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THE HOBART MAGAZINE It’s November. Almost summer. Almost open borders. Almost Christmas. It’s hard to believe we’re toward the end of 2021. This month we spoke with Hobart adventurer and author Robyn Mundy and footballer and volunteer Libby Johnstone. The theme of women doing cool things also extends to a women’s beekeeping initiative, Sister Hives. Then there’s also our take on Hobart community news and what’s coming up this month! We hope you’re enjoying the magazine. We love putting it together for you, and look forward to hearing your feedback and story ideas at editor@thehobartmagazine.com.au. All the best, Steph, James and The Hobart Magazine team.

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INBOX Ticket to Play Correction Thank you for publishing an article regarding our Ticket to Play voucher program expanding to include the Learn to Swim programs. As stated in the article (THM, October 2021) this is a very important program providing essential skills for young Tasmanian kids. We noticed the eligibility age bracket was listed as 5-7, the eligible age group is actually 5-18 years. Thank you so much for your assistance and ongoing support. Clare Linehan, Communities Tasmania The Not-So-Harmless White Tailed Spiders of Hobart After reading with interest your article about White Tailed Spiders (THM, October 2021), I felt I would like to comment. Four years ago my brother was bitten on his thumb by the spider. The wound was large, very painful and bleeding badly (very badly). My brother was admitted to the RH Hospital and was there over three weeks. During this time he was taken to theatre twice to have the wound scraped and cleared out, a very long and painful process. The bone was visible and he practically lost half his thumb. The wound took months to heal. I also have a lady friend who was bitten by this spider on her leg seven years ago. She has gone through hell with this bite and is still having daily dressing to the wound as it will not stop weeping, is always wet and very uncomfortable. I also know a gentleman with a very large round gouge on his thigh, almost looks like a very large scone cutter has chopped into his leg - this was also caused by a white tailed spider. So I’m wondering - are there two types of this spider or maybe you haven’t heard of such cases when you say in your article that it’s fairly harmless and not to worry about it? I found this a little misleading - I hop you might like to check this out. Yours faithfully, Mrs Iris Saramaskos, Rosny Editors note: Thanks Iris, we’ll take a further look into white tailed spiders in Hobart and get back to you.

Editors note: Apologies for this slip of the keyboard. You can find more information on the program at www.communities.tas. gov.au/ticket-to-play. Local Government Woes My years in Local Government have shown me that there are three kinds of people who run for Council. One group works for the benefit of the community, another for vested interests and the others to feel important but who contribute little. Generally there is however, a degree of civility. The co-ordinated recent nasty attack on Councillors Reynolds, Burnet and Dutta by Cr Behrakis and Ms Elliot is ignorant, disgraceful and really scrapes the bottom of the barrel. The three Crs. are major contributors to the wellbeing of Hobart. They argue for good quality development and not the numerous third rate projects that would degrade further the character of the city. “Queen Blocker” Helen Burnet should certainly be crowned for the work she does, not to mention the other hard working members. Every one knows where publicity-loving Cr. Behrakis stands. It is good to see Louise Elliot show her colours early before the election propaganda starts. It is a great help to voters. Leslie Lauder AM, Hobart

been as sensationalised as if they were a person with a criminal past who was hanging out in Bridgewater? On October 18, The Examiner wrote about how The Mercury decided to expose the “covidiots” identity. The Mercury fired back with an article defending their actions as being in the public interest. I’d say it actually came down to the chance of the article going viral and getting some good web traffic instead. Sarah Mackey, Glenorchy Feeling the love Love this magazine! Great articles and very informative. It was a real pleasure reading October edition with my coffee this morning. Emilija Saleta, via Facebook Home delivery fan I have just collected the October Issue of your magazine from my letterbox and just wanted to say thank you very much for delivering this to our neighbourhood each month. I know I am not the only one in the area who really enjoys it. Kind regards, Wendy, Hobart

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ANDREW GOYEN Interview: Stephanie Williams Picture: Dominic Anastasio With a demanding day job, Andrew Goyen has created a new approach for people to exercise and connect after work. Where in Hobart do you live? I live in North Hobart. Why Hobart? You are never more than 10 minutes away from all the good things (kunanyi, the ocean, great restaurants and incredible breweries). Tell us a little about your work? I am a Trauma Nurse, which is extremely busy however extremely rewarding! What do you love doing outside work? Outside of work I run Knockoffs Run Club, and doing anything that involves being outside - bushwalking, swimming, camping and keeping busy! What is Knockoffs Run Club and how did it come about? Knockoffs Run Club is a free, social, community Run Club that was born off three main principles; running, catching up with mates and enjoying a drink in the sun. After brainstorming with a few mates, you put those three things together and Knockoffs Run Club was born. What do you love about it? My absolute favourite moment is when two people connect on one of our runs who wouldn’t usually have the opportunity to connect! It’s a truly heartwarming experience to see people forming relationships through something you have created. I want to do more of that and promote strong physical and social health within the community. We meet every Thursday evening at 6pm, outside Room for a Pony in North Hobart and we hold weekend events too. Just follow along on our Instagram ‘Knockoffs Run Club’!

Favourite podcast or tv show? Currently watching Animal Kingdom, its great. Secret vice? Spending a few days without my phone bushwalking or camping with my girlfriend or close mates! What are you reading now? Currently reading King of the Wilderness an excellent Tassie book about the life of Deny King. What gets your goat? People who run on the spot a traffic lights - stop and enjoy the break, please! What was your first job? My first job was sorting cherries in a very hot shed in summer! What are your daily news/social media habits? ABC, Australian Financial Review and AP News apps get a look most mornings and I do everything in my power to avoid or minimise social media - it can be toxic at times!

Who do you admire? My Mum, she’s amazing. Your favourite place for… Breakfast: Providence Cafe, North Hobart, a true Hobart gem. Lunch: Ozus Coffee, Battery Point, is excellent! Dinner: The Tas Inn is a real favourite amongst my mates and I. Great food and great beer! Favourite team? Can I say Knockoffs Run Club? Everyone that comes along are legends. Favourite Hobart secret: I have a few secret spots I like to go and get some air - I can’t spoil them though! Parting words? Don’t be afraid of failure, you can achieve a lot if you get out there and give things a crack! 6

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KIRSTEN GRANT Interview: Stephanie Williams Pictures: Steve Livermore Like our nanna’s, Kirsten Grant believes crafty keeps minds agile and active. Where in Hobart do you live? Kingston. Why Hobart? I’m originally from Lonnie but came to Hobart for uni waaaay back in 2001. Since graduating three years later I have lived all over the world including New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Mongolia. Most recently myself and the man were in Western Australia for seven years where our two littlies were born. We finally made it back home two and a half years ago and are stoked to be raising our kids on this magnificent island. Tell us a little about your work? My day job is managing the best op shop in Tassie, the North Hobart Retro Vinnies but I’ve been a crafter for years. I crochet and knit mainly and now my kids are slightly older, I’m finally getting back into teaching both Beginner’s Knitting and Crochet. What do you love doing outside work? Craft! This is my meditation, how I express myself creatively and help others to tap into their creative side. I really want to get into Art Therapy more seriously and I’m studying an Undergraduate Certificate in Creative Arts and Health with that in mind. Studies now prove what our nanna’s always knew, crafting, in particular knitting and crochet, is good for your brain. As part of my studies I’ve been researching this and an Aussie study from the University of Wollongong found crochet improves memory, reduces stress and in particular benefits those with mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. How did you get into crafting and what role does it play in your life? My mum is a mad crafter, she can do anything. Her eyes have been failing her in the past few years but that hasn’t stopped her. She learnt to weave on a loom as she can see that ok. You’re working on an exhibition for International Women’s Day in March. Can you tell us a little about that? I’ve been helping the Women’s Health Tasmania with some workshops teaching crochet leading up to an exhibition they’re holding

on 24 March next year called Knit Your Bits! Ha! Women are encouraged to create any body part, I’ve been crocheting some boobs but it could be an organ, a finger, an eye, a whole body. You can sew your creation, knit it, crochet or embroider. Who do you admire? Many people. I think since becoming a mum I really admire and appreciate all mothers but particularly my own mum. She has and still puts up with a lot!! Favourite podcast or tv show? Rosehaven. Secret vice? Chocolate! Not really secret! What are you reading now? This is actually my secret vice, murder mysteries! What gets your goat? Plastic. Morrison. Coal! What was your first job? In my dad’s bakery. What are your daily news/social media habits? ABC local radio on the drive to work. Your favourite place for… Breakfast: Good old Machine Cafe. Oldie but a goodie. Lunch: Boho at the Beach. Kingston Beach. The goats cheese tart is divine in their beautifully bohemian courtyard. Dinner: Family favourite is the new Korean joint in Kingston, Young’s Table. They have bibimbap!!! Favourite team? Carlton by family default. Favourite Hobart secret? Fossil Cove. Parting words? Be kind to yourself, as well as everyone else! And a blatant plug, my next Beginners Crochet class is at Kickstart Arts on Wednesday 24 November from 6.30pm-8.30pm. All materials and a how-to guide are supplied.

