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Creek to Coast – Tacoma

Creek to Coast: The Haldane brothers and the beginning of tuna fishing in Port Lincoln 8th June 2019 Tuna fishing in Port Lincoln, where it all began. This is a story about three young men who had a dream — not a little dream, but a big dream — and being young and fearless, they made their …

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Society taking tuna to market

Port Lincoln Times: Society taking tuna to market 20th March 2017 The Tacoma Preservation Society is hoping to branch out with its tourism trips by offering Adelaide shoppers a taste of South Australian tuna. For the first time the society supplied an Adelaide supermarket with tuna caught during its February/March tuna poling trips. A three-day …

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Pontoon space should be for all

Pontoon space should be for all Port Lincoln Times, 17th January 2017 THE Port Lincoln City Council will ask the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure for a three month extension to the closing date of proposal requests, due on January 31, for the waterway next to the Marina Hotel. In December last year the department issued a request …

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Tacoma program raises $15,000

Tacoma program raises $15,000 Port Lincoln Times, 21st July 2016 MORE than $15,000 has been raised for local charities over the past three years through the Tacoma Preservation Society’s charity program. Secretary Leonie Sawyer said groups that had benefited from the program included Meals on Wheels, the National Servicemen’s Association, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, …

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Tacoma history shared across state

Tacoma history shared across state Port Lincoln Times, 14th June 2016 The story of Port Lincoln’s historic tuna boat, the MFV Tacoma, will be featured this weekend on SALIFE television. Presenter Briony Hume said she loved visiting Eyre Peninsula and was fascinated to learn about the Tacoma and its “surprisingly difficult and sad history” on …

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“Young Men and the Sea”

Young Men and the Sea Great Ocean Quarterly, 2014 Stroll the boardwalk of any fishing hamlet and it’s hard not to reflect on past times: boats arriving with salty fishermen, rusty hooks and fish scales drying in the sun. Canvas drumming in the wind, bending to the heavy air of southern chill; wet, cold salt …

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