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Prelude to collapse: Australia’s oil fuels vulnerability

Prelude to collapse: Australia’s oil fuels vulnerability

Scenario 1: In its conflict with Israel, Iran closes the shipping channel in the Strait of Hormuz. Scenario 2: China invades Taiwan, the US…
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The OM1 — a photographic tool of the mountain walker

The OM1 — a photographic tool of the mountain walker

Looking back at technology
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The referendum and access to public lands: threat or scare tactic?

The referendum and access to public lands: threat or scare tactic?

On October 15 this year Australians vote on whether to amend the Constitution to allow an indigenous advisory voice to federal Parliament…
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Flavours of Launceston celebrates community garden food and cooking

Flavours of Launceston celebrates community garden food and cooking

The publication of the Flavours of Launceston recipe book and the associated website launch Community Gardens Australia into new edible…
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Garden brings food production back to the city

Garden brings food production back to the city

COME BY any weekend day and you will find them—community gardeners farming urban land to supply themselves and their families with crispy…
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Lost in the mountains

Lost in the mountains

Some years ago I was a member of a search and rescue unit in Tasmania. Those were the days before the ready availability of helicopters and…
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Tasmania’s mountain history: documented at last

Tasmania’s mountain history: documented at last

WE DRIVE the winding road, first though the tall trees of the temperate rainforest then onto the open alpine plateau. How different it is…
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Along the AT in a time of pandemic

Along the AT in a time of pandemic

There are many tales of the pandemic. This is one of them.
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Foragers’ field guides take wild foods to the seashore

Foragers’ field guides take wild foods to the seashore

PUSHED by strong winds, the dark clouds stream across our southern skies and release their load of moisture as dark curtains of cold rain…
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The forgotten islands

The forgotten islands

LIKE THE AUTHOR, I too felt the allure of the Bass Strait islands. Unlike the author, changing circumstances prevented me doing anything…
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A film remembered

A film remembered

I was going through some stuff the other day when I came across this film and remembered how decades ago I watched it and how I related to…
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From snow to ash: a journey on foot to an impending crisis

From snow to ash: a journey on foot to an impending crisis

LONG JOURNEYS by foot across wild country are journeys external and internal. Their pleasures and struggles are those of the trail and the…
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