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Riley Wilson

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 21, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Age
Top 10K sites
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Riley Wilson

    The Australian town that turned a sorry past into a thriving present (opens the original)

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    The tufts of white bobbing through the blue sky above New Norfolk, a 40-minute drive from Hobart, are not unseasonable summer snowflakes but rather the seed pods of the willow trees that punctuate this River Derwent town. At Arthur Square, they fly over Saturday market stallholders, who gather with trinkets and handmade treasures, en route to The Agrarian Kitchen, spread over two hectares in the complex that was once Tasmania’s only psychiatric hospital. Established in 1807 by evacuees from Norf

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Riley Wilson

    Leather recliners, pet-friendly cabins: First look at new Spirit of Tasmania (opens the original)

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    Captain Doug Harrower has been at the helm of the Spirit of Tasmania for 14 years. His eyes sparkle when we pass on Deck 5 of the long-awaited Spirit IV, which will make waves when it welcomes passengers from October 31 following a three-year build. “The Spirit I and II were fantastic ships, but we’ve outgrown those, and we now have these modern ships that we’re very much looking forward to getting back and forth across the Bass Strait,” he says. The new ships were purpose-built to reflect decad

  3. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Riley Wilson

    On a trip to a remote island with Dad, I saw history repeating – in the best way (opens the original)

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    “Riles, check out this one.” I’m crouching over a rockpool. A mangled, tumbled conch is thrust into my sightline. My father looks pleased with his find, a sunbleached coil that barely resembles the shell it once was. “I’ve always preferred the inside of shells to the outside,” Dad says, turning it over. “Isn’t it incredible that a creature builds all of this around themselves?” We keep combing the pocked, tessellated shore of Picnic Island, a one-hectare seabird rookery and private rustic luxury

  4. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Riley Wilson

    The anti-bullet train: Rugged Aussie rail journey where the top speed is 20km/h (opens the original)

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    As I nibble on paprika-crusted walnuts from inside the West Coast Wilderness Railway’s heated premium carriage on the Queenstown stretch of Tasmania’s 130-year-old train line, I estimate that the deluge pounding our steam train and the surrounding cold-climate rainforest must be inching near the three-metre annual average. We’ve not yet departed Queenstown Station, which houses the railway’s ticket centre, cafe, museum and workshop for the eight-strong fleet of locomotives, but the team is busy

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