Monthly Archives: October 2025

Derwent Lees would have had no memories of the family weekender on Hobart’s Eastern Shore where he was born in 1884, or the wide estuary from which his parents took his name. But long after his lonely death in London, … Continue reading →

There’s a story going around that a load of Tasmanian specialty timber shipped to Finland a year or two ago for the fit-out of the Spirit of Tasmania ferries had to be returned here (presumably aboard Spirit IV) along with … Continue reading →

In the fast-expanding world of renewable energy, an articulate and enterprising ideas man named Saul Griffith is a rock star, and he’s coming to Hobart. Go-karts, oddball cars, all manner of tools and gadgetry, quirky engineering and nifty science are … Continue reading →