Floating classroom celebrates half a century

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:01 PM EDT

Article Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tasmania's only floating classroom is marking 50 years on the water.

The 13.5 metre Penghana is named after a West Coast settlement that was destroyed by fire in the late 1800s.

The solid double-ender of celery top pine was built on Hobart's eastern shore and originally used for crayfishing.

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