Launceston to St Helens, Tasmania: along the tin-dragon trail and other top stories.

• Launceston to St Helens, Tasmania: along the tin-dragon trail

  

  Launceston to St Helens, Tasmania: along the tin-dragon trailLee MylneThe Australian12:00AM August 20, 2016Save There’s nothing quite like the sound of rain on a tin (corrugated iron) roof, best enjoyed from the warmth of a comfortable bed. In some ways, I am hoping for that distinctive sound as I tour northeast Tasmania. Instead, blue skies greet each day as I follow the Trail of the Tin Dragon, a driving route between Launceston and St Helens on the east coast.While Tasmania’s history is synon..

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• Cripps' experience critical

  

  ON  paper, the Cripps ­Waratah team is one of the youngest teams in this year’s State League Netball ­competition.Despite their youth, the players are not lacking in finals experience, which will be critical when they come face-to-face with the Northern Hawks in tonight’s preliminary final.With five members of the team part of the Cripps squad that delivered a sensational grand final upset victory over AYC-Friends Arrows in 2014, they are no strangers to performing under pressure.media_cameraCri..

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• State of the Nation | Saturday, August 20, 2016

  

  Get across news headlines from around regional Australia this morning. Olympics 2016Jared Tallent now has four Olympic medals, from three Games, unprecedented for an Australian male in track-and-field. Photo: Getty Images►This time it was different. This time when Jared Tallent crossed the line for a silver medal he knew he had not been cheated out of gold. He was beaten by the better athlete. It was sport and sporting.The medallists in the Men's Kayak Double take a selfie on the ..

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• World of Wanderlust blogger Brooke Saward returns to Tasmania to ...

  

  Renowned Tasmanian travel blogger Brooke Saward discusses her sweet new adventure. HOME SWEET HOME: Brooke Saward at the Carrick home she shares with her partner. Picture: Paul ScamblerAfter years of sharing her worldly experiences with millions of readers online, Brooke Saward is back home.Saward, 24, is embarking on a sweet new adventure, and looking forward to spending less time living out of a suitcase. The initial copies of her first published book, World of Wanderlust: How t..

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• Treasure trove in 28 boxes

  

  THANKS to the fastidious bureaucracy of Tasmania’s old colonial authorities, we are blessed with some comprehensive written records from our early European settlement. But what is more remarkable is there are still so many records that we have yet to discover.Sometimes one of these little treasure troves will be discovered at the back of a dark room, dusted off and opened to reveal all kinds of fascinating new insights into our history.One such discovery was made recently at the Tasmanian Archiv..

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• Water and sewerage issues hurting brand

  

  WITH the failure of Tasmania’s federal election candidates to raise funding of major water and sewerage infrastructure in the recent campaign, and the reluctance of the State Government to provide financial support for the upgrading program, the priority for TasWater must now be to fix the local water quality problems statewide.The lack of commitment of Commonwealth and state politicians to assist in funding TasWater’s 10-year infrastructure upgrade program is disappointing, particularly after t..

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• Hobart's Friday night rights

  

  HOBART has earned the right to host more prime time AFL games following the stunning success of this season’s fixture, outgoing North Melbourne chairman James Brayshaw says.A Blundstone Arena AFL record crowd of 17,844 turned up to see the historic first Tasmanian Friday night game on a chilly June night, following on from the 12,607 for the clash against Melbourne in round three.media_cameraNorth Melbourne chairman James Brayshaw. Picture: SARAH MATRAYBrayshaw, who will step down as North chair..

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• Watch for whales from the Green Cape lighthouse, Ben Boyd ...

  

  Watch for whales from the Green Cape lighthouse, Ben Boyd National ParkPenny HunterThe Australian12:00AM August 20, 2016Save It’s a perfect morning for whale spotting on the NSW south coast: barely a breath of wind, the sea an undisturbed pond. We’ve stood for a good 20 minutes in the pre-dawn chill at the Green Cape lookout, scanning the ocean for the telltale spray produced as a whale comes up for air, but to no avail. Then, just as the lure of hot tea and a warm hearth is drawing us back to o..

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• Mighty mare brings buzz back to track

  

  THE crowd began to mull around Winx’s raceday stall even before the champion mare had arrived on track for her comeback race at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Winx is the biggest drawcard in Australian racing and there was a real buzz trackside for her return in the Group 2 Warwick Stakes.She didn’t disappoint recording her 10th win in succession before a crowd of 9,135 — a healthy increase on the 7,463 which attended the meeting last year.PERFECT 10 FOR WINXWinx will have two more runs in Sydney th..

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• Updated team lists: Cowboys v Warriors

  

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