to where you know you want to be. Connecting to your values provides clarity, purpose and ignites momentum to take meaningful action. So when you’re feeling uncertain or confused, settle your nervous system with this reminder.

Recharge: “What top three values are most important to me at this point in my life. How can I create more of this today, next week or next month?”

Appreciation. It’s tempting to complain. It’s normal to blame.

They’re easy and during low mood or elevated stress, our brain will veer towards easy. But by shifting attention towards something you appreciate, gratitude creates an entirely new set of neurochemical reactions, resulting in a cascade of endocrine responses that let you feel a new emotion – one that is of a higher frequency. And science proves this. Neural correlates of gratitude have been found to alter the reward centres of the brain, mimicking the reward of relief we feel when removing a stressor (Leknes et al, 2013). So, the next time you’re pulled towards apathy or comparison, apply the following.

Recharge: “Even though a lot is going on right now, in this moment, I am grateful for . . . “ Recharging your battery will cultivate optimal function of your PDJQL¿FHQW QHUYRXV V\VWHP DQG HQKDQFH \RXU SK\VLFDO HPRtional, and psychological wellbeing. Start today. Unfry yourself.

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250 MILLION YEARS OF HISTORY AT FOSSIL BLUFF Words: Peter Carey Pictures: Peter Carey and Sam Carey Keen on our geological, botanical or marine biological environPHQW DQG DUH FRQ¿GHQW RI WDFNOLQJ D PRGHUDWHO\ VWHHS LQFOLQH on foot? Then the Fossil Cove Conservation Area, just off the Tinderbox Road, and about three and a half kilometres south of Blackmans Bay, is worthy of a look.

According to the Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service it represents WZR VLJQL¿FDQW VWDJHV RI ODQGVFDSH HYROXWLRQ )LUVWO\ WKHUH¶V fossil rich Permian Mudstone about 250 million years old and WKH VHFRQG VWDJH LQYROYLQJ VLJQL¿FDQW YROFDQLF GLVSODFHPHQW predominantly of dolerite, entering into the mix around 180 million years ago.

Having recently tackled the track myself with two of my sons, we discovered the early part of the trek offered a smorgasbord of different native plant species. According to Professor James Kirkpatrick of the Geography Department at the University of Tasmania, and former lecturer of myself many years ago; it includes Musk Daisy Bush, Native Cherry, Large Leaf Bush Pea, Long Leaf Wattle (albeit this one is an introduced species) and Christmas Bush, just to name a few.

The highlight from a geological point of view however includes VRPH RI WKH PRVW PDJQL¿FHQW FRDVWDO URFN IRUPDWLRQV DW WKH bottom of the track near the water’s edge - much to the geophysical interest of my eldest son Tim. The pictures speak for WKHPVHOYHV EXW VXI¿FH WR VD\ RQH FDQ¶W KHOS EXW PDUYHO DW KRZ many millions of years of coastal weathering from both wave UHIUDFWLRQ DQG WKH DWWULWLRQ IDFWRUV LQWHQVL¿HG E\ ZLQG DFWLRQ have created such unique examples of nature’s own art, especially the rock arch.

To add extra to the mix, the plethora of fossil material to be discovered by just foraging around the rocks is guaranteed to tease the curiosity of any amateur palaeontologist. For those familiar with graphic art and keen to build on their personal library of texture images, we can recommend checking out this vast array of fossil samples, just as my second son Sam often does whenever the opportunity arises.

While we were there the arrival of a diving group - all enthusiasWLFDOO\ HTXLSSHG ZLWK ZHW VXLWV PDVNV DQG ÀLSSHUV ZDV D ¿UP indication that there is an abundance of marine life in the region close to shore, to be explored and appreciated. While I haven’t ventured to that extent personally, we’re reminded that this is part of the D’entrecasteaux Channel and just six kilometres IXUWKHU VRXWK RQH FDQ ¿QG WKH 7LQGHUER[ 0DULQH 5HVHUYH ZLWK an interpretation trail, which extends 700 metres along the shore and out to approximately 300 metres from the high water mark.

Originally established in the early eighties under the direction of then Parks Minister, John Clearly, it remains very popular with dive clubs for both social gatherings and dive training.

I would like to acknowledge the assistance of Professor James Kirkpatrick of the UTAS Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, in identifying some of the plant species.

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WELCOME TO THE SHITSHOW Interview: Stephanie Williams Pictures: Eden and Trudy Meure Sophie Ambler took matters into her own hands when COVID hit, eventually starting The Shitshow to help fellow performers get back on stage and make something of the horrible year.

Live performance and music has been hard hit by covid.

What has changed for you and your work over the past year?

Pre-Covid I hopped from festival to festival, mainly interstate and in Hobart. Now, the industry that relies on people physically coming together is far too unpredictable to rely on. I’ve been one of the lucky ones, landing a full-time gig at MONA. But I know that a lot of ex-work mates around the world are returning to study, stack shelves and/or move back in with their parents.

(Bring on the existential crisis.)

