A family was forced to leave their car on the summit of Hobart’s kunanyi/Mt Wellington on Saturday afternoon and catch the snow bus down due to icy conditions. The family were reportedly seen hiking up on Sunday morning to collect their vehicle. Pictures from Jeon Landscapes show how the car looked on Sunday morning – […]
Mon Jul 10, 2023 - 7:00amA Hobart taxi driver has been left with a broken windscreen after a ‘terrifying’ incident that saw a young man jump on the front of their car overnight. The Taxi Drivers Association say the ‘dangerous incident’ happened early on Sunday morning and ask anyone who may have information to contact Police.
Sun Jul 9, 2023 - 3:43pmSnow 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 - 10:56amLocals 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 - 11:30amA 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 - 9:00amBMX riders from around Hobart will soon be riding on a new track, with the construction of a new park scheduled to get underway at Pembroke Park on Monday. The Sorell Council say site fencing will soon be installed and access to the area will be restricted for the duration of the construction. The new track will […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 3:00pmConstruction on a new, state-of-the-art Glenorchy ambulance superstation is about to begin, 5 years after first being announced in 2018. Hansen Yuncken have been awarded the $12.66 million contract to build the station on a greenfield site in Timsbury Road following a request for tender that went out in December. Designs for the new station show a […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 1:00pmTwo Tasmanian men were so intoxicated that they don’t remember a fellow patron being assaulted at a nightclub before drowning on Hobart’s waterfront, and inquest has heard. Jarrod Davies, who was in Tasmania from Gippsland to undertake diving training, had been drinking at Obar on Hobart’s waterfront in February 2020 when he was headbutted and […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 6:45amA 62-year-old woman from Southern Tasmania has been disqualified from driving for two years after she was caught more than four times over the legal alcohol limit near Richmond this morning. Police say she was breath tested after being spotted “driving poorly” and returned a positive reading of 0.282. Constable Etherington from Richmond Police Station […]
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