Huonville is now home to a new park featuring a ‘massive mural’ honouring its Aboriginal elders and their stories. The colourful and meaningful large-scale artwork was inspired by the stories of Tasmania’s First Nations people and painted by local artist Jamin. First unveiled in 2021, the artwork took Jamin 24 days to complete and was “a joy to paint”. […]
Sun Aug 13, 2023 - 5:00amA coroner has found that a Tasmanian woman who was killed in an ATV crash last year was ‘travelling too fast’. 82-year-old Joy Hayes died after she lost control of the quad bike she was riding on Scenic Hill Road near Huonville on April 22, 2022. In his newly published findings, Coroner Simon Cooper said Hayes […]
Thu Aug 10, 2023 - 11:48amAn 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 - 3:30pmPolice 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 drunk learner driver from the Huon Valley has been nabbed while “driving erratically” in an unregistered car on the Midlands Highway this afternoon. The ‘reckless’ 24-year-old Port Huon man was spotted driving ‘all over the road’ near Ross around 3:20pm on Tuesday. Police stopped the man in Campbell Town following a 000 call where he was […]
Tue Jul 25, 2023 - 9:31pmA 27-year-old Huonville man has been charged in connection with multiple burglaries and thefts targeted at tradies’ vehicles in recent weeks. Over the past two weeks, nearly $40,000 worth of property, including power tools and other equipment, has been reported stolen in Hobart and Kingston. So far, police have managed to recover approximately $15,000 worth […]
Fri Jul 21, 2023 - 11:34amA Huon Valley family have been left “devastated” after their beloved pet goat disappeared from their property near Cygnet this week. 11-year-old Olive is believed to have been stolen from Lymington between 12pm and 3pm on Tuesday, her owners say. “We are devastated… she is a much loved pet,” they wrote online. A Toggenburg doe, Olive is […]
Fri Jul 14, 2023 - 11:55amClose to $580,000 has officially been handed over to a Tasmanian footballer who suffered a devastating spinal injury following the sale of a charity house in Cygnet, specially built and sold to support his recovery. Former Cygnet Football Club player Ryan Wiggins suffered a C2 fracture to his spinal cord in a non-football-related incident in 2021, […]
Mon Jul 3, 2023 - 10:39amA drunk 77-year-old man who ‘blasted’ through roadworks on the Huon Highway at more than 30km/h over the speed limit has been charged this afternoon. The man was caught after travelling at 92 in 60km/h roadworks zone around 2pm, before later returning a breath test result two and a half times the legal limit. He […]
Sun Jun 11, 2023 - 5:07pmHuon Valley ratepayers are facing a 12 percent increase in their rates next financial year, as part of a 10-year financial plan to bring the council into a budget surplus. Despite concerns raised by one councillor around the pressure the increase would put on households and businesses, the council voted in favour of the increase […]
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