How did The Shitshow come about? I’d been wanting to run a very slick and sexy cabaret for a few years now and was unsuccessful in funding it. Then when the events industry went down the gurgler I started to miss the absurd variety shows that I was always spoilt with interstate. I realised that it was my high ambitions (and previous nomadic lifestyle) that were getting in WKH ZD\ RI PDNLQJ DQ\WKLQJ DW DOO DQG WKDW IRU P\ ¿UVW FUDFN it’s more than okay to be a little bit shit. In fact, let’s aim to be!

So, The Shitshow was born.

What can audiences expect from a night at The Shitshow? I hear it’s “curated chaos”! Expect a crude drag queen as host, D KRXVH '- ZLWK D FUHDWLYH OLFHQFH DQ XQGHU TXDOL¿HG VWDJH manager and acts both incredibly talented and non-talented. Also expect every dollar spent to support our artists! We don’t retain DQ\ SUR¿W ZH MXVW SD\ RXU DUWLVWV PRUH How do you find your performers? Flute beat-boxer was from my high school talent quest, Columbian folk dancer was from

cha-cha classes and world record female deadlifter was from my old job. There are so many interesting, talented people in Tassie if you pay careful attention! For example, I found one of the world’s best jugglers, Joe Fisher, on a solo-getaway to Penguin - I just happened to be there the weekend of Mount Gnomon Farm’s Barn Door Cabaret. He had cut his contract in Vegas short to return safely to Australia and, like me and a lot of other performers and workers, was ‘grounded’ at home. (Yes, there are world-class circus performers grounded in Tassie!) If I hadn’t met Joe, The Shitshow wouldn’t exist.

What’s your background? Have you produced shows before?

1R WKLV LV WKH ¿UVW VKRZ , KDYH SURGXFHG DQG VWDJH PDQDJHG which is pretty obvious once you see me try to set up a microphone. My background in festival work is mainly in administration, operations and front of house - but I’ve tried anything from building venues in Adelaide to being a Christmas elf in Leicester Square.

Who would be your dream performer to have on the bill?

Our next lineup actually has a couple of my dream acts! Firstly, Denis Lock, who sold-out shows on the West End as part of La Soirée and La Clique and now works happily as a farm hand on the North Coast. Secondly, award-winning Melbourne comedian, Josh Glanc. He is notoriously silly and will be performing his solo show the night after ours! But what I truly dream of is to KDYH D UHDO OLIH FRPEDW -LX -LWVX ¿JKW LQ WKH PLGGOH RI P\ FDEDUHW show... stay tuned!

With two shows under your belt already, what has been the most rewarding part? Believing in talented people, especially the ones who have never performed on stage, and then witnessing them blow the audience away!

Many laughs What plans do you have for The Shitshow in the future?

I hope that by inviting Tassie‘s micro-communities to the stage, The Shitshow will gift our town a deeper appreciation of the diversity and talent that we have. I make The Shitshow in Hobart, for Hobart, and it won’t leave the island. It won’t last forever either. In the meantime, I’m excited to see who comes out of the woodwork as it goes on!

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Artisan leather worker and slow fashion advocate El Noskcaj started her business Workbelt 5 years ago. In that time Workbelt has morphed from market stall, to atelier-shop front, and now online and B2B. El is constantly tweaking her products to make the most of sustainable sourcing, market demand and her ethical approach to running a micro business.

How did you start? I consciously wanted to make a change to my career when I was sick with chronic fatigue and had to step back from society. I knew I liked sewing, but I was soon frustrated with ironing, washing and intricate details. I treated myself to some leather and I loved the quality. Leather is such a luxury to work with.

Do you have a business plan? No I do not…even though I used to teach business studies! My business plan would have looked different to reality very quickly. My approach has been constant evolution through trial and error.

El Noskcaj of the late wildlife biologist Irynej Skira. During his career in wildlife conservation he built a collection of feral animal skins from remote places including Macquarie Island – they were a privilege to use.

Has COVID-19 changed the way you work? Yes, I have streamlined my styles and process. Initially was a panicky time, because who knew what was going to happen? But organisations like Brand Tasmania have really got on board with supporting local, and there was a massive shift towards Tasmanian made. I built a whole new website, starting again and investing in photography. I was forced to do things that I had put off!

COVID gave me breathing space and people have become very comfortable with online shopping - that’s been a huge positive, #madeintasmania has become really important - also platforms like ‘Have & Hold Tasmania’.

Tell us about your zero-waste work? I realised I was accumulating a lot of offcuts and I didn’t want to put them in the bin, so I started mosaicing the leather together to create one off bags. People have loved the Zero Waste Collection because it’s wearable art, each piece is unique and has a story – it’s sustainable and ethical but also a beautiful original piece.

What’s next for Workbelt? I love doing small batches of bespoke products for local businesses. I recently made leather aprons for Stillwater in Launceston, personally delivering the aprons was a highlight! We have so many wonderful hospitality, ZLQH LQGXVWU\ DQG ÀRULVWU\ EXVLQHVVHV LQ 7DVPDQLD ,¶G OLNH WR have a whole apron range named after those businesses so we can promote each other. I feel very special sitting in a place like Clover Hill Winery and seeing my leather aprons in action.

