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From Sea Scout to Master of the Lady Nelson
Posted on June 9, 2014 2 Comments
[To leave a comment or reply go to box at the end of the page] Brian Hodgson is a volunteer master for the replica brig Lady Nelson and has many years’ maritime experience under his belt. I met Brian on my last visit to Tasmania, where he offered me the great honour of taking the […]
COMMAND: the watershed book
Posted on May 23, 2014 4 Comments
A regular feature looking back on each of the Kydd titles – with story background, research highlights, writing challenges and more. In this book, newly commissioned Commander Kydd is thrilled at his first command, a little brig sloop called Teazer – but when peace is declared he finds himself on the beach Watershed book In […]
The Restoration of the Admiral
Posted on March 30, 2014 4 Comments
[To leave a comment or reply go to box at the end of the page] Knowing of my love for traditional wooden boats my father-in-law recently sent me a fascinating little volume edited by Graeme Broxam about the history, recovery and restoration of Admiral, Tasmania’s (possibly Australia’s) oldest commercial boat, now returned to fully operational […]
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