Day 1 Saturday
The crew and Paul arrived in Hobart on Saturday, raring to go and tackle all that Tasmania has to offer. After picking up the crew car from Thrifty at the airport, we headed off to the first location... Driving instructions: Approx. 2.5 hours ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Jubilee Garden
Jubilee Garden nestles at the foot of Mount Wellington in Hobart. On the day Burke's Backyard visited, the garden was a blaze of autumn colour. This is not a cutting edge, modern garden. The owners, Joy Stones and Ted Cutlan, have filled their ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Tasmanian Tiger
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was a shy, elusive creature hunted to extinction after only a century of European settlement in Australia. The last known animal died in a Hobart zoo over sixty years ago, ironically just a few months after it ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Mobile Phones o/s
Thinking of packing your mobile for your next overseas jaunt? Here are some tips. Thursday, April 25, 2002 Thinking of packing your mobile for your next overseas jaunt? Here are some tips. Joy McFarlane from Hobart is going on an overseas holiday ... [... more]
Getaway |
The Freycinet Escape
Just two-and-a-half hours north of Hobart is the Freycinet Peninsula, covered by the beautiful Freycinet National Park, Wineglass Bay and other superb beaches, wildlife and wildflowers. At its entrance is Coles Bay and the superb 300 metre high ... [... more]
Getaway |
Barilla Bay oysters
Tasmania's world-class oyster farm, restaurant and gourmet food store is found in Barilla Bay, 15 minutes from Hobart. Barilla's landscaped gardens overlook the bay and oyster farm. Tasmania has an overload of fresh local produce enjoyed in many ... [... more]
Getaway |
Rafe Esquith
Rafe Esquith is beginning his eighteenth year at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles. He is the product of the Los Angeles public schools and a graduate of UCLA. His many honors and awards include the 1992 Disney National Outstanding Teacher ... [... more]
Random House |
Penni Russon
Penni Russon's first novel, Undine, was named a Notable Book of the Year by the Children's Book Council of Australia. Ms. Russon grew up in a bush suburb of Hobart, where there was snow in winter and bushfires in summer. She now lives in ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Thomas Christopher Greene
Thomas Christopher Greene-born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, educated at Hobart College and the MFA writing program at Vermont College-is the author of the novels Mirror Lake and the forthcoming The Envious Moon. [... more]
Harper Collins |