Workbelt aprons How has Workbelt evolved? Over time I’ve put much more WKRXJKW LQWR VRXUFLQJ HWKLFDO OHDWKHU DQG PD[LPLVLQJ HI¿FLHQF\ In the early days, I used to look for inexpensive leather, then I would notice scars and signs of animal mistreatment, so I decided to only use skins that were the by-product of the meat industry. I now source most of my leather from Italy, where animals are typically in small herds and well cared for. My supplier is an Australian business, because I want to support local, and they are big enough to have a code of ethics and supply chain accountability to protect workers and animals.

What about Australian leather? I would like to be able to source locally tanned leather, and I do if I can. I was once able to use some very local skins after I connected with the wife 44

What type of entrepreneur are you? I’m not sure I am an HQWUHSUHQHXU EHFDXVH ,¶P QRW SUR¿W GULYHQ , FDQ VHH ORWV RI ZD\V WR PDNH P\ EXVLQHVV PRUH SUR¿WDEOH EXW LW ZRXOG UHTXLUH me to step away from the part I like the most...the making.

How important is living in Hobart? Well, it allows you to have a wonderful lifestyle on a modest income. There wouldn’t be many places in the world where a Maker could have such a lovely life. I feel really connected with my community, the Photographer I work with lives around the corner, our photo shoots are in local places with local people and I feel really proud of where I live.

What advice would you like to give to yourself five years ago?

Be kind to yourself - don’t be overwhelmed by advice, keep trusting what feels good and what you’re ready for.

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CHARMING LITTLE FRANKLIN: APPLES, BOATS AND A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY Words: Stephanie Williams Pictures: Tourism Tasmania I nearly called my son Franklin. It was high up on my names list. I’ve always like the look of the word. The way it sounds. And while he ended up Francis (he’s Frankie for short), Franklin is still on my mind.

On a recent weekend, with my visiting Mum in tow, we decided it was a good day for a drive. She hadn’t seen the Huon Valley before and was curious to see where all the good apples come from. Franklin was our destination.

After a quick 40 minute drive south from Hobart, we rolled into Franklin and parked near the oval. Having done zero UHVHDUFK SULRU ZH ZHUH UHDOO\ SOHDVHG WR ¿QG WKDW WKH 0DUNHW at the Palais Theatre was on, so we started our outing there.

The Palais Theatre was opened as the Town Hall in 1912 by WKH *RYHUQRU RI 7DVPDQLD 6LU +DUU\ %DUURQ 7KH ¿UVW ¿OP ZDV shown there that same year, then in the years since it’s been a bit of a multi-use space for the town – theatre, ball room, event space, market, a basketball practice court, even a boxing club!

Nowadays, the market is held here on the last Sunday of each PRQWK DORQJVLGH UHJXODU SHUIRUPDQFHV DQG ¿OP VKRZLQJV The market is full of goodies. Mum starts at the cake stall and nabs handmade biscuits and jam (for the kids she insists!), while , SHHO RII DQG ¿QG VRODFH ZLWK D MDU RI EDWK VDOWV 7KH NLGV DUH DW perfect ‘stall touching’ height, but they manage to respectfully walk through each stand, and have a chat with a few of the

The Wooden Boat Centre workshop friendly folk sharing their handiwork. Outside we buy freshly dug potatoes, garlic, greens, herbs and vegetables which we turn into an epic roast at home that night. The kids convince my Mum that they “neeeeeeeed” the two mini monster trucks they spy at the bric-a-brac stall (they win) and I get caught up talking to the dim sim man about his absolutely delicious dimmies. He tells me the recipe was handed down through generations of AustralianChinese people in Ballarat and through a business partner, he has managed to take it over and now produces the dim sims using local meat and vegetables. So good.

After a quick kick of the soccer ball at the oval, we walk along the waterfront to the Wooden Boat Centre. The Wooden Boat Centre is the only wooden boatbuilding school still operating in Australia. You can pop your head in for a peek into the workshop and pick up something with that incredible timber smell in the giftshop, or join a tour to really delve into the workshop. We have little kids with us, so decide not to tour, but it’s recommended to book ahead. All tours the day we were there were full.

If you’re really into it, you can join a course to develop traditional craft skills – from short courses to a one Year ‘Shipwright Level 1 Course’. You can sign up to make wooden oars, traditional rowing and sailing dinghies, do a heritage restoration or learn modern sustainable boatbuilding techniques.

Lunch is calling and Frank’s Cider answers. How could we not, with a kid called Frank. The café and cidery is in a beautiful old church across the road from the Wooden Boat Centre. The cider here is made from apples from 160 year old trees, planted in the oldest heritage orchards in Australia. John Clark established the orchards back in 1836, and Frank came into the picture as the third generation of the family to farm here. Nowadays, the apples are harvested by 5th and 6th generation Clark family members.

You can buy their cider through Dan Murphy’s and other bottle shops, but there’s nothing better than trying it at the source.

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With full tummies, it’s a short walk (and another soccer ball kick around) back to the car. On our way home, we call into one of the many honesty stalls on the side of the highway to pick up a couple of kilos of local apples, a bargain at $4.

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