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In a special episode close to home, Jacqui sits down with her father, John Cooper, for a heartfelt conversation about family, farming, community, and life on Flinders Island.

From lighthouse keeping connections and King Island beginnings to the challenges of farming the outer islands, this episode captures the perseverance, humour, and quiet determination that shaped a generation.

With funding support from Circular North, the Furneaux Collective is excited to launch a series of Pop Up Repair Fairs across Flinders Island.

Before we throw it away, could we fix it? We're seeking local fixers, makers, menders and practical problem-solvers to share their skills, inspire others and help build a stronger culture of repair, reuse and community connection. We'd love to hear from you. 💛

From 4–7 May, the Furneaux Collective hosted Portals to Place, a gathering shaped around a simple but powerful question: how can communities shape their own future, on their own terms?

The conference brought together people from across Tasmania and beyond who are living, working and caring for isolated and special places.

In this episode of Latitude 40, Gwen Bailey shares a lifetime of island stories - of family, faith, hard work, and the love that carries us through life’s greatest joys and deepest losses.

Calling those interested in regenerative place based development, economic and community development and tourism profesionals

If you’re curious about how communities like ours are shaping their own future — you’re invited.

What begins as a visit becomes a life.

In the 1980s, Dawn Zelman chose to stay on Flinders Island — buying land at Lackrana, opening an art gallery, and even taking on a trial role cooking for 12 men on a cattle run to Hogan Island.