Tasmanian Institute of Sport head cycling coach Matthew Gilmore today described the course for the Caterpillar Underground Mining Tour of Tasmania as “mind boggling.”
The Sydney Olympic Games silver medallist said he was particularly intrigued by the Stage 8 116km Stanley to Dismal Swamp Tarkine Dash, to be contested on Thursday, October 2. Continue Reading...
The Wilderness Society’s (TWS) response to Forestry Tasmania’s (FT) call for more accountability in their advertising was predictable according to FT’s Manager of Corporate Relations and Tourism Ken Jeffreys.
Some actually think so! The forestry debate has raged in Tasmania ever since the Wilderness Society found itself at a loose end after the end of the Gordon below Franklin dam campaign 25 years ago.
Given the duration and intensity of the debate, it would be reasonable to assume the community has a handle on the principal facts surrounding the industry. Such an assumption would be a mistake. Continue Reading...