TASMANIAN
NEWS:
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Mercury Newspaper, Salamanca
Arts, Sports, Tasmanian
News, The
Sunday Tasmanian, The
Advocate, The
Examiner The
Australian, The
Herald Sun
In a place where there’s always something interesting
happening, we’d like to report on some recent newsworthy events
and activities around Tasmania. Follow the links for more information.
Cellar Door and Farm Gate Guide to the Sensational
Flavours of Tasmania
Tasmania’s 2003-2004 Cellar Door and Farm
Gate Guide introduces the very best of the island State’s fine
wine and fresh produce. If wining and dining is
your passion, this guide will give you all the information
you need to discover the source of our delicious fresh
produce and food-friendly vintages. Tasmania’s long,
sunny days and cool climate allow the slow ripening of its
pinot noir, chardonnay and aromatic grape varieties, and
ensure distinctive, full-flavoured wines.
The Guide lists wine and food experiences by
region, with each region accompanied by a user-friendly location
map. In addition, this year’s guide includes a list of Australian
Gourmet Traveller recommended Tasmanian restaurants and
a calendar of key Tasmanian wine and food annual events. Pick
up a copy at Visitor Information Centres and travel
centres around the State.
Tasmania’s Lake Fishing Best in the World
17 December 2002: World Flyfishing champions
Said Yahiaoui and Jacques Boyko believe Tasmania’s lakes are
the best in the world for trout
fishing.
Tassie Too to Headline Wooden Boat Festival
10 December 2002: Tasmanian yachting
icon and arguably Australia’s most successful racing yacht
of all time Tassie
Too is set to headline the 2003 Australian Wooden
Boat Festival, to be held in Hobart from 7 to 10 February 2003.
Tassie Too was designed, built and sailed
by Tasmanians and is the most successful 21-footer ever.
Tasmanian Holiday Planner Online
28 November 2002: Planning a unique
Tasmanian holiday is now as easy as pressing a button.
Tourism Tasmania’s groundbreaking online interactive travel
planner enables people all over the world who intend
to visit Tasmania to take complete control of the holiday
planning process. Whether at home or in the office,
potential visitors can access the travel planner seven days
a week, 24 hours a day to view maps and tourism product information
such as activities and transport, and create an itinerary
to suit their individual needs. When complete, it can be
emailed to a friend or travel agent.
The main site also provides four sample itineraries.
The recommended overnight stays in each tour have been carefully
chosen to ensure visitors will have sufficient time to drive
comfortably from place to place.
New Sailing Event with $10,000 Purse
A new sailing event, the Navigator Dash, offers
a prize of $10,000 to any entrant who can set a new record
for sailing between Devonport and Melbourne. Because skippers
can choose to start the race any time between 3 and 15 January,
it is possible that they will be able to sail all the way from
Devonport to Melbourne under spinnaker. The existing record
of 19 hours, 32 minutes and 58 seconds was set by Jo Westerlo’s Prowler in
1998.
Tasmania’s Premier Arts Event Launched
Following the outstanding success of the first 10
Days on the Island in 2001, the 2003 whole-island
celebration will be held from 28 March to 6 April. The event will
bring world-famous performers to Tasmania, including local,
national and international acts, and will embrace indigenous
arts and crafts, music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film
and community and fringe events. The 250 events will
be held in 38 venues around Tasmania, from Bruny Island in
the south to Bridport and St Marys in the north and Strahan
in the west.
Eat, Drink Tasmania 2003 Food and
Wine Touring Guide Launched
11 November 2002: Visitors to Tasmania
can now enhance their food and wine experience with the Eat,
Drink Tasmania 2003 touring guide. The detailed guide
to some of Tasmania’s best restaurants, pubs, cafes, late-night
spots, food producers, wines and vineyards is a valuable addition
to the wine and food tourism industry in the State, providing
an independent perspective on how to best enjoy the delights
Tasmania has to offer.
Discount Airline Virgin Blue Announces Additional Services
11 November 2002: Vigin will double
its daily Melbourne-Hobart
services and provide additional services to Launceston
direct from Melbourne and Sydney.
