The Tasmanian motorbiking community has welcomed new free parking spaces in the city centre. The Burnie City Council confirmed free motorcycle parking is now available on North Terrance near the surf life saving club. The new spaces come in addition to the city’s existing free motorcycle parking in the Burnie multi-storey car park. Meanwhile, motorcyclists […]
Thu Oct 12, 2023 - 4:00amThe Forth Pub on Tasmania’s rural North-West Coast have announced they’ll be bringing their festival back for a second year. Last year’s festival, which was launched to celebrate 150 years of the Forth Pub, was a roaring success. The festival lineup features popular Aussie artists like Mallrat, Vera Blue, Spiderbait, Ziggy Alberts, Thelma Plum and […]
Wed Oct 11, 2023 - 2:00pmPolice have formally suspended the search for missing Tasmanian fisherman Kerry Frankcombe today. 75-year-old Frankcombe was reported missing on 10 September after he failed to return from a fishing trip in the Port Sorell area. His 6-metre half cab vessel was located unmanned and adrift around 12km from the coast of Beechford early the next […]
Tue Oct 10, 2023 - 4:33pmThe coronial investigation into the deaths of six Tasmanian children in the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy will remain on hold due to a Supreme Court decision. Almost two years have passed since the December 2021 saw a gust of wind lift an inflatable jumping castle into the air during end-of-year celebrations at Hillcrest Primary School, […]
Tue Oct 10, 2023 - 12:00pmA 65-year-old woman died after a tragic head-on crash on the Bass Highway in Tasmania’s north-west this afternoon. Police say the Crayfish Creek woman, who was the only person in her vehicle at the time, passed away as a result of her injuries shortly after the 3:30pm crash on Tuesday. A 32-year-old woman remains in Burnie’s North […]
Tue Oct 3, 2023 - 10:12pmThree people have been seriously injured after crash on the Bass Highway in Tasmania’s north this afternoon. Police say the serious crash between two cars is currently blocking the highway at Rocky Cape near Loosemores Road. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been dispatched to the scene, with motorists asked to avoid the scene. More to come… […]
Tue Oct 3, 2023 - 4:33pmUlverstone’s famous war memorial clock went silent last night as the Centre Coast Council turn it off for “future repairs”. The clock, located on Reibey Street, stopped at 6pm on Saturday to allow for repairs to be carried out. The Council say the ladder, used to change the time mechanism at the top of the […]
Sun Oct 1, 2023 - 4:30amAn elderly man has died and a 70-year-old woman has been left injured after a serious crash on the Bass Highway this afternoon. Police say the 70-year-old man “veered off the highway and crashed into an embankment” at Stony Rise around 1:30pm on Friday. Inspector Shane LeFevre said the Havenview man was pronounced deceased at […]
Fri Sep 29, 2023 - 3:15pm13 stolen firearms have been removed from Tasmania’s streets after two raids in the state’s north. 11 of the guns, believed to have been stolen during a series of burglaries between 2018 and 2022, were found at a rural property in Nunamara alongside a quantity of ammunition in May. Police say a 29-year-old man was […]
Fri Sep 29, 2023 - 9:30amAn unlicensed, drunk and dangerous driver has had his car spiked after he sped past Police at 119km/h on the Murchison Highway yesterday. Police allege the man in his 30s sped off when Zeehan officers detected his 2000 green Holden Commodore sedan travelling at 119 km/h in a 100km/h zone around 1:50pm. The man is […]
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