Blackmans Bay couple Barrie and Luise Townsend are celebrating 65 years of marriage on Thursday, November 7 with a special lunch at Crowne Plaza. The pair first met at a youth camp in Camp Clayton, Ulverstone where they were instantly smitten with each other."I was a farmer near Burnie and she was an office girl in Launceston," Barrie said of their first encounter.Two years after they met Barrie...
Middleton resident Jess Knight was in for a big surprise when she discovered her botanical installation titled Deep Textural had won the Sculpture Prize."I'm quite new to it," Jess said of her sculpture-making."I have a background in nursery work, farm work and market gardening, so I'm more of a gardener than an artist, but there's a bit of an overlap."Gardening can be pretty creative."Jess has...
