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South Arm Living History
a blog on the hidden places and history of South Arm, Tasmania
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South Arm Christmas
For many South Arm/Opossum Bay children Christmas will be forever associated with the sound of sirens blaring as Santa would somehow...
South Arm Jetties
Up until the first jetties were built in the area, farmers would pile their goods on raised heaps of stones in the shallow bays while the...
Paradise Peninsula
When the makers of the board game Monopoly released their World Edition of the popular game they were wise to have not included South Arm...
South Arm - First Hand
If you have lived in the Peninsula for long enough you might take for granted the drive across the Neck, the way there is a beach for...
South Arm "Sea Sparkles"
"One quiet night in a hotel/motel in the centre of Hobart ... some lovely travelers from Asia arrived. They were very excited to be in...
Fishing
Fishing has always been a big part of life in the South Arm Peninsula. For those new arrivals in South Arm there were fish the likes of...
Betsey Island
Is Betsey Island part of the South Arm Peninsula? For the Moomairremener people there was no question. Betsey Island was a veritable...
Our South Arm
If you're lucky growing up you'll find a place where imagination rules the day, where cities can be created among trees, you can build...
Spring Beach
Beachwear in 1914 may be a little different to today but it was still just as important to those who visited South Arm to enjoy the...
The Golden Pot
"Extra, Extra"... the Mercury newspaper proclaimed in February 1862... "Important Discovery of a goldfield. The Reward of £20,000...
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