Snow has blanketed kunanyi / Mt Wellington this morning, sending tourists and locals into a Sunday morning frenzy. The gates on Pinnacle Road have been closed at The Springs, while council work to clear a safe path to the summit. According to the City of Hobart, snow-chasers will need to walk for ‘around 3km’ to […]
Sun Jul 9, 2023 - 11:45amA young Hobart learner driver who was caught riding at 150km/h on the Brooker Highway told police he was ‘in a rush’ to get home. The motorcyclist, while overtaking vehicles and weaving through traffic on the highway, was clocked at 150km/h in an 80km/h zone by Police in an unmarked car on February 1 at […]
Sun Jul 9, 2023 - 10:56amA drunk man who crashed his car after allegedly fleeing from Police, who had pulled him over on the Midland Highway this afternoon, has been charged. Senior Sergeant John Parker said a concerted motorist alerted Police to the man around 3:15pm on Saturday, with officer intercepting him in Oatlands shortly after. “Whilst officers were obtaining […]
Sat Jul 8, 2023 - 7:49pmLocals and tourists are being urged to take precautions and prepare for ‘unpredictable weather conditions’ before hiking up Hobart’s kunanyi/Mount Wellington this winter. The warning comes after a surge in rescue operations, with a shuttle bus service assisting over 90 clueless walkers in the past month alone. Jonathon Gregory, the managing director of the bus […]
Sat Jul 8, 2023 - 11:30amSATURDAY 11AM: Fallen trees have caused several power outages across Northern Tasmania this morning. Power remains off for many around the Bellingham and Weymouth areas and will stay that way until Saturday afternoon, TasNetworks say. Near Devonport, The Latrobe Council have reduced Moorland Beach road to a single lane due to a tree of ‘significant size’ […]
Sat Jul 8, 2023 - 11:29amA breathtaking property in Primrose Sands has been sold – within just one week of hitting the market and for an impressive amount of cash. The 24-hectare lot at 1 Falcon Street fetched a staggering $1.45 million, over half a million more than its last transaction price. Listing agent Nick Cowley from Harrison Agents told […]
Sat Jul 8, 2023 - 9:00amTasmanians have been left reeling after losing a staggering amount of money to scammers. In the first five months of 2023 alone, scammers managed to swindle over $3.5 million from unsuspecting Tasmanians. These alarming figures were reported by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch data. Across Australia as a whole, scammers took a whopping […]
Sat Jul 8, 2023 - 8:06amResearchers from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) have made a groundbreaking discovery off Tasmania’s coast, recently capturing two of oldest Striped Trumpeter ever recorded. These findings, ranking among the top five oldest ‘Stripeys’ in IMAS’s database since 1990, shed light on the remarkable longevity of these iconic fish. Using the IMAS Tassie […]
Sat Jul 8, 2023 - 5:00amA fleet of new ‘mini’ mobile speed cameras have hit Tasmania’s streets, as the State Government continues its crackdown on speeding and mobile phone use. The new cameras are significantly smaller than the existing cameras introduced last year, with some social media users comparing them to ‘WALL-E’ from the 2008 namesake movie. Mobile ‘Over is […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 6:51pmA power-tool obsessed thief has been nabbed after allegedly stealing close to $80,000 worth of property from across Launceston in recent weeks. The 28-year-old Ravenswood man allegedly committed multiple burglaries and motor vehicle stealings throughout the Western Junction and the West Tamar area last month. Police say a ‘large quantity’ of stolen power tools have since […]
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