Our Story, Our Future
What began as a conversation has become a movement.
Almost six years ago, we gathered in rooms, around tables, with hearts open and ideas flowing. With guidance from Todd Babiak and the Brand Tasmania team, we began exploring a question that felt both bold and deeply rooted: What makes our way of life so unique - and how do we protect, celebrate, and share it in a way that stays true to us?
From those early workshops, a powerful story began to emerge - not one crafted by consultants or shaped by trends, but one grounded in our own voices. It was a story about belonging, resilience, and the quiet strength of community. The Islander Way.
Then came a shift in perspective after the COVID Pandemic. The Tasmanian Government supported a Regenerative Tourism initiative for the Island. When Dianne Dredge and Sarah Lebski joined the journey, they challenged us to rethink tourism entirely - not as a transaction, but as a relationship. They introduced us to regenerative principles, where the health of our community and ecosystems came first, and where visitors can become contributors, not consumers.
Fast forward four years: The Islander Way has evolved beyond just a tourism initiative - it has become a collective commitment to living more consciously, regeneratively, and with community at its heart.
Now, with support once again from the Tasmanian Government, we’re proud to step into the next chapter: the launch of the Furneaux Collective.
This is more than a name. It’s a platform for change. It’s a declaration of who we are and how we choose to work - together, across sectors and islands, with creativity, care, and courage. A collective built on trust, shaped by lived experience, and powered by the belief that small, remote communities can lead big ideas.
We’ll keep holding space for real conversations. We’ll keep challenging the status quo. We’ll keep exploring ways to live and lead that honour our people, our culture, and this extraordinary place we call home.
This is only the beginning.
Onwards we go.