• The Mercury Ten Events Shaping Tasmania's History launch
  http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,22125212-3462,00.html
  
  
• The Advocate Ten Events Shaping Tasmania's History launch
  http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/
  
  
• Maria Island National Park (including details about the ferry)
  http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/natparks/maria/index.html
  
  
• Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
  http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/
  
  
• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Summary and Statistics
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race
  
  
• Afloat magazine Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: 1945 - 2001 review September 2002 http://www.afloat.com.au(this link will open a .pdf document)
  
  
• Looking for somewhere to stay in Hobart? Why not try Mayfair on Carvell! http://www.mayfaironcavell.com

Images:



Author Michael Ludeke with the Tasmanian Premier,
Paul Lennon MHA, after the launch of Ten Events Shaping
Tasmania's History at Parliament House in Hobart on 23 July 2007.



Michael Ludeke speaking at the launch of Ten Events Shaping
Tasmania's History with wife, Deb, MC Noel Cashion,
and Tasmanian Premier, Paul Lennon, looking on.



Federal member for Lyons, Dick Adams MP, launches the second
edition of Tasmania's Maria Island: A Comprehensive History and Visitor's Guide
on 5 November 2005 at the Eastcoaster Resort, Louisville



Michael with Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race co-founder, Peter Luke, on 11 July 2002
at Angus and Robertson in Sydney. Peter launched Michael's second book
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: 1945 - 2001.
Peter Luke passed away on 23 September 2007 aged 92, the last of the skippers from the inaugural 1945 race.



Mount Bishop and Clerk looms with the Commissariat Store,
now the visitor information centre, in the foreground.
The building was completed in 1825 and is the oldest on Maria Island.



The beautiful Darlington Bay has always been
the main entrance point for Maria Island over many different eras.



The Darlington "quadrangle" with the penitentiary at the back
and the coffee palace at the front where the 208 separate
apartment convict cells once stood



Mount Bishop and Clerk overlooks Fossil Bay and
the incredible Fossil Cliffs



The wonderful sandstone Painted Cliffs
just south of Darlington on Maria Island



Historical ruins in Darlington on Maria Island




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