In typical Tassie fashion, the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting SNOW to fall across parts of the state tonight! ❄☃ The BOM say Hobart’s kunanyi/Mt Wellington should see a ‘nice dusting’, with snow dropping to as low as 700 metres in some areas. Are you keen for some summer snow!? 👀
Wed Dec 7, 2022 - 2:44pmPolice have charged four youths, all aged between 14 and 15, after an attempted armed carjacking in Hobart. The young gang reportedly threatened their victim with a knife and attempted to steal his car in the early hours of Tuesday morning, before stealing a backpack and fleeing on foot. The victim received minor injuries. All […]
Wed Dec 7, 2022 - 1:02pmThe Mures family have confirmed company founder Jill Mure sadly passed away last Friday. Jill opened the first Mures Fish House at Battery Point with her husband George in 1973, before eventually opening the iconic Mures Fish Centre on the Hobart waterfront. Rest in peace Jill 💙
Wed Dec 7, 2022 - 11:26amA Hobart woman who passed away while she was ramped at Royal Hobart Hospital last month has been honoured in the form of a mural. 💙 80-year-old Kathie Schramm has been memorialised in a laneway off Liverpool Street by local artist Topsk1, with the new mural showing a smiling Ms Schramm and the words “RIP […]
Tue Dec 6, 2022 - 1:57pmWe’re being asked to stay away from two popular Hobart beaches due to contamination today. 🏊♂️🚫 Authorities are asking people to stay away from the northern end of Kingston Beach and the middle of Howrah for the time being while they investigate contamination. The swimming ban comes as testing is undertaken at 35 locations across […]
Tue Dec 6, 2022 - 11:16amTassie children are being given a chance to dial the North Pole to speak to Santa this Christmas! 🎅🏼📞 To get in touch with Santa, all kids need to do is dial #HOHOHO (#464646) in to any payphone to speak directly with Santa’s Workshop! For every call made to Santa’s Workshop, Telstra will make a […]
Tue Dec 6, 2022 - 9:15am76 Tasmania Police officers took to the West Coast roads over the weekend for the 16th annual Tasmania Police Charity Trust Bike Ride. Raising over $80,000 for St Giles Society and Autism Tasmania, the officers left Sheffield on December 1st before making their way through Cradle Mountain, Strahan, Queenstown and finishing in Tarraleah. Established in 2006, the charity […]
Mon Dec 5, 2022 - 7:26pmThe BOM have summed up our Tassie spring for 2022 – One made up of rain, significant flooding and snow! Spring rainfall was very much above average across the north and wettest on record for much of the east coast, with flooding in Northern Tasmania in October the most significant in the region since June […]
Mon Dec 5, 2022 - 5:15pmTraffic is being diverted on the Brooker Highway this afternoon after a truck lost part of it’s load on the road. Police say work is underway to clear the lane, with motorists asked to expect delays in the area.
Mon Dec 5, 2022 - 2:47pmA Tasmanian teenager has been seriously injured after an explosion in a shed this morning. Police and emergency services were called to the scene at a private property in Penguin on the state’s North-West coast shortly after 11am. The teenager was given medical treatment at the scene and is being airlifted to hospital. After investigation, […]
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