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23.01.2022 AMAZINGLY large commercial sailing ships were still carrying cargo around the world right till 1949. Competing against steamships, they operated on a shoe strin...g. Crews were the smallest ever, therefore they had to work harder than any before them. No engines, no refrigeration, no heating, and poor food were the sailor's lot. When I had a chat with Finnish born Tor Lindqvist in 2004 he was the most experienced square-rigged sailor still living. This is part one of Tor's story. Duration 26 mins. More next week. For more on the subject get my DVD, 'The Last Cape Horners'. Available from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133 See more
22.01.2022 As it is approaching ANZAC day, a time for reflection on the sacrifices made by so many. CLARRIE HEIN and BEN AMOR were Portland's last two survivors of a Japan...ese prison camp in Ambon. Ben escaped soon after capture and was home in six weeks, Clarrie, pictured here lying in the foreground, was to endure three and a half terrible years. I spoke to them in 2003. Apologies for sound and picture quality - camera problems on the day! See more
21.01.2022 SWAN LAKE lies about thirty k's along the coast from Portland toward Nelson. Successive generations of the Johnstone family have been owners of the adjacent pro...perty since 1848. I first visited it as a small boy in 1959 and have had a fascination for the place ever since. With the cooperation of members of the Johnstone family I put this video together in 2007. See more
21.01.2022 Noel Smith sailed in the South Australian gulf trading ketches from about 1940. Many of these vessels were Tasmanian built, such as Annie Watt and One And All, ...built by Wilsons at Cygnet.Being a bush poet he put an obituary for the ketches to verse, as remembered through his minds eye. Noel is one of a number of people I interviewed for this DVD, The Trading Ketches of South Australia, in 2003. The DVD runs for 90 minutes, Noel's poem shown here, runs for three mins. Available from the Port Adelaide Maritime Museum or from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133 See more
18.01.2022 ARIEL's STORY and restoration. In 2014 I had the 86 year old 26 foot 'couta boat Ariel overhauled by Garry Stewart, ably assisted by Ian and Evan Bott and Matt ...Kerr. Duration of this clip is 19mins. For a lot more on Victorian 'couta boats and their history see my DVD, 'The Couta Boat - Return of a Classic'. Available from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133. See more
18.01.2022 In 2001 I had a chat with Jean Burgess, nee Heather. Her family operated a sawmill at beautiful Cockle Creek in the far south of Tasmania. During the war years ...with manpower in short supply Jean and her sisters helped work the mill, including falling huge trees. Timber was freighted to Hobart in the last of the sailing ketches. Duration of this clip 15 mins. The history of the ketches is told by Jean and others in my DVD, Trading Out of Hobart, available from the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on (03)62341427 See more
17.01.2022 Sadly, Uncle Henry (Seaman) Dan OA, has 'crossed the bar' aged 91. A singer/songwriter of island and maritime songs he received numerous awards subsequent to hi...s recording career beginning at age 70. In his early life he was a pearl shell diver based at Thursday Island, which gave him the inspiration and experience for his songs. Uncle Seaman was one of more than a dozen island people who appear in my DVD 'The Pearl Shell Divers, Australian's Deadliest Catch', available from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133. This is a 17 minute tribute. See more
16.01.2022 In the late 1930's OZZIE MIBUS worked at GEOFF HOGAN'S SAWMILL on the Portland/Nelson road. Ozzie and I had a chat about it in 2006. Part 1, 24 minutes. Part 2 ...next week. More on the old saw-millers of the shire can be seen on my DVD, STRINGY-BARK, available from Portland Books and Gifts Percy st. Paper Nautilus Bookshop Bentinck st, or the Heywood Newsagency. See more
12.01.2022 I've been out on TACOMA again after an eight year break. This 85 foot tuna poler was built in Port Fairy by the Haldane brothers and launched in 1952. The Halda...nes pioneered the commercialisation of the South Australian tuna fishery in 1956. Now operated by the Tacoma Preservation Society she does occasional trips into the Great Australian Bight, catching tuna the old way, with pole and line. First job is to net pilchards at night to use as Burley. However the tuna were not schooling up, so no 'poling' happened, but some were caught by rod and feel, so all was not lost! We anchored at Flinders and Pearsons islands, among others. Pearsons was much used for sheltering from gales by the tuna fleet in its heyday. Star of the show and an inspiration to all for his agility and energy was the cook, 86 year old Jack Belamy who first joined the vessel at Port Fairy in 1952. Tacoma and Jack are among the many vessels and people featured in my DVD, 'Those Were The Days, a history of the bluefin tuna fishery in Australia, available from Boat Books Australia on 0294391133. See more
12.01.2022 For 74 years the MIBUS family have been well to the fore when it comes to land development and earth moving in the Glenelg Shire. In 2008 I had a chat with Ossi...e Mibus 1919-2011 about their beginnings in the industry. Ossie is one of 15 people interviewed for my DVD, 'How The West Was Won', available from Portland Books and Gifts 116 Percy St. Portland, The Paper Nautilus Bookshop 65 Bentinck St. or the Heywood Newsagency. See more
11.01.2022 TONY JONES. From high-rise dogman to ab diver to entrepreneur. I had a chat with Tony last August - duration 50 minutes. For more on the abalone industry you might enjoy the DVD 'Abalone Diving Tasmania', available from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133
11.01.2022 Maurice Corigliano is one of only a handful of men left in the world who crewed in the very last of the big square-rigged commercial sailing ships. I interviewe...d him in 2004 about that incredible voyage from Australia to Europe by way of the notorious Cape Horn in 1948.Maurice lives in busy retirement in Adelaide aged 90. His and other seamen's stories are captured in my DVD 'The Last Cape Horners, the End of the Great Sailing Ship Era'. Available from Boat Books Australia on 0294391133 or by clicking this link https://www.boatbooks-aust.com.au//the-last-cape-horners-/ See more
10.01.2022 OZZIE MIBUS. Part 2 of a chat I had with Ozzie in the Cobboboonee forest in 2006, discussing characters, events and the state of the forest when he worked in it in the late 1930's.
