Sarah Aitken

Jan 13, 2025 | abc.net.au | Mel Bush |Sarah Aitken

Judy Tierney Letter to myself. No postage required. My mind flits in and out of its kaleidoscopic and often chaotic encasing. 'Sit down or I'll spray you', my wonderful partner Phil tells me. I'm trying. I have been for years. Well, try harder, Judy. Just try harder. I wish I had a stop button. For God's sake, woman, you're 81. Pretty irrelevant, really. So much still to do. Procrastination is the thief of time. How can this be this me? Remember at the age of eight?

Dec 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Sarah Aitken

Tasmanian aurora chaser and author Margaret Sonnemann says a Steve is an aurora-like structure, first discovered in Tasmania in 1864 by astronomer Francis Abbott.  Steve stands for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. "It's what we've begun to call a sub-auroral form," Ms Sonnemann tells ABC Hobart Breakfast's Jo Spargo. "Steve has been around as long as we've known about auroras.

Nov 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Sarah Aitken

Nick Nairn-Smith is one of two Tasmanians who have been named in the top 10 finalists for Australian Surf Photo of the Year. His spectacular photo shows Dan Ross surfing a huge wave at Tasmania's remote big wave spot Shipstern Bluff. Mr Nairn-Smith, of Cremorne, describes getting the shot as 10 foot sets rolled over him and having to swim to shore in the evening because someone had taken his bodyboard, thinking he was no longer in the water.

Nov 15, 2024 | abc.net.au | Mel Bush |Sarah Aitken

The season is turning and it's time to reconsider how much you are watering your garden. Gardening expert Greg Karin joins Mel Bush to give advice and suggestions on everything from lemon tree leaves losing their lustre to glow worm larvae and stunted mulberry and plum fruits as the heat comes to Tasmania.

Nov 14, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Sarah Aitken

Tasmanian ceramicist Jane Bamford creates homes for little penguins to nest in, working alongside scientists to help secure local populations. Her beautiful and practical work has been recognised with an award in Japan. And as she tells Jo Spargo on Hobart Breakfast, she is now also involved in helping Hobart's tiny handfish find a home of their own. Jane BamfordThey're a stoneware clay and I make, I hand build them. And so I, they're sort of coiled build. So I start at the bottom.