The News Review:
- Sea Level at Port Arthur Tasmania
- Tasmania punching above its weight
- The cloud aids solo rowing bid
Sea Level at Port Arthur Tasmania
C2 Science Magazine
The sea level at Port Arthur Tasmania from 1841 to the present. Geophysical Research Letters 30: 10. BackgroundThe authors write that “on 1 July 1841 a sea level benchmark was struck on a small cliff on the Isle of the Dead near the penal settlement of Port Arthur Tasmania.
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Tasmania punching above its weight
Daily Telegraph
At last check there were just under 500000 Tasmanians which means that there is one for every 42 people who call themselves Australian. So it is a little curious to discover that three of the 15 Australians in the cricket squad in South Africa hail from the island state. Tasmania’s Brett Geeves arrived yesterday as cover for the injured Sydney boy Doug Bollinger. Geeves will no doubt be welcomed into the rooms by state teammate Ben Hilfenhaus. The new boy might bring news of home he may arrive with a little bottle or two of Cascade or Boags which they can share as they talk of home family and things Tasmanian. Captain Ricky Ponting may join in. He is a Tasmanian even though he rarely sets foot there these days.
The cloud aids solo rowing bid
BBC News
The 18000 mile (29000 km) journey which set off from Tasmania in January will take between 18 and 22 months to complete. Thanks to the cloud a whole host of web-based services means the world is able to keep up with liver Hicks. “E-mail is my daily lifeline” Mr Hicks told BBC News. “It is the highlight of my day where I really look forward to hearing from friends and family and from people following me. It helps break the grinding monotony of the day.