08.01.2022 BOB (COWBOY) CRANE of Strahan 1922-2019. Stable boy, horse driver, miner, piner and sawmiller. A humble and intelligent man. A legend in his own lifetime. A pri...vilege to have known and one of my favourite people. This is part one of an interview we did with him in 2001. The complete interview and that of other piners is included in the DVD 'The Piner's Archive, Stories From Tasmania's Wild Rivers'. Two disc set, Four hours viewing, available from Boat Books Australia on 0294391133, the Tasmanian Maritime Museum or most Strahan tourist shops. See more
07.01.2022 SWAT team in action. The South West Woody Weeds Action Team inc is a group of volunteers dedicated to the removal of weeds from our public land,with a primary f...ocus on sweet pittosporum.Pitto is a very invasive plant that will take over our local native forest if we sit back and allow it to happen.An example of this is at Bolwarra on the edges of the highway.It is a huge task but with a lot of help and some funding we believe we can get rid of this plant.Some sections of forest is so thick it is easier to find the pitto using a horse(Maddie)and packhorse (Bewdy).At the moment we have a 2 hr working bee of a Tuesday morning then stop for a cuppa (thanks to Judy Kerr)and chat.We would like to have other crews at different times and places.If you would like to help please contact Garry Kerr 0427 829748.Please feel free to share this post to assist us in gathering more support and awareness See more
06.01.2022 Sadly PAT MATTHEY has 'Crossed the bar'. Pat was involved in shark and cray fishing out of Port Fairy, firstly with Walter Kelly on the Ramur K, then on his own... account in the Julia Percy and Kathleen. Pat 'swallowed the anchor' in 1973 and joined C H Smith Marine as their roving representative for 32 years. In this capacity he became a popular and well respected identity along the coast from Portland to Eden. I had a chat with Pat in 2015. This shortened edit runs for 33 minutes. See more
05.01.2022 Those who enjoyed PADDY MAGUIRE'S interview may be interested in watching this 23 minute promo of my 9 part Maritime History Series of DVD's. All available from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133 or by clicking this link https://www.boatbooks-aust.com.au/
04.01.2022 THE VERN McCALLUM COLLECTION is a priceless resource comprising some twenty thousand images. I draw on it constantly when producing my DVD's. I filmed a short i...nterview with Vern talking about his early days at Digby and how he became interested in collecting. Photos are available from Vern on 0438371282. Conducted in 2014, this is a 12 minute ad-on to my Dairy Farming DVD, Available from Portland Books & Gifts 116 Percy St. Portland, the Paper Nautilus Bookshop 65 Bentinck St. and the Heywood Newsagency. See more
03.01.2022 I have known Robert Clifford since 1964. I have watched his meteoric rise from west coast fisherman to establishing INCAT, building huge passenger and car ferri...es which are in use around the world. In 2014 I had a chat with Robert about his fishing years, this time with the camera rolling. Parts of this interview and that of 11 other fishermen are featured in my DVD, Cray-fishing Around Tasmania', available from Boat Books Australia on (02)94391133. See more
01.01.2022 I was reminiscing about a superb trip we had up the beautiful Gordon River in 2016. I have collected plenty of photos and footage of the men who worked in those... wild rivers, so I put this little 16 minute edit together just for fun. And to plug my DVD's - let's face it (-: The book and DVD's are available from Boat Books Australia on 02 94391133. See more
01.01.2022 Neil Smith is from Smithton Tasmania. Shark-fisherman,mariner, saw-miller and much more. One of Neil's activities has been putting scientists and observers on s...ome of Tasmania's off-lying rocks and islands to study sea birds. When I interviewed him in Portland in 2016 he was just completing a three year single handed circumnavigation of Australia in his 42 foot ketch Wild Wind, a fishing boat he had built in 1968. See more
01.01.2022 I have put together nine promos of my Maritime History Series of DVD's. It has been a wonderful experience meeting all these people who, without exception, have... been happy to share their experiences and skills. From the men who sailed in the last big commercial sailing ships, to pearl divers, and tuna fishermen. Other DVD's cover the smaller trading craft which worked the Bass Strait islands and South Australian gulfs. A particular fascination of mine are the stories of the men who logged Huon pine in the wild rivers of Western Tasmania. They have all been a joy to do, and in the process I have learned so much. Available from Boat Books Australia 02 94391133 See more
01.01.2022 Des Whayman has been a scallop fisherman, cray fisherman and involved in aquaculture. He fished the wild south and west coasts of Tasmania. He once saved the li...fe of fellow fisherman, Barry Bosworth, under very exceptional circumstances. I've known Des since 1975, in 2014 we had a chat with the camera running. Duration of this interview 21 mins. For more on cray fishing around Tasmania see my DVD of the same name. Available from The Maritime Museum of Tasmania or Boat Books Australia on (02)94391133. See more
01.01.2022 Edmond Mibus and family moved from Hamilton to Portland in 1937. At first they made a living growing tomatoes at West Portland and by cutting firewood. Followin...g World War Two all five sons became involved in earth moving and land development, Younger generations of the family are still in the business today. I had a chat with Monty Mibus in 2009. Part of this interview, his brother Ozzie's, and that of 13 others feature in my DVD, 'How The West Was Won, a History of Land Clearing in the Glenelg Shire'. Available from Portland Books & Gifts, 116 Percy St Portland, The Paper Nautilus Bookshop 65 Bentinck St, or the Heywood Newsagency. See more
