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The Tasmanian Government is investing to further support the future of the Tasmania's iconic special species timber industry announcing $100,000 for a ...

The 15th Australian Wooden Boat Festival has launched its program of events along Hobart’s waterfront this long weekend. Premier and Minister for Tourism, Jeremy Rockliff, said the Australian Wooden ...

Hobart’s waterfront sparkled with energy today as the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival officially opened with the ...

Pacific voyaging is being celebrated at the Australian Wooden Boat festival this year, and some traditional experts hope it ...

The SMAC board voted on Jan. 28 to award $102,285 in grant funds to 13 organizations and $936 to one individual artist. Local grant recipients were: The Minnesota Pottery Festival of Hutchinson, ...

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India’s millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...

One of the world’s largest celebrations of traditional maritime culture will drop anchor in Hobart from Friday, with the ...

Your festival guide to The Rock Boat 2026 with dates, tickets, lineup info, photos, news, and more. Set sail, all aboard the rock boat!

Nishad boatmen say they are the proud inheritors of an ancient profession, transporting pilgrims and narrating the ...

A 1958 pilot cutter en route to the Wooden Boat Festival has sunk in a channel after taking on water, Tasmania Police say.

A historic 20-metre wooden pilot cutter has sunk in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel off Middleton after taking on water. The 1958 ...