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 - 5:00amRex Airlines will begin their latest route between Hobart and Melbourne this week in a bid to shake up the Southern Tasmanian air travel market. Currently dominated by Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin, Rex will launch their new daily service on Thursday. Operated by a Boeing 737, the 1 hour and 15 minute flight will take off from […]
Sun Aug 13, 2023 - 4:00amThe Oatlands Heritage and Bullock Festival drew a bustling crowd to the main street on Saturday. Despite some rain, many traveled from all over the Midlands to take part in the festival. The Collector’s Roadshow and street parade were successful attractions, with the diverse mix of attendees also enjoying animal displays and the large bullocks […]
Sun Aug 13, 2023 - 3:00amHundreds of Tasmanians have banded together at the Hobart City Hall today, calling for an end to native forest logging. The group was one of many across Australia that took part in the native forest rallies, organised by the Bob Brown Foundation. Brown, who attended the Hobart event, called on the Federal Government to ‘immediately […]
Sat Aug 12, 2023 - 3:25pmThe family of Tasmanian teenager Shyanne-Lee Tatnell have paid tribute to their ‘bubbly and energetic young girl’ at a moving farewell in Burnie today. Hundreds filled Parkside Funerals on Saturday morning for Shyanne-Lee’s funeral, with those there to mourn her told the state was grieving with them. The casket carrying Shyanne-Lee, who would have turned 15 […]
Sat Aug 12, 2023 - 12:00pmHouse values in Queenstown have climbed by over 200% in the past decade. The town on Tasmania’s West Coast has seen growth of around 207% since 2013, which places it in the top five regional areas in the nation – according to new PropTrack data. Locals have attributed the rise in house prices to tourism growth, […]
Sat Aug 12, 2023 - 5:30amA new “family-friendly flow track” has opened at the Clarence Mountain Bike Park this week. The Wright Way track at Meehan Range is a mini version of the popular Flow Monster and provides “300m of fun, flowy descent for beginner riders and families”, the Clarence City Council say. The council said the Flow Monster course has been […]
Sat Aug 12, 2023 - 5:00amTwo interstate outlaw motorcycle gang members have been charged with affray and several counts of assault after an incident at Devonport McDonald’s last weekend. Police executed a search warrant at a rural property near New Norfolk where a Tasmanian OMCG member lives around 6am on Friday. During the search, two South Australian men aged 23 […]
Fri Aug 11, 2023 - 2:30pmTasmania Police are renewing calls for information on the cold case murder of Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso. Cafasso was brutally murdered in Freshwater Creek, Beaumaris on October 11, 1995. Police are now re-examining leads in relation to a distinctive light coloured Subaru Station Wagon that was seen in the area at the time of the […]
Fri Aug 11, 2023 - 11:11amConcerns over a permit issued by the state government that would allow the use of 1080 poison on a property in Southern Midlands have been raised by the Tasmanian Greens. New MP Vica Bayley criticised the use of 1080 poison in parliament this week, calling it a “cruel, crude and antiquated method” of killing native […]
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