March 12, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Greetings, All – We get the odd enquiry from time to time that goes something like this: CALLER: ‘Great festival, really enjoyed ourselves, well done.’ AWBF: ‘Thank you, […]
February 13, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yukon (with the green hull) and Rhona H (in white) arrive to take part in Franklin’s Australia Day celebrations. In the foreground,former pilot boat La Chaloupe (right) […]
February 13, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Starting Line. Image courtesy of Kraig Carlson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Tasmanian summer of wild weather, with brilliant sailing followed by ferocious rain and wind saw all of us glued […]
February 12, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Imagine for a moment a drowned forest, deep in the cold tannin-dark waters of a Tasmanian highland lake. Hundreds of silent trees, still firmly rooted into […]
February 12, 2016
Greetings, All Recovered from the Christmas holidays and ‘shack month’ in January? Back up to speed and conscious of the fact that there are only 10 […]
February 12, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1342″ img_size=”1200,600″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Channel Classic, organised by the Australian Wooden Boat Festival with the cooperation of local tall ships Windeward Bound and Rhona H, opened […]
February 12, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1329″ img_size=”1200×800″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vice Chairman of AWBF, Inc Peter Higgs and Office Manager Bronwyn Hansson accept the Hobart City Council’s Australia Day Award for Best Community Event […]
January 11, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are very pleased to announce that the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) will enter into a closer association with the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in 2017. Last year’s highly successful […]
January 11, 2016
The MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2015 has been named the Australia Day Community Event of the Year by the Hobart City Council. The award recognises […]