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title: "The Tasmanians"
description: "Living here, and making a go of it."
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# The Tasmanians

Business

## [HutchTV](<https://thetasmanians.com/hutchtv-video-production>)

— A Hobart video production company: corporate film, multi-camera live streaming, event and sports coverage, accredited drone work and post-production.

Hobart [hutchtv.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_hutchtv>)

Outdoors

## [Mountain River Flower Patch](<https://thetasmanians.com/mountain-river-flower-patch>)

— A pick-your-own flower patch at Mountain River, just up the hill from Huonville. Open through the summer: take a bucket, cut what you like, pay for what you carry out.

Mountain River [mountainriverflowerpatch.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_mountainriver>)

[![The cover of Volcanic Winter, a novel by Mark Rutherford.](<https://thetasmanians.com/media/volcanic-winter/w480.webp>)](<https://thetasmanians.com/volcanic-winter>)

## [Volcanic Winter, by Mark Rutherford](<https://thetasmanians.com/volcanic-winter>)

— When a plan to combat climate change threatens life on Earth, one man has seven days to stop it.

[markrutherfordwrites.com](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_volcanicwinter>)

Arts & Making

## [Boy & Bear at the Odeon](<https://thetasmanians.com/boy-and-bear-at-the-odeon-boy-and-bear>)

— Friday 28 August, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. The Tripping Over Time Regional Tour, with special guest Middle Palms. All ages.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_boy-and-bear>)

## [Advertise in The Tasmanians](<https://thetasmanians.com/advertise-with-us>)

— A directory entry runs for thirty days from $22 including GST, goes live once it is approved, and stays on the site afterwards at a decaying position rather than vanishing. You set the amount and you can change it whenever you like.

[mafia.net.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_advertise>)

[![A couple in wedding clothes walking a stone jetty over clear green water beneath a limestone cliff. Kinda chic to spend your wedding budget on an adventure instead of chair covers.](<https://thetasmanians.com/media/ec-chair-covers/w640.webp>)](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_ec_chaircovers>)

Arts & Making

## [The Bridge Art Prize 2026: entries closing](<https://thetasmanians.com/the-bridge-art-prize-2026-entries-closing-bridge-art-prize>)

— Tasmanian artists can enter the 2026 Bridge Art Prize until midnight Sunday 30 August. This year’s theme is Load Bearing; the exhibition runs in New Norfolk from 25 October to 22 November.

[derwentvalleyarts.org](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_bridge-art-prize>)

Arts & Making

## [Bron Lewis: Chaos](<https://thetasmanians.com/bron-lewis-chaos-bron-lewis>)

— Thursday 10 September, doors 6:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Recommended 15+.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_bron-lewis>)

Arts & Making

## [Cygnet Folk Festival 2027](<https://thetasmanians.com/cygnet-folk-festival-2027-cygnet-folk-festival-2027>)

— Friday 8–Sunday 10 January 2027 in Cygnet. Three days of music, dance and song, with concerts, workshops and showcases across the town.

[cygnetfolkfestival.org](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_cygnet-folk-festival-2027>)

Arts & Making

## [Del Amitri: Past to Present](<https://thetasmanians.com/del-amitri-past-to-present-del-amitri>)

— Sunday 28 February 2027, doors 7pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Four decades of their greatest music.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_del-amitri>)

Arts & Making

## [Eskimo Joe at the Odeon](<https://thetasmanians.com/eskimo-joe-at-the-odeon-eskimo-joe>)

— Sunday 6 September, doors 6:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, supported by Alex Lloyd. Licensed 18+ event.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_eskimo-joe>)

Business

## [The Internet, by Josh Withers](<https://thetasmanians.com/the-internet-by-josh-withers>)

— A web development studio building websites for small Australian service businesses that need a modern site: fast, plainly written, and built to be found and quoted by search and answer engines as readily as by a person.