BITS AND PIECES made available for social and affordable housing options. Out of the 67 hectares available, 33 hectares will be set aside for public recreation, green space and the protection of natural and cultural values in the area. Despite this reported increase in amenity, local residents have taken to social media to voice their concerns about over development of their suburb. Early works to build a new roundabout from the subdivision to the Channel Highway will start in early 2022. NEW OPENINGS A North Hobart favourite for Vietnamese, Saigon Express has opened a new store in Kingston (Shop 10, Coles Complex, Kingston Plaza, Channel Highway, Kingston) serving up their delicious Vietnamese classics/fried chicken/fast food mash up menu. Feel like dinner AND a movie while you’re out? The Scene (15 Hunter Street, Hobart, below Zero Davey) has got you covered. It’s a movie-themed venue serving burgers, fancy spaghetti (like house favourite salted duck egg spaghetti) and waffle fries, and showcasing both classic and contemporary films. You can even hire the whole space for a group. Love Dave’s Noodles? Well now you can get them hot and fresh in Glenorchy (443B Main Rd, Glenorchy) or order them via the Easi delivery app. Zelda’s Bar and Bistro (1661 Midlands Highway, Bagdad) has opened at the Bagdad Community Club and are already garnering local love for their big schnitties and pub fare. Elizabeth 285 (8/285 Elizabeth St, North Hobart) has reopened after a renovation of their dining and function room, with a new menu featuring their most popular dishes and a few new offerings.

PUT YOUR TWO CENTS WORTH IN ON HOBART’S PRECINCT PLAN The City of Hobart wants to know what you think the CBD and adjoining urban neighbourhoods should look like in the future. Council has released its Central Hobart Precincts Plan Discussion Paper, which ponders topics related to Central Hobart’s land use, built form, public realm, connectivity and investment. Over the next few months, the City will be talking to a wide range of stakeholders, from homeowners and retailers to developers and investors, to gather ideas and opinions of the concept. Once that info has been received, and evaluated, they’ll develop the draft Central Hobart Precincts Plan, which will be released for further community engagement in 2022. Public consultation on the discussion paper is open now via the City of Hobart’s YourSay website (yoursay.hobartcity. com.au). You can contribute feedback through an online survey, or attend one of three in-person workshops on November 15 or 16. You can also upload a formal submission on behalf of an organisation. The engagement period for this stage will close 5pm, Friday 10 December.

MORE HOMES TO BE BUILT IN HUNTINGFIELD...BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT The Kingborough Council recently approved Stage 1 of the Huntingfield subdivision near Kingston, with 200 new homes on the way. The project will provide a range of lot sizes, from town house size to low density residential, with an average lot size of 450 square metres. A minimum of 15 per cent will be

MONA + CENTACARE + BRIGHTON TEAM UP FOR NEW GAGEBROOK COMMUNITY SPACE MONA have partnered with Centacare Evolve Housing and Brighton Council to create a new community space in Gagebrook, alongside a big upgrade of the park facilities. The Cris Fitzpatrick Park, on Tottenham Road, will get a major overhaul, including the installation of the Bond Place Classroom: MONA’s

architecturally-designed, free community space offering a permanent undercover, weather-proof classroom. It’s hoped it will be well loved for community activities, meals, events and classes. Brighton Mayor, Leigh Gray, said the project would dramatically improve mobility for Gagebrook and Herdsmans Cove residents while delivering fantastic new park facilities. Mr Gray said it was in line with the council’s 2050 vision, which identified the importance of “building strong positive relationships, partnerships and collaborations in creating a better future for our community.”

ARE LONG HAUL POOS THE SECRET TO COVID SAFETY? CSIRO boffins have analysed wastewater samples from long haul flights to prove signals of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be detected before passengers show any symptoms. CSIRO lead author Dr Warish Ahmed said as global travel returns, wastewater testing of flights can be an effective way to screen incoming passengers for COVID-19 at points of entry. “It provides an extra layer of data, if there is a possible lag in viral detection in deep nasal and throat samples and if passengers are yet to show symptoms,” Dr Ahmed said. “The rapid on-site surveillance of wastewater at points of entry may be effective for detecting and monitoring other infectious agents that are circulating globally and provide alert to future pandemics.” It might be a handy (s)tool to have up our sleeves as we reopen to the mainland and to overseas visitors.

BITS AND PIECES VALE TOM SAMEK We lost a generous, quirky and witty Hobart artist last month when Tom Samek died, aged 71. Born in Prague in 1950 and arriving in Tassie in the 70s, Samek was responsible for some of Hobart’s best loved public works of art, including the floor mural Flawed History of Tasmanian Wine which is in a gallery above the tasting room at the Meadowbank Estate winery and restaurant. He also created the RACT Mural in the foyer of the RACT building in Hobart, and two murals at the University of Tasmania’s School of Engineering. Much of his art represented his passion for good food and wine - he also ran and worked in various restaurants. His work is represented in the Australian National Gallery, South Australian Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Auckland City Gallery, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australia Council, and Artbank. Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and the close-knit Tasmanian art community. Vale Tom Samek. SPEED CAMERAS ON THE WAY FOR TASMANIAN ROADS In May we reported that there were only ten permanent speed cameras operating across the entire state. Tasmania Police used to have a fleet of mobile speed cameras that they’d use at various locations across the state’s hotspots, but that stopped in 2015. Things have recently progressed and tenders were called on September 11 for a contemporary mobile road safety camera program that will see an initial eight cameras on our roads, allowing for expansion to 16 cameras and functionalities such as detection of dangerous mobile phone use and not wearing seat belts. “This technology is vital in reducing high-risk driving behaviours,” Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Michael Ferguson shared with us. “The implementation of an enhanced automated enforcement program is a 12

BITS AND PIECES critical deliverable in achieving the primary target under the Tasmanian Road Safety Strategy 2017-2026 of fewer than 200 serious casualties annually by 2026. The new mobile cameras will complement the existing 10 fixed speed cameras currently operating around Tasmania. It is a deterrence and education through enforcement; and I look forward to the support of the RACT and opposition parties in our efforts to reduce road trauma,” he said. In 2020 we lost 36 lives on our roads, with speed generally contributing to a third of all Tasmanian crashes that result in serious casualty or death. We average 270 serious injuries as a result of road accidents each year. Throwing all the tactics we can think of at the problem to get those numbers down can only be a good move.

THUMBS UP Get a sausage and a jab at Bunnings - so far it’s only in the north and northwest, but here’s hoping the south will be next. Just don’t ask for your onions on top.

Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes are donating $1.5 billion to investment and advocacy projects to limit temperatures rising to 1.5 degrees.

Accommodation is booking out for summer thanks to the news of our borders opening - some good news for those in the tourism sector.

Newscorp joining the ranks of climate non-deniers.

Christmas is on it’s way. Support local traders where you can.

VINTAGE PINNACLE ROAD RAILS TO BE REPLACED The truly vintage road rails along Pinnacle Rd, heading up the mountain, are currently being replaced to meet Australian safety standards. It’s no surprise they need a little upgrade - they are the original posts and ropes that were installed in the 1930s - so they’re nearly 100 years old! The state government had the road built in response to the high unemployment of the Great Depression. It took nearly three years to build and opened in January 1937. Work on the new rails is underway now, and is expected to take five to six weeks but, as with so many things in Hobart, the work is weather-dependent. The antique posts and ropes will be removed with care and re-used in another project.

THUMBS DOWN The snap three-day lockdown and wearing masks gave us a glimpse of what our mainland counterparts have been dealing with for the past eighteen months.

Feral cats.

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BITS AND PIECES EAT + LEARN ABOUT HOBART’S DARK SKIES Interview: Sarah Aitken

A new series of monthly candlelit dinners gives locals a chance to truly appreciate the Hobart night sky. Chef Luke Burgess, Beaker Street and Dark Sky Tasmania are holding the intimate events - on full moon nights - perched high above the city on the roof of Burgess’ seven and a half restaurant. Each month diners will be graced with a different guest speaker. But what is Dark Sky Tasmania? We caught up with Dark Sky Tasmania’s President, Landon Bannister, to find out more.

What is Dark Sky Tasmania? It’s a not-for-profit association set up to preserve and protect Tasmania’s beautiful dark sky asset.

