The Tawe Nunnugah 23 is an annual event held in Tasmania, Australia, organized by the Living Boat Trust in Franklin. The event involves a group of wooden boats embarking on a 100 nautical mile trip across the Southern Ocean, from Recherché Bay to Hobart. The boats are then exhibited at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival,… Continue reading AUSTRALIA: Flight AUS 1 en route to Hobart, Tasmania (005) on January 23, 2023
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AUS 2 – Franklin to Hobart 033 on 01/23/31
Fairwind is a Drascombe longboat, built in 1996 by Michael Elton, the only registered builder of Drascombe longboats in Australia. She is the fourth of nine longboats he built, and the boat is made of marine ply wood. While the not popular in Australia, it took the eye of Stef van den Hoek, the boat’s… Continue reading AUS 2 – Franklin to Hobart 033 on 01/23/31
219 – Arms End Quarantine: AUS 11 (updated on February 23, 2009)
Enterprize is a replica of the tall ship built in Hobart in 1830 that brought the first European settlers from Tasmania to found the city of Melbourne in 1835. The replica Enterprize was built with a significant part of Melbourne’s history being preserved and made accessible to the people of Victoria in mind. Her keel… Continue reading 219 – Arms End Quarantine: AUS 11 (updated on February 23, 2009)