[theinternet.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_theinternet>)

Community

## [FindHelpTAS](<https://thetasmanians.com/findhelptas-find-help-tas>)

— Free online directory of more than 900 health and community support services for Tasmanians.

03 6169 9502 Tasmania-wide [findhelptas.org.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_find-help-tas>)

Arts & Making

## [Go West 40th Anniversary Tour](<https://thetasmanians.com/go-west-40th-anniversary-tour-go-west>)

— Wednesday 2 September, doors 7pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, with special guest Debbie Gibson. All ages.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_go-west>)

[![A couple walking through Roman ruins under a clear blue sky. Kinda chic to get married on a cliff in Italy instead of a function centre.](<https://thetasmanians.com/media/ec-function-centre/w640.webp>)](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_ec_functioncentre>)

Outdoors

## [Quiet Slow Beauty: Guided Labyrinth Walks](<https://thetasmanians.com/quiet-slow-beauty-guided-labyrinth-walks-guided-labyrinth-walks>)

— Monthly Saturdays, 10am–12:30pm, at Pippin Hill, 89 Connors Road, Cygnet. Upcoming walks: 29 Aug, 26 Sep, 31 Oct, 28 Nov and 26 Dec 2026; 23 Jan and 27 Feb 2027.

[events.humanitix.com](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_guided-labyrinth-walks>)

Arts & Making

## [Julian Charrière: Hard Core](<https://thetasmanians.com/julian-charri-re-hard-core-hard-core-mona>)

— At Mona until 29 March 2027. Sculpture, film, photography and installation exploring deep time, geology, science, industry and the changing natural world. Included in museum entry.

[mona.net.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_hard-core-mona>)

Arts & Making

## [HEALTH with Perturbator and King Yosef](<https://thetasmanians.com/health-with-perturbator-and-king-yosef-health-perturbator>)

— Wednesday 23 September, doors 6:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Licensed 18+ event.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_health-perturbator>)

Community

## [Elope to Tassie](<https://thetasmanians.com/elope-to-tassie>)

— Two people, a witness, and the best scenery in the country. Where to hold a ceremony for two in Tasmania, which celebrants travel to meet you there, and where to stay after.

[elopetotassie.com](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_elopetas>)

Arts & Making

## [Island of Ideas: Combatting the Code](<https://thetasmanians.com/island-of-ideas-combatting-the-code-island-ideas-combatting-code>)

— Wednesday 30 September, 6–7:30pm, in Southern Tasmania and online. A free public talk asking what happens when governments hand decision-making to algorithms.

[utas.edu.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_island-ideas-combatting-code>)

Arts & Making

## [Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island](<https://thetasmanians.com/ice-and-fire-the-mystery-of-heard-island-island-ideas-heard-island>)

— Wednesday 26 August, 6–7:30pm, in Sandy Bay and online. A free Island of Ideas public talk with scientists sharing what this remote sub-Antarctic island reveals about a changing planet.

[utas.edu.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_island-ideas-heard-island>)

Arts & Making

## [James Morrison Quintet](<https://thetasmanians.com/james-morrison-quintet-james-morrison>)

— Friday 11 September, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, featuring Patrick Bartley.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_james-morrison>)

Arts & Making

## [Jessica Mauboy: The Story of Me](<https://thetasmanians.com/jessica-mauboy-the-story-of-me-jessica-mauboy>)

— Saturday 5 September, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_jessica-mauboy>)

[![A bride in a lace veil holding a glass of champagne on a Paris balcony with the Eiffel Tower behind her. Kinda chic to have Paris as your backdrop.](<https://thetasmanians.com/media/ec-paris/w640.webp>)](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_ec_paris>)

Arts & Making

## [MISS KANINNA: BLACKPRINT Tour](<https://thetasmanians.com/miss-kaninna-blackprint-tour-miss-kaninna>)

— Friday 9 October, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, supported by Mali Jose.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_miss-kaninna>)

Community

## [Tasmanian Wedding Directory](<https://thetasmanians.com/tasmanian-wedding-directory>)

— Hobart, Launceston, the Huon, the east coast and the north west: the register of wedding people working Tasmania, for locals and for couples flying down for it.