Why is it important to preserve our night skies? Firstly, preserving our night skies means reducing light pollution. Light pollution is trying to escape our planet, getting caught in our atmosphere and causing a phenomena known as sky glow. This is the glow you see above Hobart from surrounding areas and this is what is blocking our view of the stars. From a cultural and heritage point of view, the stars have been part of our lives for every single civilisation up until now. When we think about how ingrained the stars have been throughout history we talk about everything from religion to navigation and even art - it was Vincent van Gogh who said “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” And the thought of losing that ability to dream, or even to realise how small we are in the universe, should worry us all. Our First Nations Australians, who consider the stars and land as one, are recognised as the world’s first astronomers, with knowledge spanning back over 65,000 years. From an ecological point of view we are yet to study the effects of light 14

pollution on a single species of wildlife that hasn’t shown negative impact in one way or another. We’ve seen examples of this impact here in Hobart in recent years too, with migrating Shearwaters being trapped in the light pollution of the Tasman Bridge with over 200 injured birds being taken to Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary in one evening. There are also associated issues with light pollution and human health. Like much of the wildlife, we too are diurnal and have evolved with a day-night cycle. Finally, in preserving our night sky there is the added bonus of reducing waste. The Dark Sky movement isn’t about no lighting, it’s simply about responsible lighting - removing inappropriate and excessive light from our planet. We estimate, conservatively, that over 30% of the artificial light at night (ALAN) that we generate is wasted. Now, when you consider that ALAN is responsible for roughly 20% of Australia’s daily energy use you can imagine how much greenhouse gasses are produced for the sake of absolutely zero benefit each day.

COULD FERN TREE WATER BE THE WORLD’S BEST? Each year water treatment plants from across Tasmania are taste tested, with the top three being submitted to vie for the best drop in the WIOA (Water Industry Operators Association of Australia) Ixom Best Tasting Tap Water competition. This year there are three finalists in Tassie’s local comp, with Hobart’s Fern Tree vying for top spot, alongside tough competition from the Central Highland’s Bronte Park and the Huon Valley’s Rocky Creek. TasWater Laboratory Coordinator Jeremy Verdouw was one of the water taste testers. “When sampling the water from the Fern Tree pump station, it tasted really pure with a nice hint of sweetness to it,” he said. “Overall just a fantastic drop!” Water Process Advisor Tony Grueber who has worked helping to oversee the pump station among others for over 20 years, said the water at Fern Tree was great quality. “The raw water comes from the south west side of Mount Wellington through seventeen intake points connected to the North West Bay pipeline.,” he said. The state winner of the Ixom Best Tasting Tap Water competition will be announced on 16 November.

What’s the light pollution like in Hobart? Hobart does have light pollution, plenty in fact, with its skies classified as ‘bright suburban’ under the Bortle scale. What’s interesting about seven and a half is you can literally look out and see a fantastic moon rise, the good and bad of Hobart’s skies, and the good and bad of light pollution. Join a Dark Sky Moonlighting dinner event. The next will be on November 19. More info on Instagram @darkskytasmania or via lukeburgess.com.au.

FUTURE HOBART WALKING TOUR In preparation for community workshops for the Central Hobart Precinct Plan mentioned earlier in the mag, you can participate in a speculative city walkaround to learn more about important Hobart sites, issues and ideas in the plan. Join City of Hobart urban designers for a wild ride through central Hobart - in conjunction with Open houseHobart. Pre-booked tours will be on 13 November.

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BITS AND PIECES drains, or volunteering with a Landcare or Coastcare group to restore the natural environment,” she said. “Every little bit counts, and lots of little actions add up to a healthier river.” The Derwent Estuary Program has been awarded $246,000 from The Ian Potter Foundation towards a $818,000 three-year trial to improve water quality monitoring in the River Derwent catchment. Funding is also provided by the DEP, EPA Tasmania, TasWater, Hydro Tasmania and Meadowbank Vineyard. The 2018 catchment water quality report is available on the DEP website www. derwentestuary.org.au/publications.

HOBART HAS A NEW MAYOR! No, Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds hasn’t gone anywhere, but we do have a new Children’s Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Alexander Johnstone from Lansdowne Crescent is our new mini mayor, with Edie Tracey nabbing the deputy position. The two students submitted standout entries in the city-wide call for manifestos on what they’d do if they were Lord Mayor of Hobart. Alexander’s manifesto Saving the Earth on Two Wheels! encouraged a greater focus on active transport. “I propose the creation of electric bike stations situated around town,” he said. “This would encourage people to stop using their cars. It would be free if people returned it by 6pm.” Edie’s manifesto was titled Hobart 360: Closing the Loop. She proposed tackling the growing problem of recycling soft plastics. The new mayor and deputy mayor will hold their positions for all of November and will present their manifestos at the Council meeting on 8 November. Picture above L-R: Ollie McDonald of Fahan School (highly commended); Meg Seaber Groom of Sandy Bay Infants School (highly commended), and Edie Tracey of Lenah Valley Primary School (Deputy Children’s Mayor). Mayor Alexander was there via Zoom. 16

DIRTY DERWENT IN $818,000 TRIAL The River Derwent catchment provides around 60% of greater Hobart’s drinking water, so it was worrying when monitoring showed signs that water quality had declined over the last 20 years. Now, new funding will boost our understanding of river water quality with a trial of real-time water quality analysers at six spots in the Derwent. Ursula Taylor, CEO of the Derwent Estuary Program (DEP), said lots of factors contributed to the Derwent’s health. “Like many catchments, there have been changes in land use, industrial use of freshwater and along with climate change, this has contributed to changes in water quality,” said Ms Taylor. She said there was very limited data on the catchment. “The new analyser technology will measure nutrients as they have the potential to cause undesirable excessive algal growth including toxic algal blooms. Data we collect in this new trial will be available to organisations such as TasWater to assist them to continue to provide good quality drinking water.” Ms Taylor also said regular folk like you and I could help keep the river healthy with little effort. “It’s the small things, such as picking up after our dogs, collecting litter, choosing to use less packaging, disposing of chemicals at a waste management centre instead down stormwater

LOOKING AHEAD TO ANOTHER 25 YEARS SUPPORTING STROKE SURVIVORS IN TASMANIA October marked the 25th anniversary of Stroke Foundation - the only national organisation focused on stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery for all Australians. This is critical here in Tasmania, where 665 people experienced a stroke for the first-time last year, and where 11,000 people are already living with the impact of stroke. Stroke Foundation’s State Manager for Tasmania, Eamonn O’Toole, said the organisation provides access to a range of services for people impacted by stroke and wants to educate on how to recognise stroke is happening. “It starts with knowing the F.A.S.T message as that knowledge genuinely saves lives. To make sure as many Australians as possible learn what it means, we provide that message in Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Hindi and Korean on our website,” Mr O’Toole said. If you suspect someone is having a stroke, thinking F.A.S.T involves asking these simple questions: • Face. Check their face. Has their mouth drooped? • Arms. Can they lift both arms? • Speech. Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you? • Time is critical. If you see any of these signs call triple zero (000) immediately.

BITS AND PIECES BEWARE! THERE’S A SPIKE IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS Get ready Hobart, Cactasmania is back! It’s the biggest cactus and succulent event in Tassie and this year is being held from 27 - 28 November at the Claremont Memorial Hall. Stan Walker from the Claremont Flower Show Group shared with us, that “with the hall booked out with specialist growers from around the state and competitions in a number of classes for the general public, we’re expecting record patrons to attend, albeit under the current covid instructions as per the state health department.” Entry is by gold coin donation and the show is open from 10am - 5pm on the Saturday and from 9am 3pm on the Sunday.

NET ZERO THE TALK OF THE TOWN With Scott Morrison visiting Glasgow to talk Net Zero here’s a round up of what’s happening locally. Brighton Council has set itself a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2040, with a 30 per reduction on 2021 emissions by 2030. Mayor Leigh Gray said the community clearly wanted strong action and leadership on climate change. He also said the actions they’d already taken on climate change had saved them money, which is a nice bonus when you’re trying to avoid mass extinction and apocalypse. Mayor Gray also said reducing waste to landfill remained one of the biggest challenges, representing 97% of greenhouse gas emissions from Council’s services. The City of Hobart is in the process of assessing its strategies and politics in regards to climate change - searching for ways they can be strengthened to help meet the state government’s target. Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds moved the motion 18

in response to the Tasmanian Premier’s plan to introduce a target of zero net emissions by 2030. “Over the coming months, the state government will develop legislation and support the development of emissions reduction and resilience plans for key sectors,” Cr Reynolds said. “This will include sectors generating emissions that operate from the City of Hobart or are emissions that are influenced in part by decisions made by local government.” The University of Tasmania has released a discussion paper on options for a climate-positive Tasmania. The paper welcomes the Tasmanian Government’s proposed target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2030 and beyond, but also highlights that we’ll need significant emissions cuts from key sectors such as transport, agriculture and industry to meet this target and prepare the Tasmanian economy for a low carbon future. Professor Richard Eccleston, one of the primary authors of the university-wide collaboration, summarised the challenge: “It’s important to understand that we will have to achieve significant emissions reduction across the Tasmanian economy over the next decade to ensure that Tasmania maintains its current net-negative emissions status to 2030 and beyond,” Prof Eccleston said. “Decarbonising the Tasmanian economy will require fundamental changes to how we live and how our industries operate, but with our renewable energy assets, expertise and commitment to climate action, we are well placed to meet this challenge in a way that benefits

the economy, the Tasmanian community and the planet,” he said. BE ALERT SCAMMERS ABOUT Tasmania Police have reminded us to be alert for scams when using online buy and sell sites - unfortunately not all buyers are legitimate. Police are aware of a recent scam on online buy and sell sites where an item is offered for sale, a person offers to buy the item and provides a screenshot of a bank transfer for payment, the buyer then requests the seller deliver the goods to them and the seller delivers the goods. But the kicker...the bank transfer is fake and the money is never paid. Please be vigilant when buying online and ensure you receive payment before ever handing over your belongings. For more information about recognising, avoiding and reporting scams visit the Scamwatch website at www.scamwatch.gov.au. CUTE BIRD ALERT! 40 SPOTTED PARDALOTES SAVED FROM PARASITES A rescue mission led by ANU researcher Fernanda Alves was underway recently in Kingborough to save endangered 40 Spotted Pardalotes. Fernanda discovered the birds were being killed by parasitic flies laying eggs in the nests of the pardalote and as a result she developed a feather dispenser for the birds to build their nests to remove the flies. She also enlisted the help of Kingborough’s natural areas interpretation officer, Bridget Jupe and the Blackmans Bay Scouts and more than 100 dispensers were built before nesting season.

