Branchline 20th August 2008

Vlastik Skvaril - Hero of Olympic proportions!

100 Days on the Run - Raising more than a sweat for CanTeen

By Claire Bennett,Communications Manager, Corporate Relations and Tourism
While Australia’s eyes are glued to the telly watching our sporting champions break world records and win Olympic medals, another Australian hero is doing a world first here at home – largely unnoticed.

Somewhere in the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia, Vlastik Skvaril, a 68-year-old Burnie man, is 28 days into an ultra-marathon of mega proportions. Read more...

Sustainability Charter - Doing things differently!

By Ken Jeffreys, General Manager, Corporate Relations and Tourism

Back in the 1990's, when Forestry Tasmania was first corporatised, its priorities were very much geared towards making a profit and generating jobs and wealth for the community.

The Ten Year Growth Plan developed in 1998 reflected those priorities, with a strong emphasis on encouraging downstream processing of our timber resource. Read More...

Ignorance is contagious

By Claire Bennett,Communications Manager, Corporate Relations and Tourism


A provocative opinion piece crossed our desk this week, which we thought would be useful to share with you. It looks at the importance of critical thinking in environmental management and explores human nature and its impact on our opinions.

Critical thinking basically means a way of thinking by which your view on any particular matter is determined by the evidence, irrespective of any obscuring fluff, spin, emotion or peer group pressure. Read More...

Maydena Adventure Hub

By Richard Skinner, Tourism and Marketing Officer, Corporate Relations and Tourism


There's plenty of enthusiasm, even excitement about the development of the Maydena Adventure Hub in southern Tasmania - but the time has arrived for Forestry Tasmania and its adventure partners to get down to the hard work, asRichard Skinner reports. Read more...

Anything but Dismal

By Ken Jeffreys, General Manager, Corporate Relations and Tourism

Forestry Tasmania's revelation that it was considering changing the name of Dismal Swamp - its commercial tourist attraction in the north west has generated unexpected community discussion….Read more...

Forestry Tasmania and National Science Week 2008

By Peter Hopson, Business manager, Division of Forest Research and Development
National Science week is just around the corner (August 16th – 24th) and Forestry Tasmania has a full program to satisfy science buffs of all ages.

The FT program for National Science Week 2008 will include the following: A program designed for school groups at Tahune AirWalk; The first Forestry Talk in our fifth series... Read more...

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