Part memoir and part story of how a community came together and stopped a pulp mill being built in Tasmania's Tamar Valley.
For 12 years Tasmanians steadfastly opposed the building of a pulp mill in the Tamar Valley. The campaign was long and hard and took its tioll, but the community won it. This book is their story.
It's said funerals can be an occasion when people learn more about a person they may only have known in a single conext. John Ball's inteests were many and varied and it's likely the packed service reflected this. We all hope to be remembered for living a good life. John could certainly claim that.
When the final draft is complete the next stage is finding a publisher. Then there will be a need for a structural edit. That's when the real work starts.
The occasion was a sad one, but a chance meeting and conversation meant clarifying a memory and ultimately strengthening a chapter - even if it involved a significant re-write.
Part memoir of an accidental activist, and part chronicle of a community's campaign to stop a pulp mill from polluting their valley. The end of the long and winding writing road ihas almost been reached.
Don't despair is Thomas Mayo's message to all those who voted Yes in the 2023 referendum for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. Another is to review the accepted history of Australia. It was far more brutal than most Australians realise. But now is a time to look forward and Mayo has suggestions on how to go about doing this.
Opposition to the proposed third stadium has divided the state. Again.
Tasmanians are split over the need for a third stadium as the price for finally having an AFL team, and it's Macquarie Point location is also controversial.
The finish line is close and attention is turning to possible publishers to approach.
Nearing the finish line about how a community stopped a pulp mill, and my part in the campaign.
The end is in sight with only a couple of chapters still to write so need to keep on keeping on.