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BITS AND PIECES HOBART MAN AMONG PRESTIGIOUS AGRI SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Australian agriculture’s best and brightest have been awarded prestigious Nuffield Scholarships, with two Tasmanians featuring on the winners list. Recipients will study topics as diverse as carbon sequestration and accounting, to drones and Australian native foods, and will each travel in Australia and overseas to research innovative concepts, techniques and systems that will make a positive impact on their businesses and the broader agricultural industry. Max Edgley from Kingston will study the opportunities for medicinal cannabis producers in Australia to build a sustainable future for the industry. Colette Glazik from Ross will research fairer ways to audit the greenhouse gas emissions from wool production in

MARIST REGIONAL COLLEGE GIRLS REPORT DEMEANING SKIRT CHECKS Words: Stephanie Williams Year eight female students at Burnie’s Marist Regional College were recently asked by teachers to kneel on the floor to have the length of their school skirts inspected to make sure they weren’t too short. At the time The Advocate newspaper reported that a statement was made at the time to the girls by one of the teachers that short skirts were distracting for male teachers and/or other male students. WTF? There’s a bit to unpack here. In this day and age, making a student kneel in front of a teacher, for any reason, is just wrong. Add to that why the skirts were even being measured. ABC reported that the Principal, Gregg Sharman, said the school had a guide to dress and skirt length in the college’s uniform and presentation policy. “There’s a subjective guide to dress and skirt length being a hand’s width from the knee, so that’s a guide in the policy itself,” he said. If there was an issue with 20

Australia. Thanks to the generous support of investors, each 2022 Nuffield Scholar receives a $30,000 bursary to spend on travel in the next few years. BRAIN INJURY CARDS ON THEIR WAY Cards featuring key information about a person living with brain injury - including their disability-related difficulties and ways they can be assisted - are on their way. The National Assistance Card will be available to all people in Australia living with brain injury. They will help brain-injured people convey their condition if they become distressed, overwhelmed, or disoriented in public settings. Brain injury is often called the “invisible injury”, as externally, the person may look fine, but in reality they’re living with a hidden disability. Mark Acheson from the Brain

skirts being too short for the school’s policy, a conversation with parents and children should be the first step, not a line up. It also sends a message to the male students that this is acceptable. If a teacher is distracted by a 14 year old girl’s skirt length then perhaps they should not be in a position of teaching children. Laying the blame on a skirt is akin to laying the blame for a woman being assaulted on her being out late, or alone, or wearing the wrong clothes, or any manner of reason that shifts the blame from the perpetrator to the victim. This time last year, we were preparing a story featuring Grace Tame. It was just before she was deservedly named Australian of the Year for her work on the #LetHerSpeak campaign and with survivors of sexual assault. Her important work this year has made space for other survivors to come forward with their own stories, and created opportunities for learning and discussion. But almost a year on, we’re witnessing incidents like this at Marist. Tarang Chawla is an anti-violence

Injury Association of Tasmania told us that they’d already received over 400 local expressions of interest in the cards. The cards will be officially launched in Hobart on 1 December - see www.biat. org.au for more information. EXTRA TASSIE AMBOS TO JOIN IN DECEMBER Our struggling paramedic teams will be given a small reprieve in December, when 24 new paramedics are added across Hobart and Launceston. The state government has also allocated funding for another 24 paramedics to be posted to regional areas including Bruny Island and New Norfolk in the future. In 2020-21, the total number of ambulance responses was 101,800, which was an increase of more than 8,000 from the previous year.

campaigner from Melbourne, who lost his sister Nikita Chawla when she was murdered by her male partner when she was 23. In response to this Marist incident, Tarang shared with his large social media audience, “This is yet another example of how puritanical culture dictates this notion that what women wear is somehow cause for male behaviour. News flash: It’s not. What a woman, or girl, wears is not responsible for the actions of boys and men. Disappointment doesn’t cut it anymore. We need to do the work so that we don’t raise yet another generation of boys who grow up to have entitled attitudes towards women.” Discrimination on the basis of gender is unlawful. Sarah Bolt, Tasmania’s AntiDiscrimination Commissioner shared with us that, “discriminatory behaviours and actions impact negatively upon individual and community wellbeing generally. Regulating how women should dress to avoid unwelcome sexual attention and sexual harassment increases the risk of perpetuating a victim-blaming culture. This type of conduct undermines social progression and gender equity.”

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DROP IN JUNIOR TO SENIOR FOOTBALL PARTICIPATION SPURS ACTION Words: Dawn Green, Volunteering Tasmania Main picture: David Pyefinch Football pictures: Supplied

Libby laughs when she says that Sundays are generally a writeoff for her. That’s because she dedicates that time to coaching young women in the Sandy Bay Junior Football Club (under 17s) as well as Auskick, a program run by the North Hobart Football Club. She’s there on the sidelines every Sunday, yelling out instructions and encouragement for her teams as they compete in league games. And not only that, on other nights during the week, you’ll find Libby coaching 40 girls in training sessions, or playing with her own team, or perhaps organising a fundraising event for the clubs. In all, she clocks up, on average, an impressive six hours a week to the sport. But she doesn’t see it as a sacrifice. Instead, Libby Johnstone, 22, says it is a privilege to be a role model to these young women. “What I get out of volunteering is a connection to grassroots footy and a sense of community. Volunteering allows me to connect to the junior footy community and help make it a better place. Even helping out with the smallest tasks can make a real difference to the lives of some kids. “I think it’s important to remember that for these girls it can be more than a game. For some it’s the social aspect, for some they want to make it a career, and some girls just play because they love it, and it gives them a sense of family and community.” Libby says she was spurred on to put up her hand for coaching when she noticed there was a massive drop-off in girls moving

from junior footy to senior footy. “I set myself a goal of helping bridge the gap between the two, to help younger girls prepare for the senior footy environment. I loved being a part of my own football team and wanted to be able to create a similar tight knit environment to reduce some of the pressure of moving from junior to senior football. By having someone coach them who is also playing the game and has made the move themselves in recent years, shows them that it is attainable.”

According to Libby, women’s footy in Tassie is growing massively at the moment, with 18 existing senior women’s teams and more likely to be set up next year. “It’s pretty empowering – it’s great to see young girls getting out there and doing that sort of thing, because I definitely didn’t do that when I was their age. Girls didn’t really play football. But now they can see females at the top level and can strive for that.” For her, the rewards are immense. “If I can even provide the smallest helping hand to keep girls interested in doing sport, exercising or doing something that makes them happy, I’ve done my job. There is nothing better for me than seeing a kid excited by how they’ve improved or what they’ve learned.” “Helping others kindles happiness for yourself as well. I get a lot out of it for my own football because it’s practicing what you preach. I do a lot of research for coaching which only helps me improve my own game overall.” Libby shared her story as part of a video project for Volunteering Tasmania’s recent awareness campaign to encourage Tasmanians to re-engage with volunteering or to start for the first time. Find out more: www.volunteeringtas.org.au

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WHAT’S ON IN HOBART MONDAY

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Pagans in the Pub is a casual gathering of people who are interested in earth based spirituality. Anyone curious is welcome, at the New Sydney from 6pm

Learn about modern cloth nappies at Tiny Footprints’ free session, 9:00 – 10:30am, every Friday

Hobart Glee Club is the singalong choir that everyone can be a part of - join in at 21 Salamanca Place, 7:30pm

Australian Idol alumni and popstar Guy Sebastian plays the Derwent Entertainment Centre tonight, 7pm.

Monique Brumby plays a special Aus Music Month gig at Irish Murphy’s at Salamanca tonight from 6:30pm.

