Members are urged to see this incredible account of the May Queen to celebrate her 150th year on our waters. Guild members Bill Foster, Adrian Dean, John Wedd, Charles Burns and Julie Porter together with their tall ship Rhona H all feature in the movie. Local ABC announcer Chris Wisbey does an incredible task by…
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A day at Port Cygnet
Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania Rowing/visit day Sunday 24 September 2017. Roscoe Barnett emailed to suggest that since the Maori Lass was in the Gardeners Bay Boat Shed fronting Port Cygnet, having work done the Guild might like to make a visit. As it turned out the Gardeners Bay Boat Shed is the former Wilson…
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WBGT visit to the Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration, Bruny Island 27/8/2017
Today we visited, thanks to Charles and Julie, the Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration at Adventure Bay Bruny Island. It was great to be back in this gem of a community museum that truly captures the history of the finding and naming of Van Dieman's Land. [caption id="attachment_3822" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Meeting and coffee at Mermaid…
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Flood repairs at Lil Swanee
2016 saw Tasmania hit by heavy flooding. In particular Allister Martin on the Swanport River in SE Tasmania was flooded and lost fencing and his boat launching facilities. The WBGT decided to make this year's January event one to support Allister in getting his property back into shape. Members helped pick up driftwood that knocked…
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Logos
There has been some discussion about adapting the Guild's logo to work better with the new website design. Below are some thoughts: Current logo: Suggestions. Colours could be changed to others, for example the blue. Option 1: Option 2: Option 3:
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