Parents and Partners - their journey with organ transplants

Stories of courage, resilience, love and support will be on show this September as people from across the south west Pacific gather at the Australian Transplant Games in Launceston. While the focus will be on recipients living life to the fullest, spare a thought for the close family friends who h…

Andrew Grubert - first time Games participant.

Andrew Grubert is about to realise a dream - to participate in the Australian Transplant Games. It's been a wait since 'covid' cancelled the event scheduled in Launceston several years ago. Andrew has set his sights on athletics and swimming events but is very cagey about his performance times --…

Harping for seven hours - Emily Sanzaro

A hightlight of the Junction Arts Festival 2026 has got to be a harp marathon. It's the idea of Emily Sanzaro to play a "mix-tape" of music from the five decades in her life. Starting with the present decade, Emily will play the harp and sing along to her favourite music for seven hours. A "Butl…

Mariners Muse 2026 part 2

As part of the fringe of the Tassie Scallop Fiesta at Bridport, the popular Mariners Muse story-telling session featured again this year. For over two hours, it is a panel of diverse speakers telling their tales of involvement with the sea. In this second part and closer to home, marine biologist…

Mariner Muse 2026 pt 1

As part of the fringe of the Tassie Scallop Fiesta at Bridport, the popular Mariners Muse story-telling session featured again this year. For over two hours, it is a panel of diverse speakers telling their tales of involvement and affinity with the sea. In the first part this year, it was the rec…

Donate Life - Tasmania Cares

Organ transplants required a team of dedicated professionals to prepare and care for for people undertaking the transplant journey. At the Launceston General Hospital Renal Services, Lisa & Anna care for renal patients in Northern Tasmania who have had or are requiring a transplant due to kidney f…

100 years on - Launceston plans to celebrate the great flood

Inveresk in Launceston is not known as 'The Swamp' for nothing. So many stories just float to the top. Helene Boyer's book "On The Swamp" details many stories of people known affectionally as swampies. Through the thousands of years, the North Esk has regularly flooded to make it a fertile area, …

Donate Life - A Family Affair

When four year old Henry Barrett was extremely ill, his family made a courageous decision. On his death, Henry donated his organs so others could live a normal life. Long before Henry joined the family, his parents had already discussed the possibility of themselves being organ donors..... but fo…

2026 Australian Transplant Games - Launceston

For the first time, Tasmania is hosting the Australian Transplant Games and Launceston is getting ready to make them the best yet. The local organising committee is powering ahead to ensure participants and families have the best adventure. One of the local committee is Mark Brewer, a veteran of …

JOHN WEST Memorial Lecture 2026 - Queenborough Cemetery

In this year’s John West Memorial Lecture, Archeologist Brad Williams provides an overview of his team's work with the former Queenborough Cemetery exhumations and reburials 2024-25… and the stories of history sometimes forgotten. The project involved the exhumation of nearly two thousand individu…