Launceston’s Country Club is undergoing a massive makeover with the goal of becoming Tasmania’s ‘golfing mecca’. The club are planning to spend over $5 million to upgrade the facilities, including a new state-of-the-art driving range and minigolf course. In a bid to draw locals and golf enthusiasts from all over the country, the Country Club say […]
Fri Aug 4, 2023 - 6:00amA young Tasmanian man who befriended a stranger on a Saturday night out in Launceston before robbing and stabbing him has been sentenced to home detention. 20-year-old Austin Cornish will spend the next 10 months at home for committing aggravated armed robbery and wounding in June 2022. Cornish had pled guilty to the charges at […]
Fri Aug 4, 2023 - 5:00amTasmania’s popular Party in the Paddock music festival will be returning in 2024 for a bumper four-day extravaganza. The festival will take place at Quercus Park in Carrick, 17km west of Launceston, from the 8th to the 11th of February next year. Organisers say the festival has come a long way in its eleven years, […]
Fri Aug 4, 2023 - 4:00amAnimal rights activists are calling for a proper investigation into the alleged animal mistreatment and neglect at a property owned by a leading Tasmanian greyhound trainer. Drone footage released by Animal Liberation Tasmania – labelled as “deeply disturbing” by Greens Leader Rosalie Woodruff – shows “greyhounds living in appalling conditions” at a property owned by […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 5:00pmAn unnamed Huon Valley hotel has been fined for allegedly supplying a young, 15-year-old teenager with alcohol. The licensee of the licensed premises was fined $2,923, while a staff member at the hotel received a $970 fine and an adult friend of the youth received a $190 fine. Kingston Inspector Colin Riley said the infringements were issued […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 3:30pmA woman and a toddler have been pulled from their ‘sinking car’ after crashing into the Tamar River this morning. The car entered the water near the Tailrace Centre in Riverside at around 10:30am, with the woman calling 000 for help shortly after. Inspector Craig Fox said emergency services were quick to the scene, rescuing the […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 2:39pmAfter over 10 years of hard work, a mainland Tasmanian devil breeding program has welcomed the birth of its 500th joey. Aussie Ark’s Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary in New South Wales found the Milestone devil during a recent regular pouch inspection. The parks managing director Liz Gabriel said “each individual baby is so precious, so to reach […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 1:00pmLaunceston’s famous Kombi van on the rooftop of the Red Herring surf store has been removed after two decades – “and she’s not coming back”. Store Manager Anthony Wilson told Pulse the decision to remove the shell of the iconic van, which is currently in a “state of disrepair”, was ‘not made lightly’. “We did […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 11:49amPolice are on the hunt for a schoolyard squatter who was reportedly found living in an abandoned building at a Tasmanian primary school. The individual, believed to be homeless, had turned an empty Geeveston Primary School building into their hideout, which local parents discovered – alongside equipment allegedly used to administer drugs. In a statement, Geeveston […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 9:35amA Tasmanian woman has been left shocked after cracking open nine double-yolked eggs – a ‘one in one octillion’ occurrence. Elise Cleary said she made the extraordinary find in Valley Brook Free Range Tasmanian eggs that she bought from the supermarket. After cracking three double-yolked eggs for breakfast on Friday and again yesterday morning, Cleary […]
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