“Don’t be Vera Blue, please drive Slowly Slowly”: The Tasmanian Government has issued a ‘creative’ warning to people heading to a 3 day music festival in the state’s north today. “Watch out for increased traffic on the Midland and Bass Highways as a Gang of Youths head to Party in the Paddock,” the tongue-in-cheek warning […]
Fri Feb 10, 2023 - 7:01amTasmania’s JackJumpers are through to the finals playoffs after beating the Cairns Taipans 87/79 tonight. The Jackie’s will now play New Zealand across the ditch on Sunday in a best-of-three play-off series. Game 1 will be held on Sunday, February 12th at Spark Arena, with game 2 and potentially game 3 being played on Thursday, […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 10:44pmTasmania Police are searching the Hobart area for a missing man tonight. Michael Wisby was last seen wearing a blue and white business shirt, a dark grey sports jacket and dark grey-green work pants. He is believed to be driving a white Holden Astra with the registration number EH4810, similar to the vehicle pictured in the […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 8:32pm“You’re joking”: Thousands of passengers on a cruise ship that was bound for the ‘tropical’ pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia are on their way to Hobart today after a last minute itinerary change. Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas ship, which left Brisbane on Tuesday for what was meant to be an advertised South […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 3:30pmTasmania is ‘painting the state green’ today ahead of the Jackjumpers game in the finals tonight! The City of Hobart say they will be lighting their landmarks across the city, including Franklin Square and the Aquatic Centre, green tonight in support of Tassie’s team. The JackJumpers finished fourth in the NBL standings after the completion […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 2:02pmA new Virgin Australia cargo facility is set to be built at Launceston Airport, providing a much needed boost to local Tasmanian businesses who rely on airfreight to get their products to market. The $4 million project, which is expected to be completed by September 2023, will be the hub for all Northern Tasmania cargo […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 12:27pmA rental car driver with ’shocking’ skills behind the wheel has been caught on dashcam mounting a traffic island after failing to merge before Hobart’s Tasman Bridge. The video, which was captured shortly before 9am on Saturday morning, shows the rental car slow down significantly before pulling to the left, driving over the traffic island […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 10:00amA Tasmanian man has been charged with 11 counts of trespass and 11 counts of theft after being caught allegedly stealing firewood within the Tin Pot Marsh Creek Reserve at Woodsdale over the weekend. The 33-year-old Oakdowns man was caught ‘cutting firewood’ during a joint operation that utilised ‘covert surveillance’ and proactive methods at 4am on Saturday. Police […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 9:42amTasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating a fire that broke out at a Hobart-based scrap metal recycling facility on Monday. The fire was brought under control after five hours of firefighting efforts and involved over 200 cubic meters of waste material, including cars and plastic. The fire prompted a smoke alert in nearby suburbs, […]
Thu Feb 9, 2023 - 5:00amTasmania experienced a year of temperature extremes and contradictory rainfall in 2022, according to the latest data released by the Bureau of Meteorology. The mean maximum temperature for the state was 0.67°C above the 1961-1990 average, making it the equal-10th warmest year on record since 1910 and the warmest year since 2018. The western half […]
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