mountain biking flinders island views

Recently I had the absolute pleasure of being a guinea pig for new island business Mountain Biking Flinders Island. We completed the Ride Strz track, which follows the southern coast of Flinders, in the shadow of Mt Strzelecki.  (Top tip: the mountain is pronounced “Strezlecki”. The name is of Polish origin 🙂

Read more
cape barren goose linocut

Mel Telfer: Flinders Island artist & maker This is the first in a series of posts about the artists and makers on Flinders Island.  Please indulge me as I introduce myself as the first maker! Tell us a little about yourself: My partner grew up on Flinders and always wanted to come home again. When […]

Read more
mt strzelecki whitemark flinders island tasmania

Like all of us, The Purple Swamphen continually grows & changes. The past four years have seen lots of tweaks and adjustments to the Swamphen’s look, both in store and online. This new website is a great example of that!  Massive thanks to Sammi Gowthorp at WhirldWeb for her tech help and encouragement in getting […]

Read more