Ben Dunk and Tim Paine put on 143 for the fifth wicket to help Tasmania out of a hole on day one of the Sheffield Shield match against NSW at Bellerive.
Coming together at 4-118, the two keeper/batsmen steered the home side to 6-299 at stumps after skipper Paine won the toss and elected to bat.
Dunk hit 14 boundaries in his 89, while Paine cracked 10 fours and six in his 78.
Luke Butterworth will resume on 15 and Evan Gulbis seven.
For the Blues, Sean Abbott (2-56) and Gurinder Sandhu (2-66) bagged two wickets apiece, while a fired-up Doug Bollinger (1-72) bowled without luck.
Queensland discard Dunk has proved the perfect fix-it man for a Tigers outfit disrupted by international duty for George Bailey and James Faulkner.
The 26-year-old notched his fifth half-century of the Shield season before he chopped Sandhu on at 5-261.
Paine looked set to post just his second first class ton but cut a Trent Copeland ball straight to Abbott at point with the score 6-283.
The 28-year-old had fought a rugged battle with Bollinger, who struck the former Test gloveman and had him nicking through the slips twice with the second new ball.
Paine replied with three straight pull shots for a six and two boundaries before surrendering meekly to Copeland.
Young gun Jordan Silk could not continue the form that has earned him two hundreds this season and was caught at gully for 14 chasing a wide Bollinger ball at 1-25.
Former Test opener Ed Cowan’s good form looked set to continue but he pulled one straight to deep square leg off Sandhu and was out for 25 at 2-70.
The Tigers lost Mark Cosgrove (31) and Alex Doolan (30) in quick succession after lunch to be 4-118 before Dunk and Paine mounted their rescue mission.