We have the French explorer Bruni D’Entrecasteaux to thank for the town of Cygnet (at least for its name anyway). Towards the end of the…
Growing up in Hobart, I have many fond memories of heading to our family shack along the coast of Southern Tasmania. It had been years…
The Huon Valley has long been a popular day trip option from Hobart. After-all, just a 30 minute drive south of the city and you’ll be…
James Griggs arrived from England in 1842. He settled in Franklin, some 40 kilometres southwest of Hobart as the crow flies. At the time, the…
The dark waters of the Huon River flow from deep in the Tasmanian wilderness, beneath the bridge at Huonville and past the river town of…
In the mid-seventies the Tasmanian community found itself polarised. The proposed construction of the Franklin Dam threatened pristine wilderness in the state’s remote west. The…