The utterly hilarious Bill Bailey will make us laugh at Wrest Point tonight from 8pm

On your bike for Ride2Work Day today - there’s a special breakfast from 7:30am-9am, Brooke Street Pier, Hobart

Mums who need a break might adore Meditation for Mothers at The Pelvic Studio at Salamanca Place, 7pm.

Any day is a good day to see Sidney Nolan’s iconic Ned Kelly series, currently on display at TMAG until February from 10am and 4pm every day.

Catch Creek Road Art Orchestra’s debut performance at Kickstart Arts in Newtown from 7pm-8:30pm

Eight teens and a nun recently took the environment minister to court over climate inaction. Tonight, First Dog on the Moon is in conversation with those teens from 6-7:30pm, online through UTAS.

Stretch and Sing is a sweet 30 minutes of playful connection with your toddler - hosted by Child Health Association Tasmania. 10 am at The Haven in town.

The cheeky pantomime Brian, the Bitch and the Bathrobe (the first in the Chronicles of Kunanyi series by C.S Lewis-Marine) is on at the Theatre Royal from 8pm.

The World Aids Day cocktail party and TasPride Community Awards will be celebrated at City Hall Ballroom from 6pm-9pm.

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Enjoy drinks, nibbles, music and the launch of the “Beautiful Minds” dyslexia awareness project at Square Pegs’ Fundraiser at TMAG from 6-8:30pm.

Check out the Not Just Paint exhibition - the annual exhibition of contemporary artworks created by the students and graduates from UTAS’ School of Creative Arts and Media. On til the 14th at Salamanca Arts Centre.

The Jazzamanca festival starts today and goes all weekend see www.salarts.org.au for more

The Diwali Festival of Lights symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Join in from 5pm-9pm at Franklin Square

Happy copy First Birthday to City Mission’s enormous Moonah Op Shop they’re celebrating with a mega party, with discounts, entertainment and food trucks starting tonight, 6pm and going ALL NIGHT! Til 6am.

Everyone’s favourite comedian made of felt - Randy Feltface performs at the Greek Club in North Hobart from 8pm.

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copy Citywide Baptist Church in Mornington is holding an affordable art exhibition raising funds for a children’s home in Zambia. It’s on until 4 December

copy Antiques and fine art will be on display at Lauder and Howard’s Spring Show, which opens today at their store at 185 Campbell Street

copy Fans of the Mini Minor should tootle over to Mini Fest 2021, 10-2pm at the Claremont recreation grounds with heaps of free kids activities

copy Stickybeak at some of Hobart’s most interesting buildings at with Open House Hobart openhousehobart.org Book ahead.

TSO presents Beethoven’s Sixth tonight at Federation Concert Hall, conducted by Eivind Aadland. From 7:30pm.

English singersongwriter Passenger (aka Michael David Rosenberg) plays The Odeon from 7pm tonight.

Get a good look at what’s on offer at UTAS at today’s Open Day, 10-2pm at all campuses.

Cactasmania - the biggest cactus and succulent event in Tassie - is on today at the Claremont Memorial Hall.

For even more events in Hobart and further afield this month head to www.thehobartmagazine.com.au/novemberevents

6 November You can enjoy a wonderful long day bush walk and raise vital funds for the Stroke Foundation at the same time. Tasmanian Iconic Walks is offering the supported (but not guided) walk in the Tasman National Park. Bus transfers are included, there will be spot prizes throughout the day and it ends with a BBQ. Cost is $250 for an individual or $1000 for a team. More info can be found on eventbrite. 20 November Bicheno is known for its delicious food and drinks - celebrate them all (plus the surf, music and more) at the Bicheno Food and Wine Festival this weekend. Bicheno Lions Park, 10:30am6pm. See bichenofestivals.com.au

Until 21 November Launceston’s QVMAG has been given an incredible butterfly collection, which is now on display in a pop-up exhibition. Over 50 years of work, butterfly researchers Trevor Lambkin and Ian Knight built an extensive collection of more than 12,000 butterflies from across Australia, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

In 2020 Ian Knight and Trevor Lambkin graciously donated this private butterfly collection to QVMAG, so this extensive and nationally significant collection will call QVMAG home for future generations of researchers. The specimens will be rotated at the pop up exhibition over the weeks.

To celebrate the acquisition, floor talks will show highlights from the collection, discuss how butterflies are responding to climate change, and teach us how to help care for this nationally significant collection. The talks are on November 9 from 3:30-4pm and November 16 from 11-11:30am. 27-28 November Tasmania’s international crime and mystery festival - the Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival - is on this weekend. Usually held in the Huon Valley, it’s currently a purely digital festival - which means more people can join in the fun. Ann Cleeves, who wrote Vera and Shetland, is this year’s ‘Mistress of Mystery’. More info: www. terroraustralisfestival.com

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Interview: Stephanie Williams Pictures: Supplied Based in Hobart for part of the year, author and adventurer Robyn Mundy lives a fascinating life of travel and exploration. Her new novel walks in the footsteps of Wanny Woldstad, a trapper and hunter from the early 1900’s.

You have a strong sense of adventure. Where does that come from? And how does Tasmania factor into that? Dad kept a letter I wrote to Santa Claus as a small girl, asking Santa for a TAA travel bag for Christmas. I guess the thirst for travel and adventure began early! I spent a good part of my growing up at our shack on Tasmania’s east coast, mucking around in boats and being on the water. From an early age I loved that uncomplicated way of living simply and being out in nature. Right back then I dreamt of travelling south to Antarctica, of living on Tasmania’s remote Maatsuyker Island on the edge of the Southern Ocean. I feel incredibly fortunate to have found a way as an adult to spend time in those very places, including a year in Antarctica working with emperor penguins out on the sea ice.

There are a few facets to your working life - can you talk us through what that looks like for you? My life feels compartmentalised, with several months of each year working on ship-based expeditions to the polar regions, and other wondrous places such as the wild islands of Scotland, the Faroes, and the Norwegian coast. On returning home, it takes less than a few days—a few loads of laundry, a trip to the supermarket—to slip back into domestic life. I cherish the pattern of reconnecting with friends, returning to the practice of writing, occasionally tutoring creative writing students and—since Covid put a stop to shipboard work—guiding short walking treks to beautiful parts of Tasmania such as Three Capes and Bay of Fires.

How did your new book Cold Coast come about? I first travelled to the archipelago of Svalbard (above Norway) in 2001 and have returned almost every year since. A favourite site I like to visit is Hornsund, in the south-west corner of Spitsbergen, Svalbard’s largest island. At the far end of Hornsund’s fjord sits a pint-sized trapper’s cabin at the foot of a mountain alive with the cries and shrieks of breeding seabirds. When I learned that the cabin was used by Wanny Woldstad (pronounced Vanny Voldstad) in the early 1930s, and that she was Svalbard’s first female trapper and hunter, I wanted to know more. How did a woman—a young widow—break into this fiercely guarded male domain? What was the experience of four months of Arctic winter darkness in bitterly cold conditions? Those questions set me on a course that led to the writing of Cold Coast.

You spent time in Svalbard, retracing Wanny’s steps. What was that like? I have a solid base of general knowledge from working in the High Arctic for two decades. Nevertheless, further research was vital to represent the story accurately. I spent time in Tromsø in northern Norway where Wanny lived and worked as the town’s first taxi driver. I walked the streets that she walked and caught a bus out to Sommarøy, an island fishing village where Wanny was born and spent her girlhood. I spent time in Tromsø’s famous pub —Mack Ølhallen—where Wanny would ferry trappers in her taxi when they returned from their season in Svalbard, inspired by the stories of adventure they shared with her. There was traditional research—books, 26

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What can readers expect from Cold Coast, in comparison to your other books? I hesitate to say that a reader may

memoirs, field guides, interviews, translations—and equally important, days spent in Tromsø’s excellent polar museum, with rooms and exhibitions dedicated to trapping and trappers, one to Wanny in particular. Just as importantly were the months of working on the ship, out amongst icebergs driving Zodiacs and guiding walks ashore, all the time soaking up Svalbard’s mountains and glaciers and imagining Wanny’s world.

What does life look like for a novelist? I am not sure I could dedicate every day of my life to writing. I regard it as a deep passion, among other passions. Life for a professional writer can be lonely; it is often solitary and unhealthily sedentary. In honesty, most writers will tell you that there is very little chance of real financial reward. Those of us who write do it because we love the creative process of developing a story, making something that matters, something bigger than ourselves. All that creativity amounts to hard, constant work, to weeks, months and years of tinkering away at writing and editing, regardless of inspiration. I am not a speedy writer; it takes me two or three years to produce a novel (Cold Coast is my third novel). I confess to envying those talented, hard-working authors who regularly produce a body of work each year or so.

need to brace him or herself. A story that involves trapping and hunting has its inevitable moments of…well, killing, a subject that posed the greatest moral dilemma: I was determined to be true to a 1930s mindset toward taking Arctic foxes and polar bears at a time when their pelts were commercially valued, knowing that a contemporary readership would likely find those values repugnant. Nevertheless, I hope readers will admire Wanny—her courage and fortitude, the secrets and struggles she contended with in order to forge a wilder freedom for herself, at a time when women’s lives were circumscribed by their gender. I hope, like me, a reader will pay a nod to her trapping partner Anders Sæterdal who, despite his grave reservations about a woman trapper, afforded Wanny her chance to go north and follow her passion. If Cold Coast fuels awareness and regard for the Arctic— its austere, rugged beauty, its terrible fragility, if a reader feels that they are there on the scree slope beside Wanny, or crossing a glacier upon a dog-driven sledge, I will feel the novel stands for something.