[tasmanian.directory](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_tasd>)

Arts & Making

## [Peking Duk: Paradise Album Tour](<https://thetasmanians.com/peking-duk-paradise-album-tour-peking-duk>)

— Friday 6 November, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Licensed 18+ event.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_peking-duk>)

Arts & Making

## [Tom Gleeson: Out of Touch](<https://thetasmanians.com/tom-gleeson-out-of-touch-tom-gleeson>)

— Saturday 29 August at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Early show doors 4:30pm; main show doors 6:30pm. All ages.

[odeontheatre.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/board_tasmanians_tom-gleeson>)

Classifieds

## [nipaluna](<https://thetasmanians.com/nipaluna>)

— The noticeboard for Hobart and the valleys around it: things for sale, rentals and property, jobs, cars, services and community notices. nipaluna is the palawa kani name for Hobart.

[nipaluna.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_nipaluna>)

Community

## [Funeral Celebrants](<https://thetasmanians.com/funeral-celebrants>)

— A register of funeral and memorial celebrants working across Australia, listed by state, so a family arranging a service can find someone close by without a search.

[funeralcelebrant.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_funeral>)

Classifieds

## [Tasmanian News](<https://thetasmanians.com/tasmanian-news>)

— The classified pages for the island: things for sale, property and rentals, jobs, cars and machinery, rural and livestock, services and public notices.

[tasmanian.news](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_tasnews>)

## [The Apple Nation](<https://thetasmanians.com/the-apple-nation>)

— An independent guide to living with Apple gear, and a register of the people who fix, sell, support and build for it. Not affiliated with Apple Inc.

[theapplenation.com](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_applenation>)

Community

## [Hobart Guide](<https://thetasmanians.com/hobart-guide>)

— What to do with a few days in Hobart: Mona, kunanyi, Bruny Island and the Huon, plus where to eat, where to stay, and which day trips are worth the drive.

[hobartguide.com](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_hobguide>)

Business

## [Diploma](<https://thetasmanians.com/diploma>)

— Australian training and the people who deliver it: registered training organisations, VET providers and professional-development bodies, listed by the field each course leads into.

[diploma.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_diploma>)

Community

## [Huon Valley Directory](<https://thetasmanians.com/huon-valley>)

— Huonville, Franklin, Cygnet, Geeveston and Dover: the trades, growers, services and places to stay in the valley, alongside what is for sale, what is going and what is on this week.

[huonvalley.directory](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_huon>)

## [Someone who will actually turn up](<https://thetasmanians.com/finds>)

— Finds lists Australian trades and home services — builders, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, roofers and landscapers — organised by the job you need done rather than by the trade name.

[finds.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_finds>)

Community

## [Hobart Directory](<https://thetasmanians.com/hobart-directory>)

— Local businesses across Hobart and southern Tasmania: the trades, services and small operators a local actually needs, with the contact details out in front.

[hobart.directory](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_hobart>)

Arts & Making

## [Listen](<https://thetasmanians.com/listen>)

— Australian podcasts sorted by what they are actually about — news, true crime, comedy, sport, business, history — with a plain description of each and a link to where it plays.

[listen.net.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_listen>)

Business

## [The Best](<https://thetasmanians.com/the-best>)

— A short list, by field: Australian operators who are among the best at what they do, filed by trade rather than by suburb.

[thebest.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_best>)

Business

## [ANSETT](<https://thetasmanians.com/ansett>)

— Australia's national guide to services, entertainment, travel and tourism: the operators, venues, practitioners and trades worth the trip, listed by what they do and where they do it.

[ansett.com.au](<https://thetasmanians.com/go/house_tasmanians_promo_ansett>)