Tasmania’s Easter long weekend is set to get chilly tomorrow, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting that the Antarctic front will deliver Hobart’s ‘coldest day of the year’ so far as temperatures fall to 10C. The bureau also expects snowfalls on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, with the snow likely to be visible in places […]
Sat Apr 8, 2023 - 5:13pmA Tassie fisherman has reeled in a ‘massive monster’ from the depths of the ocean near Eaglehawk Neck this week. Storm Eastley was out fishing with his mate Jonah Yick on Thursday when he hooked onto the ‘most powerful and aggressive fish’ he has ever encountered – a whopping 289.3kg Swordfish. Running on two hours […]
Sat Apr 8, 2023 - 9:00amAn Easter blackout has put a damper on long weekend activities for people south of Hobart this morning. Over 1490 Kingston and Blackmans Bay customers are affected by the power outage, with the cause still under investigation. TasNetworks say while yet to be confirmed, power is expected to be restored around 9:30am.
Sat Apr 8, 2023 - 8:06amThe owner of a Launceston house that was left uninhabitable after a truck crash last month has issued a plea for the return of stolen items after the property was burgled. Anna Nati says treasured, sentimental items belonging to her daughter Amy, who is battling cancer, were stolen from the house sometime between Saturday and […]
Fri Apr 7, 2023 - 7:34pmA drunk 24-year-old learner driver who was stopped by police in an unregistered vehicle this morning has been charged and disqualified for two years. Police say the incident occurred during ‘targeted patrols’ around 5am this morning, when officers intercepted the learner who did not have a fully licensed driver with him as required by law. […]
Fri Apr 7, 2023 - 7:30pmA young woman from Wynyard in Northern Tasmania is fighting for her life after a car crash two weeks ago that has left her in an induced coma in a Hobart hospital since the accident. Macy Edwards was on her way home from a tour guide training course in Launceston when the accident occurred, leaving […]
Fri Apr 7, 2023 - 4:37pmThousands of Tasmanian families have hopped to Hobart’s Royal Botanical Gardens today for the annual Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation Easter Egg Hunt, proudly supported by Pulse Hobart! Check out our free 40+ photo mega gallery here:
Fri Apr 7, 2023 - 4:18pmA woman has died after a tragic long weekend two-car-crash on the Arthur Highway at Copping this morning. Police say the woman was a passenger in an MG sedan and sadly died at the scene, while the male driver was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital with minor injuries. “Police and emergency services were called […]
Fri Apr 7, 2023 - 12:23pmA 47-year-old man has been charged with high range drink driving after being intercepted by Tasmania Police on the Midland Highway at Tunbridge yesterday. Police say a member of the public alerted them to the ‘erratic driving behaviour’ of a white Ute on the Midland Highway at Tunbridge at around 4:30pm. After detecting the vehicle […]
Fri Apr 7, 2023 - 11:45amTwo bushwalkers, a father and son from Runaway Bay in Queensland, have been rescued from Tasmania’s Walls of Jerusalem National Park after their tent flooded during heavy rain overnight. The pair, aged 67 and 17, activated their personal locator beacon (PLB) at 3:15am on Friday, prompting a rescue operation involving the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Police […]
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