DAEL ALLISON: " ... Pete Hay. He's a wonderful environmentalist, he's a wonderful poet, he's a passionate promoter and defender of Tasmania and of the arts and I just feel so blessed that he came and launched this for me, especially as an hour and a half ago I was thinking, where the bloody hell is he? I was sending out messages to Cameron saying you might have to do this and then I got a phone call saying 'Oh I'm in Campbelltown, I'll be there in an hour.... ' :)"

Dael Allison: Tasmanian Poetry Festival, October 2012