Stephanie Trethewey, a dedicated advocate for rural women and the founder of Motherland, has been awarded the title of 2024 Tasmanian Australian of the Year. Trethewey won the award for creating a solution to help rural regional mothers, having herself faced the profound challenges of raising children without support when she and her husband relocated […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 8:45pmThe mouth-watering lineup for this year’s Taste of Summer has been officially revealed today, with favourites from all over Tasmania set to converge at Hobart’s PW1 from December 27. Festival Curator Jo Cook says this year’s Taste is all about bringing friends and family together to celebrate Tasmanian produce. “It will be the biggest and […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 5:00pmWarm weather across Tasmania has sent snakes out in force today, with local catchers responding to a number of calls around the state. North Taz Reptile Relocation say they pulled a tiger snake from a dog pen in Beauty Point on Friday (as shown in the left image). Following the snake intrusion, two dogs were […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 4:55pmA bushfire in Tasmania’s Highlands has sparked an advice warning this afternoon, urging people to ‘monitor conditions’, as temperatures in the area near 30 degrees. The Tasmania Fire Service say the blaze is currently burning around the Little Blue Hill area, north-west of Bothwell and while there is “no immediate threat”, those in the area north […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 3:15pmTasmania is set to sizzle today thanks to a warm and humid northerly airstream that has established itself over the state. Temperatures are forecast to reach close to 30°C in some parts of the state today, including 27°C in Launceston, 26°C for much of the Midlands and 29°C in New Norfolk, Glenorchy and Richmond. According […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 10:45amSocial media has been flooded with photos of a ‘UFO-looking’ cloud that appeared over Hobart on Wednesday. The cloud appeared as a storm front moved across greater Hobart, accompanied by approximately 10,000 lightning strikes and a torrential downpour of 40mm of rain in one east coast in just one hour. A spokesperson from the Bureau […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 7:00amAfter more than 8000 lightning strikes across the Greater Hobart area, this afternoon’s thunderstorm has now centered around the East Coast town of Orford. Alex Melitsis from the BOM says a resident’s personal gauge in Orford recorded 40mm of rain in a single hour earlier today. Mt Bobs, south-west of Hartz National Park, recorded 22mm […]
Wed Nov 8, 2023 - 6:25pmA huge hailstorm has lashed parts of Hobart this afternoon as thunderstorms and heavy rain sweep across much of Tasmania. The passing storm brought more than 8,000 lightning strikes to the sky over a 6-hour period on Wednesday, according to the BOM. Residents from Glenorchy to the Huon Valley reported hailstones of various sizes, with […]
Wed Nov 8, 2023 - 5:35pmAn iconic and award-winning Tasmanian cheese manufacturer may be put up for sale by its international owner. King Island Dairy is currently undergoing a “strategic review” by its dairy giant owner Saputo to determine the viability of retaining the processing facility for the future. In a statement, Saputo said they ‘intend to keep’ the dairy […]
Wed Nov 8, 2023 - 3:30pmWhile it might be blue skies in Hobart & Launceston at the moment, a lightning storm is currently passing over Tasmania’s Midlands & Highlands. The BOM say heavy falls and severe thunderstorms are possible today, with around 3,000 lightning strikes already detected across the state today. “A trough is combining with anomalously high instability and […]
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