Just hours after an emergency level bushfire threatened parts of the state, snow has now fallen in parts of Tasmania. Webcam images from the top of kunanyi/Mt Wellington a short time ago shows a solid dusting of snow on the mountain. A wind gust of 119km/h was recorded on kunanyi at 6 AM. The Bureau […]
Wed Sep 20, 2023 - 6:42amAs many as 30 people are believed to have spent the night in a makeshift evacuation centre in the Coles Bay hall, with the only road in and out of the East Coast town remaining closed due to a large bushfire. Géographe Restaurant in Coles Bay say they will open early this morning with free […]
Wed Sep 20, 2023 - 5:45amThe Esk Highway has been closed from St Marys to Scamander as a bushfire in the Falmouth area continues to burn this morning. Police say the highway has been shut from the bottom of St Marys Pass to the Tasman Highway at Upper Scamander Road and will remain closed to all traffic until mid-morning at this […]
Wed Sep 20, 2023 - 5:25amLaunceston has been revealed as having one of the top 5 most challenging place names to pronounce in the country. Placing at number four behind Cairns, Prahran and Melbourne, Tasmania’s second biggest city was found to often be mispronounced as Lawn-ses-tun, Lawn-ston or Lawn-chess-ton and not the correct Lonn-ses-tun. According to the Preply data analysts behind […]
Wed Sep 20, 2023 - 4:00amMuch of Tasmania’s western, southern and north-eastern regions can expect “damaging and locally destructive” winds today, according to the BOM. A strong cold front, currently moving eastward across Tasmania, will produce wind gusts of up to 125km/h in the north-west before reaching the north-east in the early hours of the morning. The BOM say the […]
Wed Sep 20, 2023 - 12:05amA motorcyclist has died after sustaining serious injuries in a crash at New Norfolk this afternoon. The man in his 40s is believed to have hit a fence on Back River Road around 4pm. Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.
Tue Sep 19, 2023 - 9:33pmColes Bay has been cut off by an uncontrolled bushfire that forced the only road in and out shut this afternoon. Friendly Beaches has been evacuated after authorities issued a warning telling people in and around Coles Bay Road to “leave immediately” due to the “uncontrollable bushfire”. Peak west-north westerly wind gusts of 80km/h and […]
Tue Sep 19, 2023 - 2:45pmA cigarette butt is believed to have been the cause of a bush fire in Kingston this afternoon. Staff from the nearby McDonald’s and Bottle Shop rushed out to extinguish the flames before firefighters arrived shortly before 2pm on Tuesday. The fire is one of several currently being bought under control by firefighters across the […]
Tue Sep 19, 2023 - 2:14pmDozens of northern suburbs locals have descended on their local GP following the ‘outrageous decision’ to shut it for good in just three months time. Chanting “save our doctors”, the crowd say Bridgewater’s Greenpoint Medical Centre needs to be saved and warn the consequences ‘will be dire’ without it. Federal MP Brian Mitchell said the […]
Tue Sep 19, 2023 - 12:26pmColebrook residents are being urged to check their bushfire plans as firefighters continue to battle a large blaze in the area. Tasmania Fire Services crews are currently working to extinguish a blaze near Springhill Bottom Road, which they say is travelling towards the Mount Beta and Postboy Hill area. The TFS say while there is “no […]
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