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TASMANIA Summer News, Feb 08, 2012


Tasmania travel guide
Telegraph.co.uk
The yacht race coincides with the Taste Festival – a celebration ofTasmanian produce and culinary talent held on the city's historic waterfront. Summer is the obvious time to tackle some of the island's more challenging walks, such as the Overland ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Caravaggio shapes up
TheMercury.com.au
VICTORIAN three-year-old Caravaggio will be endeavouring to secure a percentage of the Tasmanian Summer Carnival riches in today's $100000 Listed SchweppesTasmanian Derby. And he has been kept safe in markets following his second place in the Listed ...
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Does Tasmania have a case for A-League inclusion?
The Roar
(AAP Image/Joe Castro) “Turnout to prove case,” read the headline from The Mercury newspaper this week, referring to Tasmania hosting the A-League regional round between Melbourne Victory and Gold Coast United and whether the turnout would help justify ...
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The Roar
summer of extremes
Tasmania Mercury
TASMANIANS are enduring a summer of extreme weather conditions, with the state experiencing record-breaking hot nights, chilly cold spells, thunderstorms and torrential rain last month. The temperature in Hobart exceeded 28C for eight days last month, ...
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Copeland looking to make statement
Adelaide Now
Hoping to impress selectors: Trent Copeland from NSW bowls to Steven Cazzulino ofTasmania. Picture: Richard Jupe Source: The Daily Telegraph MISERLY former Test paceman Trent Copeland knows full well he needs to make a statement with the ball to...
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From rain to summer snow
Gloucester Advocate
But for a group of intrepid local adventurers from Gloucester High School that simply wasn't enough, they headed south to Tasmania to find even heavier rain, hail and even a dumping of summer snow, as they completed their major assessment to qualify ...
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Youthful Jack Wins In Tassie
The Virtual Form Guide
Ross Stitt's decision to target the Tasmanian summer carnival with Youthful Jack has paid immediate dividends. The rejuvenated gelding took out the Listed Thetote.com.auStakes (1200m) at Launceston on Wednesday night with regular rider Robert Thompson...
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Six successful state switchers
BigPond Sport
Tasmanian-born wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has earned international debuts at Twenty20 and ODI level after switching states to Victoria as a teenager. By Dominic Brock CRICKET LOWDOWN: Six players who boosted their prospects of representing Australia ...
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BigPond Sport
Listen to the Tasmanian Country Hour - 7th February 2012
ABC Local
By Anna Vidot A massive relocation of tiny lobsters to faster growing areas ofTasmania's West Coast begins today: we look at the science and the logistics behind the plan. Some damage to poppy crops ready for harvest, after heavy rain and strong winds ...
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Calici carnage rocks breeders
Tasmania Mercury
TASMANIA'S rabbit breeders are in a state of shock after dozens of pedigree rabbits at three of the state's top farms were killed by calici virus. Many had to be destroyed to end their suffering and babies were left without mother's milk on the day the ...
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first access group meeting
Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
The Tourism Minister, Scott Bacon, today welcomed participants for the inaugural meeting of Tasmania's new Access Group. The group has been established to provide expert advice to the Minister about improving access to Tasmania.
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Marlin making waves
Tasmania Mercury
The ocean off Tasmania's East Coast is changing so fast you can see it change, CSIRO climate scientist Alistair Hobday said. "New species are showing up all thetime." A Chinese-led study, co-authored by the CSIRO's Wenju Cai and published this week in ...
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Healthcare condition critical
Tasmania Mercury
And Dr John Davis, the Australian Medical Association's state president, called for a total redesign of Tasmania's ailing public health system. "The system is broken, and it has been broken for a very long time," Dr Davis said.
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World record set for water skiers: 145 behind one boat
USA TODAY
By Tom Weir, USA TODAY That was the combination that set a world record for the most water skiers being towed by a single vessel, off the coast of Tasmania, in Australia. ABC reported the ages of the skiers ranged from 12 to 60, and that the 145 ...
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USA TODAY
Tony Burke: man in the hot seat
The Australian
And he has provoked a possible High Court state's rights challenge from Victoria with his ban this week on summer cattle grazing in the alpine ranges. Burke is confident the next 12 months will be his time of delivery. It will, he hopes, ...
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Captain Bailey deserves more than a cameo
The Australian
Now he drops back to Sheffield Shield cricket, which is good news for Tasmania, but strangely ambivalent planning by a selection panel that has this summer scarcely missed a trick. Yet Bailey's ascendant raises some more general and deeper points.
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Questions over Asian imports
TheMercury.com.au
DERWENT United has quashed suggestions it will bankroll seven new Asian imports who have semi-professional backgrounds while they play for the League One club inTasmania. United unveiled one Japanese and six South Korean signings on Sunday.
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School-cost loans debt trap
TheMercury.com.au
Welfare agencies say they know of many battling Tasmanian families who are accessing loans, or maxing out credit cards to make ends meet before the school year begins. TasCOSS chief executive Tony Reidy said the lead up to the new school year was a ...
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South in Gold Coast union
Tasmania Mercury
SOUTH Hobart's emerging talent could soon be headed for the Glitter Strip after the club formed ties with Gold Coast United during the A-League side's visit to Tasmania. United not only procured a precious point against Melbourne Victory in the ...
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Sam Worthington on 'Man on a Ledge'
Telegraph.co.uk
Sam Worthington Photo: AP By Elaine Lipworth A few weeks before James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar hit cinemas and became the most successful film of all time, I interviewed the film's star Sam Worthington, at that time unknown.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Leek set to seize opportunity
Tasmania Mercury
That leaves Tasmania's quickest contenders to hopefully lead the way for tomorrow's Briggs Athletics Classic. Hobart's Charlie Leek has been the main man in 100m so far this summer. In November, he became the first Hobart-based athlete to dip under 11 ...
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Tasmania Mercury
Hawk defenders on front foot
AFL.com
Beveridge replaced long-time assistant coach Ross Smith at the Hawks at the end of last season. A former Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda player, Beveridge spent two years as a development coach at Collingwood. He also achieved the unique feat of ...
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AFL.com
The great white hope
Sydney Morning Herald
It's difficult to avoid drinking riesling this summer - not that you'd want to avoid it. This week, the Frankland Estate International Riesling Tasting is returning to Sydney and there are several other riesling events: Summer of Riesling, ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Most indoor plants are tropical and don't do well where winters are cold
San Jose Mercury News
During clear and warm summer weather, sunlight can easily roast foliage. Houseplants with glossy tropical foliage occasionally like to be rinsed of dust and residue that they accumulate in the home. (African violets and plants with fuzzy leaves do not ...
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Ó Lionáird shows form and pace with early season victory in Boston
Irish Times
Running his first race since finishing 10th at the World Championship 1500m final in Daegu last summer, shortly after lowering his 1500m best to 3:34.46, he displayed a considerable turn of speed on the last lap, and now looks a real contender for next ...
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