August 27, 2019
The Chairman of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival Inc, Steve Knight OAM, was recently invited to give a presentation to the members of the Tasmanian Club, […]
October 9, 2018
This charming story and these wonderful pictures came to us in the process of registering The Dinghy, a 12-foot Fazackerley design, for Boats Ashore in the […]
December 15, 2017
Our long-serving Dock Master, Ross Barnett, is a man who knows a thing or two about wooden boats. He’d restored enough of them, God knows, and […]
March 12, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kingston Sea Scouts’ Fazackerley dinghy restored for ‘another fifty years’ of service Arunta is an 18 foot Fazackerley built in 1968 for the Kingston Sea Scout […]
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 […]
December 10, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Photo: Rob Oates, Ballantyne Photography[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There’s nothing quite like the deep wooden glow of a clear, bright finish on a wooden boat. It’s pleasing to the eye […]
August 26, 2015
A single phone call in Southern Tasmania started a remarkable restoration project, but it took a social visit to the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival in […]
August 10, 2015
Tasmania’s Timber Heritage Tasmania is indeed blessed with a unique set of fine timbers: Huon Pine, Celery Top and King Billy Pine have all become highly […]