Stories from the Valley - Page 2 of 7

Anne Toner

Anne Toner started playing the piano at a very young age, first listening to her older sister learning, then copying her. An accomplished pianist and…

Slim Pickens (Chris Ellis)

Slim Pickens is the musical alter ego of Chris Ellis, a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has played in Celtic, Bluegrass, folk and country bands,…

David Brannigan and Allison Petersfield

David Brannigan As a 19-year-old in 1965, David Brannigan discovered Frank Traynor’s Jazz and Folk Club in Melbourne. It changed his life. Frank, a jazz…

Steve Gadd

When I visited musicians and historians Steve and Marjorie Gadd’s house in Franklin, I found instruments and sheet music scattered in nearly every room. ‘This…

It’s CUCKoO in Cygnet!

Living in the hustle and bustle of Sydney, Caroline Davies Choi would hear the drunks going from pub to pub at night – but these…

When the Huon Valley spirit moves you…

What is distinctive about Huon Valley distillers? A key fact is that the region’s distillers are more interested in quality than quantity – and of…

Hop Kiln Dining at Clifton Estate

In 2019 Carolyn and Graeme Holmes were looking for a lifestyle change so sold up their businesses in Newcastle and moved to the Huon Valley…

Huon’s timber treasures

The township of Honeywood, later called Geeveston, began in the 1840s. William Geeves and his family emigrated from England in 1842, met Lady Franklin, the…

The secrets and magic of the Southern Forests

As a secondary student in the US State of Ohio, Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness enjoyed getting outdoors but never imagined there was an opportunity to build…