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$4.6m funding includes ABC's Designing A Legacy, War on Waste, and the awkwardly titled Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep?

AWBF Parade of Sail 2021 © Australian Wooden Boat Festival Now that we have returned our wooden boats to port, weve had a chance to breathe and gather our thoughts. What a wonderful day and what a crowd! With over 120 wooden sailing, rowing, steaming and cruising boats, we could not have asked for a better turn out. The weather even played the game too! A simple idea, a sail, designed to bring joy to the general public and to celebrate our wooden boat community with friends. The A...

Australian Wooden Boat Festival © Doug Thost A large fleet of sailing vessels will grace the River Derwent this Sunday (7 February 2021) as the Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) and the Royal Hobart Regatta combine to present the Parade of Sail. The Parade of Sail usually heralds the start of the biennial Australian Wooden Boat Festival which, sadly, cannot proceed in its traditional format this year because of Covid 19 restrictions. However, this magnificent spectacle on the ...

Australia Day Honours celebrate selfless service in public health, Indigenous advocacy and sport MonMonday 25 updated MonMonday 25 Those receiving Order of Australia awards have campaigned for a diverse range of issues. ( Print text only Some dropped everything to help the vulnerable and others stood up for our natural wonders. Others have dedicated their entire lives to improving the rights of Indigenous Australians. This Australia Day, 844 people are receiving the countrys highest honours, in...

Sydney to Hobart yacht race may be cancelled, but Mistral II relives hair-raising 1947 voyage in cyberspace FriFriday 25 updated FriFriday 25 DecDecember 2020 at 9:42pm Mistral II in Sydney Harbour. She went from a rough start in wild winds to a narrow escape with the rocky Tasman Island shore. ( Print text only Cancel The only boat participating in a Sydney to Hobart yacht race this year, after the cancellation of the blue water classic, is sitting underneath a tarpaulin in Hobarts Constitutio...