Tasman Bridge over the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)

Hold me now, Oh hold me now
'Til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land

It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away...

Lyrics from Van Diemen's Land 
by U2

Tasman Bridge spanning the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)

"In memory of those who died.

In recognition of those who were affected.

In acknowledgement of those who assisted.

The Tasmanian Community remembers the Tasman Bridge disaster of 5 January 1975"

Plaque in the Tasmanian Bridge

Bowen Bridge over Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)

My point of reference is this summer slope
these paddocks stacked like long plates of bread;
and at day's end, the black loaves of the hills
I am back in Hobart after years away
visiting remembered, holy places:
grey boulders in a small suburban creek,
the leopart spotted plane trees in the square.
The permanence of places does not recede;
the spiritual sky, the unencumbered air.

Poem Back in Hobart

Vivian Smith