Women today, like Wanny back then, are still having to prove themselves in certain domains. How do you think Wanny would react to that? In some ways, Wanny Woldstad would be astounded to see how far things have progressed since her day, and to know the choices and freedoms contemporary women have at their disposal. I believe Wanny would feel enormously gratified by women’s achievements in all walks of life, reconciled to understanding that discrepancies and inequities persist.

There are parallels between the wildness and isolation of Svalbard and Tasmania (and even Maatsuyker Island where your previous novel was set). What is compelling about these landscapes and lives for you? My novels to date have been forged by nature and wilderness, to the point that nature functions as a fickle, unforgiving character. I seem to favour placing human characters within such settings who are not altogether comfortable with their surrounds but who, in time, are transformed by the experience. It seems inevitable that part of each novel reflects my personal experiences in wild places: mighty surrounds command a sense of awe.

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NEW TASMANIAN ABORIGINAL AND DUAL PLACE NAMES ADDED TO THE MAP Words: Amanda Double Main picture: Paul Fleming Below picture: Tayla Gentle “kunanyi / Mount Wellington”. For most Hobartians, this dual place name is in common parlance and rolls off the tongue in such an easy and familiar way that it seems almost surprising to remind ourselves that it was officially gazetted as an Aboriginal dual place name by the Tasmanian government only in 2014. On 26 March, 2021, a further 15 Tasmanian Aboriginal and dual place names from different Tasmanian language groups were officially assigned under the Aboriginal and Dual Naming Policy. This includes four stand-alone names (that is, without an English name attached). These place names add to the list of 13 previously assigned (six on 19 December, 2013, and seven on 19 January, 2016), including two stand-alone names for unbounded localities. The earlier names appear with the initial letter in lower case, as they are in the palawa kani language revived and reconstructed by the Aboriginal community in the 1990s, and championed by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC).

There are now 28 names officially assigned under the Aboriginal and Dual Naming Policy. The TAC notes one other name on their website: Narawntapu National Park, which replaced the name “Asbestos Range National Park” in 2000, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970.

evidence that the local Aboriginal community, affected landowners and relevant statutory entities have been consulted, and it must provide evidence demonstrating the support of the local Aboriginal community and organisations. The TAC has disputed some of the more recent names, preferring alternatives.

The Aboriginal and Dual Naming Policy was first adopted in 2012, after years of lobbying. It was revised in 2019 amid some controversy, to encourage more Aboriginal and dual names for Tasmanian geographic features and places, and to try to improve the framework for nominating and assessing them by means of a Place Names Advisory Panel, which may seek advice or comment from an Aboriginal and Dual Naming Reference Group of experts, and with an annual calendar for submission of proposals.

The latest tranche of proposed names currently features on Placenames Tasmania’s website for advertisement in October and November, calling for submissions stating the reasoning for support or the nature of any objections. These will be included with the proposal when referred for deliberation to the Advisory Panel.

Each proposal must be accompanied by

The preamble to the Aboriginal and Dual Naming Policy observes: “Scholars believe that between 8 and 16 distinct Tasmanian Aboriginal languages may have been spoken prior to European settlement. In recent decades, a program of language reconstruction has been taking place, and is ongoing. This work is being undertaken by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation and the reconstructed language is known as palawa kani. The Policy now provides for names to be informed by palawa kani and other recorded Tasmanian Aboriginal languages.” It also notes that research into Tasmanian Aboriginal languages and place names is ongoing, and made more complex by “the limited information available on

recorded pronunciations and interpretative European spelling [which] may result in assigned Aboriginal and dual names for geographical features or places being derived from different languages, adopting different spelling systems, pronunciations and syntaxes sitting alongside each other.” The Policy also advises that: “Both parts of a dual name are to be shown on all official signage, directories, maps and all official documents and publications without any distinction between the two, other than the sequence. The Aboriginal name will appear first, separated by a solidus to be preceded, and followed by spaces.” Restoring local Aboriginal names is an important part of acknowledging the Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of this place, helping to preserve language and embracing and celebrating their deep connection with ancestral lands and waters.

Full details (including pronunciation guides) can be found on the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment website www.dpipwe.tas. gov.au/ Information on the initial 13 names can also be found on the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre website, with helpful audio clips for each: www.tacinc.com.au/ official-aboriginal-and-dual-names/ Further proposed names are currently advertised on Placenames Tasmania www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1

ABORIGINAL & DUAL PLACE NAMES ASSIGNED IN 2021 Kennaook / Cape Grim Koindrim / The Doughboys Konewongener / Mount Horror Leengtenner / Tomahawk River Luemerrernanner / Cape Portland Polelewawta / Little Forester River Poonerluttener / Mount Cameron Tangumrounpeender / Waterhouse Point Temdudheker / Woolnorth Point Teralina / Eaglehawk Neck

Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula Kaninerwidic - the inner island of The Doughboys Karrernootong - the outer island of The Doughboys Taneneryouer – replacement name for Suicide Bay Tebrakunna - the Cape Portland area

PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED (BETWEEN 2013-2016) kanamaluka / River Tamar kunanyi / Mount Wellington laraturunawn / Sundown Point nungu / West Point pinmatik / Rocky Cape takayna / Tarkine taypalaka / Green Point titima / Trefoil Island truwana / Cape Barren Island wukalina / Mount William yingina / Great Lake larapuna - in the vicinity of and including the Bay of Fires putalina - in the vicinity of Oyster Cove

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ARE TASMANIAN ROAD TRAGEDIES INVOLVING ILLEGAL DRUGS LIKE ICE INCREASING? Words: James Marten Picture: Tasmania Police, Facebook

If you’re consuming Australian and Tasmanian media, it may feel like there are more and more significant road traumas being reported where illegal drugs, such as ice, feature heavily. Here in Tassie alone we’ve seen some horror crashes reported recently. A man who had been taking methylamphetamine (ice) in the days before crashing his car into two men on their way to work near Carrick, killing all three. The young woman on the Bass Highway near Elizabeth Town in July 2020 who, according to the coroner, died with significant levels of ice and MDMA in her blood and was most likely using her mobile phone. A truck driver who killed four police officers on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway who was high on ice and hadn’t slept for days. Recently, a family of three, including a two year old, were killed on the Ipswich Motorway by a driver speeding down the wrong side of the road. The coroner’s report is pending but the driver’s friends have reported to the media that he was a heavy drug user. But are the stats really increasing? We wanted to find out. Initially we thought it would be as simple as checking a statistic. But as we delved deeper with 32

Tasmania Police and the Road Safety Advisory Council, it appears there isn’t a “catch all” statistic that shows how many accidents may have illegal drugs such as ice as a contributing factor. A Department of State Growth spokesperson shared. “It is difficult for the department to provide statistics around contributory factors for fatal road crashes without Coronial investigation, which can take years to process and which do not occur for serious crashes as a matter of course. Objectively, it is not becoming more dangerous to drive in Tasmania. Road statistics demonstrate that there is a plateauing of road trauma numbers and incidents.” We were also directed to further information on fatalities and illegal drug use recorded nationally which can be accessed at www. roadsafety.gov.au/performance/measures/ tas. While in the Tasmanian statistics it appears that the number of drivers and motorcycle riders killed who had an illegal drug in their system and the number of deaths from crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider who had an illegal drug in their system are in fact down, nationally there is a different story playing out. Nationally the number killed

has increased from 53 to 75, an increase of 41.5% and the number of crashes from 84 to 106, an increase of 26.2%. These latest statistics come from 2019 and are placed against a baseline from the 20082010 period. The numbers do come with a note, that fatality counts for each of the following indicators are lower-bound estimates due to a substantial number of cases with unknown values - no doubt in response to the difficulty of apportioning blame solely to illegal drugs. According to research from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine the presence of methylamphetamine in drivers involved in fatal accidents in Victoria alone has almost quadrupled in the past eight years. And road safety expert Dr Matthew Baldock released new research in January 2020 in the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal that found 15 per cent of those admitted to hospital in South Australia following a road crash tested positive for illicit drugs. They were tested for ecstasy (MDMA), cannabis and methamphetamine. In another study by Dr Baldock, released in August 2021, Methamphetamine and alcohol detection in vehicle-driver fatalities in South Australia: A 10-year survey (2008–2018), it was found that while roadside breath testing, legislative changes, and increased monitoring have resulted in reduced levels of drunk driving, similar safety countermeasures have had negligible effects on methamphetamine use in drivers. So if the Tasmanian government is saying that numbers are down (despite no clear statistical markers) and the national numbers are increasing, what is the disconnect? Is it because police reporting in Tasmania isn’t accurate? Is it because the coroner’s reports aren’t being correlated against the crash statistics? I’m no crash expert and I’m definitely not a statistician but to me, I’m feeling increasingly hesitant to drive on our roads.

