Memories of Tasmania's West Coast is a pictorial journey through the construction of the West Coast road, the Great Lake road to Bronte, the Tarraleah road, and the Queenstown to Zeehan road, now all highways.
Roy Dean's personal reminiscences of the Shannon Rise — one of the most celebrated fly fishing events of the 20th century, and a phenomenon that made Tasmania's Central Plateau famous among serious trout anglers worldwide. The Shannon Rise occurred on summer evenings on the Shannon River near Great Lake in Tasmania's Central Highlands, when vast numbers of trout would rise simultaneously to take the evening hatch — creating fishing conditions that veteran anglers described as unlike anything found anywhere else in the world.
The story of Mick Burles — a battling Launceston horse trainer — and The Cleaner, the gelding he began working with at Launceston's Mowbray racecourse in February 2011. What followed was one of Australian racing's better underdog stories.