Sydney Morning Herald Praises Tasmania
2 November 2002: ’If Tasmania were
off the coast of the US or Northern Europe you wouldn’t be
able to move for all the tourists revelling in its natural
beauty. Fortunately for us, it’s not - so exploring its
renowned wilderness remains a treasured experience.’ (Kendall
Hill)
Tim Bowden Tasmania’s First Antarctic Ambassador
29 October 2002: Former ABC broadcaster
Tim Bowden has been made Tasmania’s first Antarctic Ambassador,
a post he will hold until 2004. Mr Bowden has had a lifelong
interest in the frozen continent, which he has visited many
times. The new appointment is designed to highlight Tasmania’s
many links with Antarctica and help attract conferences and
meetings to the State.
The Truth About Chocolate, Past
and Present
29 October 2002: Visitors to Tasmania
will now be able to indulge their passion for chocolate in
the north of the state as well as in the south, following the
opening of a delectable new attraction in Latrobe. The House
of Anvers incoporates a chocolate museum, displays of chocolate
making, chocolate tastings, a chocolate shop and a cafe.
Award Recognises Tahune Forest AirWalk
25 October 2002: The hugely successful Tahune
Forest AirWalk development 90 minutes drive
south of Hobart has won a national award for building excellence.
The AirWalk, which is suspended 45 metres above
the ground and takes visitors through towering
treetops in a spectacular wild-river location, has been
recognised in the Master Builders national excellence awards.
It is an outstanding combination of craftsmanship, imagination
and technology that has attracted more than 180,000 people
since it opened in July 2001.
Safety High Priority in Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is providing
Satcom-C satellite tracking devices to all participants in
this year’s Rolex Sydney
to Hobart Yacht Race to ensure it will be possible
to track every yacht in the fleet.
$10 Million Development for Woodbridge
in Southern Tasmania
17 October 2002: For
many years the Woodbridge Hotel was a favourite day-trip
destination for Hobart residents and tourists in the mood
for a scenic drive and gourmet lunch. Now, the much-loved
hotel and nearby Peppermint Bay are set for a $10 million
makeover that will see a cruise boat bringing up to 250 visitors
a day to dine at the restaurant and explore the magical
waters of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. The development, to
be renamed the Peppermint Bay Hotel, will be completed by
mid-spring 2003.
A Woodchopping Experience, with David Foster
1 October 2002: David Foster has been a woodchopping
legend for 26 years, and now you can view his vast collection
of memorabilia in an 1880s heritage-listed livery
stable behind the Lucas Hotel in the northern city of Latrobe.
Jahadi: a Two-hour Journey Into Aboriginal Culture
The newly opened Jahadi Indigenous Experience
in Deloraine is a two-hour journey into Aboriginal culture,
from dance performances, cultural food and music to making
clapsticks and sand art. Once no more than a paddock, Jahadi
is now a mini-rainforest and an exciting experience -
a treasure tucked away in Tasmania’s bushland that adds a new
element to the state’s overall tourism experiences through
interpretations of Tasmania’s Aboriginal heritage.
Unprecedented International Recognition for Tasmania
Tasmania has exceeded all expectations at this
year’s World’s Best Awards conducted by North America’s top-selling
holiday magazine Travel + Leisure.
Readers voted Tasmania the best island in Australia,
New Zealand and the South Pacific – a gong that ultimately
ranked Tasmania as the second most popular island destination
in the world.
In its regional category, Tasmania was placed
ahead of destinations like Fiji, Tahiti, the Great Barrier
Reef islands, New Caledonia, Cook Islands and Vanuatu.
Overall, Tasmania has been ranked second behind
only Bali – by less than one point – and ahead of other internationally
recognised holiday hot-spots including Maui, Hawaii and Sicily.
Tasmania’s diversity and unique attributes
have set it apart not only from the rest of Australia
and the South Pacific, but from conventional destinations such
as Hawaii and Moorea as well.
In its own description of Tasmania, Travel
+ Leisure said the State was earning a reputation for
a mix of luxury and adventure.
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