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A LITTLE LASAGNA LOVE GOES A LONG WAY TO HELPING IN HOBART Interview: Stephanie Williams Picture: James Klousia

Lasagna Love started at the beginning of the pandemic by a mum (Rhiannon) in the USA. She began making meals and delivering them to community members who were struggling with the challenges the pandemic bought. This inspired her friends and other community members to do the same and the movement spread from there. Now Hobart woman Stacy Klousia has brought the concept to Australia and is sharing the love locally, while expanding across Australia.

How did you get involved in Lasagna Love? I first heard of Lasagna Love when a friend in the US posted her involvement in the movement. After following their growth and positive impact throughout the US, I reached out to Lasagna Love in early 2021 about branching out to Australia. The team of volunteers in America have been really generous in helping to get Lasagna Love off the ground here. As well as Tasmania, we have a small but growing team of volunteers in Victoria. We have also had requests for lasagnas in Perth, Queensland and the Northern Territory, so as soon as we can get volunteers, we can extend our reach even further.

How does it work? It’s a really simple model - community members can sign up as volunteers, dubbed Lasagna Chefs, who are willing to make a lasagna or 34

homemade meal, either as a once off, monthly or weekly, it’s up to the volunteer! Community members can sign up to receive a meal (no questions asked!), a process that eliminates any stigma and barriers associated with asking for help. Families are then matched with a Lasagna Chef in their area and Lasagna Love is shared! Volunteers can identify how far they are willing to travel as well. It’s a simple act of comfort and kindness, which I feel is particularly needed at the moment. Our goals are simple, feed families, spread kindness, and strengthen communities.

Can volunteers make other foods to, especially if they have a cracking favourite dish up their sleeve! For sure! If you make a mean beef stroganoff or have a family favorite casserole, you can arrange this with your match. We can accommodate all dietary requirements as well.

How do you make sure the food is safe? Once a volunteer signs up, they are provided with food safety principles to adhere to and training is provided on the Lasagna Love portal. Delivery of lasagnas is also contactless.

How are recipients chosen or found? Sometimes people in need can be reluctant to actually ask for help, can people nominate recipients too? Recipients so far have been found through promotion on Facebook but hopefully with interviews like this and more awareness in the community, more people will reach out for help. We really do encourage anyone to reach out for help. You may be struggling financially, it may be health related, at home with a new baby, emotional need or maybe you’re just plain exhausted! There is no shame in asking for help and Lasagna Love volunteers are here and want to help! And if you’re a family member, colleague or friend that

has identified that someone you know needs a little help, you can request a meal on behalf of them. Maybe you’re a new dad and you can make a request on behalf of your family or for a friend who has recently lost a loved one.

Do you have a day job? Yes, I am a social worker and work for a great organisation called The CREATE Foundation (the peak body representing the voices of children and young people with a care experience). I’m also a wife and mum to two busy daughters and a puppy. What is it that inspired you to get involved? The pandemic has made many of us reflect on what’s important to us - to me I just wanted to do something positive. And while I get this through my day job and being a parent, I felt I had capacity to do more. I value volunteering and giving back to my community and I really want to encourage others to volunteer as well. This model is flexible in that it allows you to volunteer in your own home, your own time and get your family involved! My daughter draws pictures and a cute note to go with the lasagnas that we deliver. It’s also really important to me for my kids to learn to be socially conscious and community minded. Through this model, they can get involved, watch and learn how to cook a great lasagna.

Do you have any hot tips for a great lasagna? Slow cooked sauce and a little wine doesn’t go astray!

How can our readers get involved? Readers can jump on the website www. lasagnalove.org to request a meal or sign up to be a volunteer. Or follow us on Facebook at Lasagna Love - Tasmania. Currently we have 15 volunteers in Tasmania but the more volunteers we have around Tasmania, the more we can help! It would be amazing to see a team of Lasagna Chefs all around Tasmania in rural and regional areas. Organisations and community groups may want to get involved as well. If there is a workplace that offers time off for volunteering, this may be a good match. Or a home economics school group may want to get involved. We can work with that.

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BEEKEEPING WOMEN Words: Sarah Aitken Picture: Sister Hives home-grown bee business, and she wants to show other women that it can be a wonderful side-hustle, or grow to become more. That’s the trajectory her own business has taken, and Anita’s Tasmanian Junior Beekeepers is also increasingly popular. “We want to showcase all these successful women in the industry in Tasmania and around Australia,” Jenni said.

I’m one of Tassie’s newest beekeepers having recently taken responsibility for a hive on our suburban Hobart block. We’ve had bees before - interstate - but back then my partner was in charge. To be honest, I was scared of bees. I saw a beehive as a box brimming with out of control tiny death merchants. Pregnant at the time, I was also somewhat put off by the physicality of the job of looking after them - the heft of a full hive cannot be underestimated. I’ve always been more than happy to take over the honey distribution - and taste testing - though. Now I love them, and I’m in charge of our new Tasmanian hive. My beekeeping suit may be five times too big but I say that just leaves plenty of space for the iconic puffer jacket. There are soon to be plenty more female beekeepers collecting the sweet stuff in Tasmania thanks to a new local initiative - the Sister Hives - a community of women interested in getting into the sticky, sweet adventure. Tasmanians Anita Long and Jenni McLeod co-founded the new community group and they recently received state government funding to take 25 keen women into the fold. Within 24 hours of opening the applications, over 100 women had enquired and they’ve accepted nearly 60. 36

Those women will meet in person then follow up with online mentoring sessions. They’ll hear from experts in various fields relating to beekeeping - such as an occupational therapist who can teach them how to safely deal with the physicality of the job. They can hire bee suits and - in the future - Anita and Jenni hope to be able to sell bees at discounted prices to members of the group. They’re aiming for connection, communication and skill sharing. “We are trying to address all the beekeeping issues that stop women from starting beekeeping, and trying to attract and retain women to the beekeeping industry,” said Jenni, who also owns 30 hives as part of her business, The Bee Collective. “There is something about beekeeping that is really healing,” she said. “We want to show that to other women and to make the experience as enjoyable for women as possible “If you’re feeling scattered, you go out to the bees and...you have to be in that flow state. You’re connected and feeling that energy. You have to be there, be present. I’ve never met an aggressive beekeeper!” she laughs. “They have to become calm.” Jenni said a lot of their applicants were young mums, looking for a hobby or a side hustle. She cited Beauty and the Bees as a great example of a female-led,

Jenni says she deliberately named the initiative Sister Hives Australia, rather than Tasmania, because she has big plans for it to expand. The current program begins in December. For more information about get togethers and future programs, head to the Sister Hives Facebook page.

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DINING OUT

Words and pictures: Stephanie Williams

RIN JAPANESE

167 Harrington Street, Hobart I’ve driven past Rin so many times. Like The Drunken Admiral, I’d always wondered what it was like. In the spirit of ticking places off the list, we booked a table on a rainy Friday night to find out. The waiter was so welcoming, especially with the kids even bringing out cute plastic cups and cutlery for our youngest. The menu is full of classic Japanese favourites - the young couple next to us were enjoying what looked to be a beautiful spread of dishes, so we actually asked to replicate their order. We ended up with our own banquet of sushi rolls (from $6.80), nigiri sushi moriawase (a selection of nigiri for two $36), tempura vegetables ($18) and beef yakiniku don ($16.90). The food was fresh and fast and everything you would expect from a neighbourhood Japanese joint. After enjoying super light tempura in Japan, the batter at Rin was comparably thin and crispy, and the yakiniku don a delicious bowl of thin, tender beef. All enjoyed with miso soup and a Tassie white wine. As he was paying the bill my husband said, “thank you, it was great, we’ll be back.” And without skipping a beat, the waiter says, “yes, that’s our power.”

THE DRUNKEN ADMIRAL 17-19 Hunter Street, Hobart

I can bet that you’ve either walked past The Drunken Admiral and wondered what it’s like inside, or you’ve been in and discovered it for yourself. After a few walk bys in recent times, we decided now was the time, particularly before borders open and the tourists are back gracing the fun, maritime-themed booths. We booked the early 5:30pm sitting with another family who also have young kids. The sense of anticipation builds as we walk through the small timber foyer. It already feels like we’re on a boat. The kids walk in, having a good look at all the memorabilia, pictures and knick knacks gracing the walls and a giant skeleton admiral who presides over the bar. Our waiter is quick to drop kids menus and the wine list (is there a better starting combo?) and the kids, now known as little mermaids and bold midshipmen, choose between calamari rings or fish fillets, served with chips, salad, a drink and a sundae ($21.90). Their food comes out quickly and looks delicious. The main menu is seafood heavy, but with a handful of options that aren’t from the sea. My friend and I opt for the Yachtie’s Seafood Mixed Grill ($41.90) and at the other end of the table, the guys order the Prawn Linguine ($33.90). The grill arrives on a sizzling hotplate with generous skewers of prawns, scallops, squid and white fish, as well as chips and salad, that would keep any yachtie happy. The kids’ desserts arrive and all four start to devour the very large sundaes, topped with huge housemade freckles, while the parents try to steal away spoonfuls to avoid the sugar high. But, alas, we couldn’t, and the little mermaids and midshipmen were full of beans, and partied like drunken sailors well into the night!

