This video shows the journey of the Te Rapunga from a suburban back yard in Auckand, New Zealand to the Denman Marine restoration yard in Hobart, Tasmania.
More Bruny Island Journal
Travelling to South Bruny Island
If you live on an island you may as well enjoy the journey, because getting here is just a fact of life, as it has been for generations of people who have called Bruny Island home
Introducing—Our Amazing 'Mornington Peninsula' Escape
Nestled in one of Australia's most popular National Parks and surrounded by its 4,400 acres of native forest, resides a mainland nature escape like no other.
Wanderlust, George Dibbern and the Voyage of Te Rapunga
In 1930 a small wooden boat set sail for unknown adventures. This might not in itself be remarkable; however, this was a journey that was eventually to lead from Kiel in Germany to Bruny Island, Tasmania.
Fixing the Cat-astrophe!
It’s a well-known fact that feral cats have contributed to the extinction of several Australian bird and mammal species, whilst threatening the existence of many more.