Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Hobart 2013
Website australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival (MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival) is a biennial event held in Hobart Tasmania celebrating wooden boats. It is held concurrently with the Royal Hobart Regatta. The festival celebrates wooden boats of all sizes including wooden canoes, kayaks and dinghies as well as yachts and tall ships.[1]


The First Australian Wooden Boat Festival was held in 1994 (180 boats).

Planning for the next Australian Wooden Boat Festival, 6- 9 February 2015, is well underway. [2][3]

2015 ships

The HM Bark Endeavour Replica is a major feature of each festival.[4] Other vessels that attend include the Julie Burgess, the last blue-gum fishing ketch,[5] the HMS Lady Nelson replica, Windeward Bound and the James Craig.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au/ Australian Wooden Boat Festival Web site
  2. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-08/wooden-boat-bonanza/4509258
  3. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-08/wood-boat-flotilla-arrives/4509350
  4. ↑ Mounster, Bruce (14 January 2015). "Endeavour replica bound for Hobart for Wooden Boat Festival". The Mercury. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Heading set for Hobart". The Advocate. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "FEATURE VESSELS". australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au. Australian Wooden Boat Festival. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 42°53′07″S 147°20′04″E / 42.88528°S 147.33444°E / -42.88528; 147.33444

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