Australian Wooden Boat Festival

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Australian Wooden Boat Festival
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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).

  • 2005 - 40,000 visitors (450 boats)
  • 2011 - 160,000 visitors (650 boats)
  • 2013 - 200,000 visitors (650 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
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