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THE INSIDE SECRETS TO BEAUTIFUL SKIN Words: Laura Cini

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Ingredients: What’s your skin issue? Dryness? Dullness? Ageing? Let’s talk skin secrets. No, not swish beauty products that promise the world and empty the wallet, but the real inside story on gorgeous skin that glows with health. Firstly, you need to make friends with good fats. So many people fear fat and believe eating fat makes you fat and that it’s bad for your heart. That’s not the case for good fats, which are especially loved by your skin. Enjoy avocados, quality cold-pressed olive oil, olives and nuts (unroasted and unsalted). Plus, omega three fat-rich cold-water fish like mackerel, sardines and salmon. Try to source wild-caught fish. Fresh is great, but tinned (in spring water) is also fine. Omega threes are especially important if you have eczema or psoriasis. Are you dehydrated? So many of my clients are dehydrated and it shows as dull, grey and dry skin. Carry a water bottle filled with quality herbal tea or water with a splash of lemon or kombucha, or even just plain water. Your skin will thank you (as will your brain, often with better mood, focus and concentration). Are you low in zinc? Many are. Zinc is an all-star nutrient and part of your body’s first aid kit. For any skin damage like breakouts, rashes, bruises etc., zinc will promptly show up at the site and quietly get on with the repair job. A dream tradesman! Good sources include red meat and sunflower and pumpkin seeds, but a supplement may be a good idea. Given the supplement industry is overflowing with well-marketed, but generally 40

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IS BEING PREPARED OVERRATED? OR DOES IT JUST NEED A REFRAME? Words: Annia Baron

Being heavily pregnant with my belly in full bloom, I’m often asked, “So, have you got everything ready?” In truth, I’m not prepared to be a mama. I leave things to the last minute, I’m a perpetual dropper, I’m cranky when I’m sleep deprived, and I can let my ego get the better of me. I’m terrible with my tax returns, I should keep better track of my bills, and some days, when my heart and soul feel the heavy burden of what’s happening in the world, I abandon my responsibilities and spend time alone in the forest. Have you got your birth plan organised? Are you going to have an epidural? Make sure you’ve got a baby monitor, and what about a baby rocker?” From a tender age, it’s drilled into us – “Always be prepared.” Prepare for school, prepare for exams, prepare for a job, prepare for a mortgage, for a family, for renovations, and then, prepare for retirement. But interestingly, if you look back on all the experiences that shaped you, that made you who you are, you’d see that being prepared had very little to do with it; being prepared wasn’t key to your success. You flourished because you did the best with what you knew at the time, adjusting to life, moment by moment, and made decisions using your wisdom and intuition. You likely sought guidance when you needed and reached out when it was necessary. The most meaningful memories aren’t so because you spent hours preparing for them. On the contrary, they probably involved times where a lot didn’t go to plan. Often, the most poignant moments are those that were made when you were caught off guard, those that took your breath away, that left you stunned, in awe, and full of emotion. They’re the most vibrant and clear in your mind not because you prepared for them, 42

but likely, because they forced you to crack open, to show up, and to step into a place of authenticity. In essence, those unplanned, under prepared experiences were a catalyst for the culmination of the strength, courage, and determination you show today. Although it’s important to think about the future and have things in place, the façade of constant preparation tightens like a noose. No matter how much we think we need to be prepared, we end up suffocating in all the what ifs. “What if it doesn’t work out?” “What if something bad happens?” “What if I can’t cope?” What if instead, we loosened the knots? What if we practiced focusing on all that we’ve handled instead of all we think we can’t? What if we celebrated our innate ability to adjust and adapt to life, and shared more stories with one another about our power to be present versus a need to be prepared? Because the truth is, convincing yourself you need to plan and prepare for everything is robbing you of the joy in what’s right in front of you. It’s stifling your desire to act and pulling you away from what truly matters. The next time your mind tries to persuade you with another “What if?”, why not try replacing that thought with “Even if . . .” and close off the sentence. For example, “Even if (it doesn’t work out), (insert closing statement here).” 1. 2. 3. 4.

I know I’ll be ok I won’t be alone in figuring it out I’ll learn something important I’ll use this as an opportunity for growth 5. A solution will eventually present itself So, have I got everything prepared? Not at all, my friend. But I am clear on what matters to me. My preference is for

a natural, water birth with minimal intervention. My hope is to be fully present and in tune with my breath, my baby, and the powerful experience of bringing new life into this world. Everything I’ve been through has led me here, and what a joy it is to be given this very moment. For whatever reason, “Even if (it doesn’t work out that way) . . . I know I’ll be ok.” If there’s something you’ve been thinking about doing, for goodness’ sake, just do it! If there’s something you’ve been wanting to change, make it happen! Because here’s the inner wisdom you already know: You’ve been ready since the day you came out of your mama’s womb. Stuck with something? Feel as though your mindset could use a rebirth? Contact Annia Baron - Clinical Psychologist & Mindset Coach on 0402 448 278, on Instagram @anniabaron or visit www. remindyourself.com Be kind to your mind. Meditation and mindfulness practices are the safest and most effective ways to naturally reduce anxiety and stress. Whether through breath or movement, gift yourself more mindful moments. And for the mamas to be, I’d highly recommend Belly Bliss Yoga in South Hobart with Julia Gibson and Hypnobirthing Australia – empowering resources reframing the way we think, share, and celebrate the birthing experience.

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HISTORY

4 WINDS TO ZANNEE - HOW HOBART HOUSES WERE NAMED Words and pictures: Christopher Woods

Have you noticed how many houses in Hobart have a name? After realising just how many there were, I decided to write a book about them called 4 Winds to Zannee. My previous four books dealt with the naming of things in the Blue Mountains of NSW. Houses have been named in Hobart since the early days of colonial settlement, and is still happening today as a new one has appeared in the past month. House numbers began to appear in Hobart as early as 1833 though it was rather random, and it wasn’t until the late-1800s that some consistency was attained. Many streets were renumbered, sometimes more than once, and over eighty street names which were duplicated or sounded similar were changed due to the confusion it caused

during emergencies. The name signs made from a diverse range of materials including hand-painted timber, stained glass, metal, ceramic, plastic and composites. Quite common are the beaten copper names of the 190030 period, as are their modern plastic equivalent.They feature such topics as foreign places, ships, racehorses, flora and fauna, literature, family names, some even acknowledge events of their time. Perhaps the oldest named house still extant in Hobart is Macquarie House, 44

hidden behind a more modern façade at 151 Macquarie St. It was built in 1815 by Thomas Birch and he named it about 1820 after Governor Macquarie stayed there, the first Government House being virtually uninhabitable at the time. Some house names move when the owner does, but there’s one where not only the name but the house moved as well. The name Brampton Cottage, 9 Wignall St, North Hobart, was on a house in Campbell St in the 1870s. The owners took the name with them when they moved in 1886 to another house further down Campbell St, next to the Blundstone factory. When Blundstones decided in 1908 to expand their building, the whole Brampton Cottage was moved to its current location. Early newspapers provide a wealth of information about the not-so-private lives of Hobart residents, often with more detail than one finds in today’s tabloids or social media! Some residents of The Priory at 328 Davey St found themselves in the newspapers. The house was built for Hugh Ross, Crown Solicitor, who was later accused of misappropriation of Government funds, but sufficient evidence was lacking to convict him. He moved to New Zealand where he once again attracted attention, this time by killing their Solicitor-General in a duel. Later residents, military chaplain James Chaseling and his son

Eric, weren’t the best role models for their flock – James had deserted his wife, and Eric’s wife divorced him due to his adultery! Several house names relate to war incidents. Charlvic, 8 Grays Rd, Fern Tree, commemorates two brothers, Charles and Victor Gray, who died five days apart in 1917 in the Somme, France. Pretoria and Mafeking, a pair of conjoined houses at 65-67 Hampden Rd, Battery Point, refer to places in South Africa which were in the news during the Boer War.

Did you know? Emohruo is ‘Our Home’ spelt backwards, and is a rather hackneyed/ cliche/trite name these days, dated, too ordinary - once popular but now passe (Bonnie Doon and Rose Haven will seem so in 50 years!). Emohruo is probably an older generation thing as in my research I’ve become aware it’s no longer as well known as it used to be.

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