A local’s guide to Launceston: ‘Harvest Market on a Saturday morning is 100% part of the culture’

Youthful yet early rising, Launceston has a great mix of nature, food culture and even a colony of monkeys, says Will Horan, head brewer and founder of Du Cane Brewing

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Launceston is on the traditional lands of the Palawa people. Locals all spell the town’s abbreviated name “Launnie”. You get to know everyone really quickly here; it’s such a great size. So many people I meet didn’t grow up here, so there’s a sense they chose it. They’re committed.