The News Review:
- Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race Update
- National road toll hits seven
- Take the slow road to Hobart
- Finalists announced for Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards
- Shearwater leads Three Peaks Race in Bass Strait
- Treasurer claims strong economy being shared by all
- Rachael Taylor enjoyed remaking the horror of Shutter
Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race Update
Sail World – Mar 21, 2008
Devonport sailor Phillip Marshall made an early move to defend the race trophy that he has held since 2005 passing race veteran Jeff Cordell?s Underwater Video Systems-Host Plus on the line to take honours in the sprint to the farewell beacons. Port Dalrymple Yacht Club sailor Nick Edmunds took pole position on the start line and made the most of the first wind shift to take Radford 14 Haphazard to an early lead. Cordell sailed tactically to close the gap by Garden Island and Marshall?s 9m catamaran Shearwater Pure Sprouts sailed low and fast to take the race lead at the Low Head lighthouse. The big catamarans struggled with the light air start with Bruce Arms? BWR Multihulls and Rob Tanner?s MicroHeat Bosch fighting for the wooden spoon award for the last boat to reach the heads.
National road toll hits seven
NEWS.com.au – Mar 21, 2008
article-tools –> By Julie Tullberg March 21 2008 03:28pm THE national Easter holiday road toll now stands at seven after deaths in Tasmania Western Australia and South Australia today and one in Perth yesterday. A motorcyclist died after a hit-and-run in Tasmania’s north-west this afternoon. Tasmania Police said a 49-year-old woman was knocked from her bike in Natone Road in Stowport about 12. Police said the woman was found dead at the scene. "A short time later police located a sedan and a 25-year-old man who was also believed to have been involved in the collision” a Tasmania Police spokesman said. "The man was treated for minor injuries (at a nearby hospital) and interviewed by police… Neither were wearing seatbelts police said. "The two men were thrown out of the car and then the car landed on top of the man that died” a police spokesman said. The two Tasmanian fatalities were the first Easter road toll deaths in the state since 2005. Meanwhile a woman died after the car she was travelling in hit a tree on the side of the South Western Highway in Western Australia’s south. The woman was found dead about 11. 30am (WDT) today next to the highway at Walpole about 400km south of Perth Western Australia Police said. In another Western Australian Easter fatality a 32-year-old man died after being thrown from his motorcycle into a cyclone fence in Perth’s north.
Take the slow road to Hobart
The Age – Mar 21, 2008
They glance at me pityingly – plodding along at ameandering pace – and leave me caught in their wake. Apart fromthem the road is empty until we hit the outskirts of the village. Believing the rumours about Tasmanian weather I’ve packed longtrousers fleece and long-sleeved shirts; I’ve stripped down to asinglet after 10 minutes on the bike. It turns out that the sungods live on this coast. Accommodation for the four days of the tour is in family roomsin backpacker hostels though there is an option for more upmarketsleeping arrangements. When we arrive at the St Helens Backpackers- a cute building with a comfortable family room – we change out ofour sweaty clothes and head off to the nearby pizza place fordinner. Trimboli’s turns out to be something of a local hot spotand there’s quite a crowd… With two daysleft in Hobart we’re completely hooked. We hire tandems and pedalmerrily all over the city: we’ve decided it’s the only way totravel. Kathryn Heyman travelled courtesy of Tourism Tasmania andIsland Cycle Tours. FAST FACTSIsland Cycle Tours runs custom family tours from $3500 for afamily of four for four days which covers private transportguide bike and helmet hire three nights’ accommodationbreakfasts and lunches national parks fees and entry to a wildlifepark. Luxury accommodation options are also available. We cycledabout 150km in total though the children probably cycled 60-70km. Phone (03) 6228 4255 or see.
Finalists announced for Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards
Global Surf News – Mar 21, 2008
The event is sponsored by Surfing Magazine Hawaiian Airlines and High Surf Accessories. For all details about the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards please see the website at billabongxxl. com The nominees for 2008 in alphabetical order: FIVE BILLABNG XXL RIDE F THE YEAR AWARD NMINEES (Surfer prize $50000 – Video prize $5000)Michael Brennan (Tasmania Australia) at Shipstern Bluff Tasmania on January 14 2008. (Video by Kendall ‘Brien)Carlos Burle (Rio de Janeiro Brazil) at Ghost Tree California on December 4 2007. (Video by Greg Browning)Shane Dorian (Kona Hawaii USA) at Teahupoo Tahiti on November 1 2007. (Video by Gustavo Camarao)Manoa Drollet (Tahiti French Polynesia) at Teahupoo Tahiti on November 1 2007. (Video by Gustavo Camarao)Ian Walsh (Paia Hawaii USA) at Teahupoo Tahiti on November 1 2007.
Shearwater leads Three Peaks Race in Bass Strait
Sail World – Mar 21, 2008
The three-times past winner of this combination of short-handed offshore sailing and endurance cross-country running and mountain climbing took the lead as she passed Low Head lighthouse at the mouth of the Tamar River. The 10-12 knot seabreeeze and ebbing tide suited the faster monohulls as they tacked down the river with Hobart yachtsman Jeff Cordell a veteran of 17 Three Peaks Races steering his Mumm36 Underwater Video Systems ?Host Plus from an excellent start and holding the lead as the fleet sailed past spectator-packed Garden Island. Another Hobart monohull the Andy Dovell-designed 36-footer Corelink CreativeIntention skippered by David Rees was close astern followed by the multihullsShearwater Pure Sprouts and Jailhouse Grill skippered by Don Kidd from Ulverstone and the Beauty Point yacht Haphazard skippered Nick Edmunds who has competed in every Tasmanian Three Peaks Race since its inception in 1989. Close astern of the leaders came Tamar Yacht Club Commodore Richard Fisher in his Beneteau 40.
Treasurer claims strong economy being shared by all
abc.net.au – Mar 21, 2008
Mr Aird says it’s also pleasing to note that long term unemployment has fallen in all regions of the state. “When we came into government there were about 8500 long term unemployed and there’s now 2800 long term unemployed” Mr Aird said. “Its a very strong indicator that the benefits of the economic recovery of Tasmania is being shared amongst those who previously would not have had an opportunity” he said. Tags: economic-trends unemployment the-budget tas Search for news.
Rachael Taylor enjoyed remaking the horror of Shutter
Providence Journal – Mar 21, 2008
She has to figure out what is real and what is not. ”Taylor’s work in Japan was just part of a trek she has been on for the past year. Her journey started with a move to Los Angeles from her small hometown of Launceston Tasmania. She almost immediately began work on the big-budget Transformers. Then she was whisked to Tokyo for Shutter. All of which has been good for her she says. With the travel and different cultures she believes she has changed grown and become a stronger person.