Every town has a story. This bold new Huon Valley podcast project takes you on a journey like no other. The Huon Valley Council has partnered with storytelling tech company Storytowns, to produce new audio tours and a revolutionary experience for travellers. Simply download the app and tune in while podcast hosts guide travellers through…

Arad tells his story of being an indigenous person in Iran, becoming a refugee and his journey to Australia. He has made a home in the Huon Valley in Tasmania, even though his visa status remains temporary.

Ross Smithard began playing the violin when he was 12. He had some classical tuition but says it only became fun when he joined a bush band at 15. He worked at an agricultural research institute in New South Wales and music was his hobby. In 1975 in his hometown of Wagga Wagga he played…

Rasa Jangala caused a sensation at the recent Cygnet Folk Festival when the seven-year-old took to the stage and performed his original pieces Good as Green and The Lego Song. ‘I wrote Good as Green because I care about saving the environment,’ Rasa says. Creating music and poetry brings him joy and simply makes him…

Born in a small village in Japan, Montz Matsumoto started to learn bluegrass banjo from the age of 15. ‘When I was young I romanticised about American culture and that’s where the fascination for the banjo came from,’ Montz says. He also explains that the banjo is similar to the shamisen, a Japanese three-stringed plucked…

Rose Wilson runs choir classes in the Huon Valley and is passionate about encouraging people to sign up. ‘I think many people carry around cultural baggage about singing,’ she says. ‘They’ve been told that they can’t sing. As young children, we sing and skip along quite joyfully, but that idea can soon be knocked out…