“Gusty thunderstorms” are expected to smash Tasmania’s west coast and southwest tonight as a “fast-moving cold front” sweeps across the state. The warning, issued by the BOM shortly after 6pm, is forecasting severe thunderstorms likely to produce damaging winds over the next several hours. Strahan, Queenstown, Strathgordon, Zeehan and Rosebery may be affected. 8pm, Saturday […]
Tasmania’s newest Bass Strait passenger, vehicle and freight ship has officially been named and launched at a ceremony held at the shipbuilders yard in Finland. Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) launched the Spirit of Tasmania IV on Friday night Tasmanian time, a moment Chairman Michael Grainger said he was “delighted to witness”. “Both Spirit of Tasmania […]
Environmentalists across Tasmania have been left ‘outraged’ after a centuries-old native tree was driven through Hobart as part of a series of large trees being removed from the state’s southern forests. The tree shown in the “horror image” was ‘nearly 3 metres in diameter’ and was seen on a Victorian-plated log haulage truck around the […]
Example images showing just what the potential future home of Tasmania’s new AFL club could look like have been revealed. The design by global architectural design firm Populous, which specialises in sports facilities, arenas and convention centres, shows a space that will be built to a standard that is “consistent with the majority of other AFL club […]
An international visitor in Tasmania from the UK has been praised for helping an elderly neighbour escape her smoke-filled home in Launceston. Charlotte Fink was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation and a Launceston Fire Brigade commemorative medallion for pulling the sleeping 98-year-old resident from her Youngtown house by the Tasmania Fire Service. Fink noticed smoke […]
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