In 1951, an English couple moved with their four children to a remote island in Bass Strait, off north-west Tasmania, to build a life far from mainland routines. John and Eleanor Alliston settled on Three Hummock Island, a roadless landscape where supplies, transport and communication were difficult, and daily life depended heavily on self-reliance.

John and Bev O’Brien left Sydney in search of a different way of living, and in 2009, that search took them to Three Hummock Island, a remote State Reserve off Tasmania’s…

In 1951, an English couple moved with their four children to a remote island in Bass Strait, off north-west Tasmania, to build a life far from mainland routines. John and Eleanor…