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Tasmania: From the luxurious to the laidback
Banyule and Nillumbik Weekly
The Hazards form the centrepiece of Freycinet, a peninsula of mostly pink granite on Tasmania'seast coast that includes the stunning Wineglass Bay. Captain Richard Hazard, an 1820s whaler, named the range during his time in Wineglass Bay. ...
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Vics crush Tasmania
Sportal.com.au
... the biggest one-day score of the summer. Openers Rob Quiney (72 from 85 balls) and Aaron Finch (65 from 78) featured in a 119-run opening stand that would have left first-time Tigers captain Xavier Doherty questioning his decision to bowl first. ...
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Bushfire readiness urged
Tasmania Mercury
Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association chief executive Jan Davis said the fire season's severity would depend on how much rain fell over summer. However, she said farmers had to take precautions. "Everyone is carrying a lot of fuel," Ms Davis said. ...
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Largest partial solar eclipse on Friday, no show in India
Hindustan Times
Tasmania and most of New Zealand, except for the far north of the North Island. At the instant of greatest eclipse, the eclipse magnitude will be 0.905, making it the largest partial eclipse of the year. At that time, the lunar shadow axis will pass ...
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School retention cash offer
Tasmania Mercury
When you leave school in a few weeks for the summer break, don't say long goodbyes. Come back next year and finish your education. It will open doors, and give you a big leg up in life." The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show Tasmania ...
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Classy knock of little use for Cowan
Sydney Morning Herald
IN HIS well-received season diary of last summer, In the Firing Line, Ed Cowan notes that the backwaters of the domestic game can sometimes make a cricketer feel invisible. Yesterday was a case in point. The Sydney-raised opener, now based inTasmania, ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Growing for a greater good
Tasmania Mercury
Many a household in southern Tasmania will be enjoying home-grown tomatoes this summerthanks to the Botanical Gardens. In scenes reminiscent of a Myer sale, hundreds of people queued on a Saturday morning recently for a chance to buy some of the 4800 ...
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Tourists' iceberg dilemma
Tasmania Mercury
Rob Easther, from the Mawson's Hut Foundation, yesterday confirmed their expedition to continue preservation work on the historic hut had been cancelled for this year but they hoped to return nextsummer. Former Tasmanian Chris Huxley is due to travel ...
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Former Vic coach Kiwis' secret weapon
The Age
Wright, a Sheffield Shield stalwart for Tasmania and Victoria renowned for his ability to swing the ball, only retired in winter but immediately snared the Black Caps role, partly on the strength of his performance as a playing coach for the ...
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The Age
Liz Callaway Leads SUNSET BOULEVARD at Pittsburgh CLO Next Summer
Broadway World
Liz has 4 solo recordings: Passage of Time, The Beat Goes On, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off- Broadway, and Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser. This summer, Boom! Live at Birdland (with Ann Hampton Callaway) was released on ...
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David Warner may open way for Ricky Ponting exit
Herald Sun
A Test Hobart might not have got had he not become Tasmania's first national captain many years ago. And, what's more, it's a series Australia should win and one in which he should fill his boots with runs. And it just happens to be the last match of ...
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Skippers like Action Jackson
Sportal.com.au
Bird was the difference between the two sides during Tasmania's 93-run victory over Victoria in the Sheffield Shield game at the MCG that finished on Friday, with the 24-year-old picking up five-wicket hauls in both innings for impressive match figures ...
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Hot and happening
Sydney Morning Herald
The Queenscliff to Sorrento ferry in Victoria has had a multimillion dollar facelift just intime for summer and new features include a much-improved lounge and wine and beer tastings as well as live music and an on-board cafe. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Elizabeth Banks talks 'Hunger Games,' a cappella, and more from the set of ...
Entertainment Weekly
My favorite thing she said is, “She's the best singer in Tasmania. With teeth.” Like a lot of great quirky people — like Christopher Walken or Robin Williams or Kristen Wiig — she's a natural clown. I say that with the utmost respect. ...
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a call to arms for a new generation
The Australian
Hilfenhaus is the most-experienced of the bowlers to choose from and has taken 17 wickets at 26.35 for Tasmania in Shield cricket this summer. Cutting has local knowledge, having been in great touch for Queensland after taking 23 scalps at an ...
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MALCOLM CAMPBELL: Bit of a sucker for Dr Huey
Southern Times Messenger (blog)
Any mulched and semi-shaded area that gets watered in summer will yield self-seeded aquilegia. Their nectar is a source of honey for bees and seedlings in punnets can be planted up to Christmas time and flower well into autumn. ...
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Southern Times Messenger (blog)
Redbacks, Bulls clash rain delayed
Adelaide Now
VICTORIA continued its slide down the Sheffield Shield table when it lost to Tasmania by 93 runs yesterday. However timing is everything and Ferguson's 125 runs at 15.62 at the half-way point of the Sheffield Shield season have curtailed his national ...
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Pittman set to rturn at Zatopek
The Australian
After the Zatopek meet, Pittman is scheduled to run at the Devonport Gift (December 29-30) inTasmania, as a gentle re-entry to racing. Hollingsworth said Pittman had also committed to running a 4x400m relay at the Brisbane Track Classic on January 14, ...
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Young pace attack puts Blues in prime spot
Sydney Morning Herald
After most of day one and yesterday's first session were washed out, the Blues will be keen to move the game forward with just two competition points from four matches so far this summer. WA are second on the ladder, level on 14 points with Tasmania. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Home-grown should lead Australian cricket
Daily Advertiser
I'd say it's time all Test players went back to the basics or played less of the hit and giggle stuff. A series is not a series unless it is played over five Tests. After three Tests last summer England and Australia were one-test each. ...
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Thanksgiving possum
barfblog (blog)
Two women in Tasmania became ill this year with tularaemia, in both cases linked to possum bites, the first time that strain of the disease had been found in the southern hemisphere. Public Health Director Roscoe Taylor said there was a very small risk ...
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Haka draws line in sand for Kiwis
The Daily Telegraph
STILL on the Blues, Brett Lee missed out on a return for tonight's one-day clash for NSW and is still no guarantee to play in Sunday's 50-over clash against Tasmania. Cricket NSW are demanding Binger play a competitive game before he is considered for ...
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Wild Oats XI to contest Jeanneau King of the Derwent
Sail World
The Lord Mayor Hobart, Alderman Damon Thomas, officially launched the 2012 Jeanneau King of the Derwent at the DSS today, describing it as an event unique in Australian yachting and an icon of Tasmanian summer sporting events. ...
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