Tassie schools are set to CLOSE later today as teachers and thousands of public sector workers gear up for their biggest strike in four years. 🪧🗯 State Primary and High schools will close at 12:15pm this afternoon, while Colleges, King Island District High School, and Scottsdale High School will stay open for exams only. The […]
Wed Nov 9, 2022 - 7:00amDid you catch tonight’s incredible blood-red moon!? 😍 While cloud cover made sightings of the total lunar eclipse difficult around Hobart, the spectacle was seen vividly across Northern Tasmania and around Australia. 🌕 @ruslihashim__ captured this image from the Mersey Bluff Lighthouse near Devonport this evening.
Tue Nov 8, 2022 - 11:32pmAn ‘IT systems failure’ has forced the public toilets at the top of kunanyi/Mt Wellington to CLOSE today, right as thousands of cruise ship visitors flocked to the summit. 🚽❌ Hobart City Council say a spare computer part has been ordered from Melbourne to fix the IT issue, and expect the toilets to reopen sometime […]
Tue Nov 8, 2022 - 5:20pmA rare blood-red moon is set to put on a spectacular show across Tassie tonight! 🌕🔴 Experts say the blood moon will be visible with the naked eye above Tasmania from around 7:54pm tonight, with the ‘maximum penumbral eclipse’ at 9:59pm. The blood moon, which won’t be seen again until 2025, will last for close […]
Tue Nov 8, 2022 - 2:47pmHobart’s most dangerous streets have been revealed! ⚠️💥 Davey Street has taken the top spot as Hobart’s worst location for a crash, with Macquarie Street coming in a close second, while the Brooker Highway and Sandy Bay Road took home third and fourth place respectively. The stats from an analysis of almost 400,000 insurance claims […]
Tue Nov 8, 2022 - 11:45amBenee, Gang of Youths, The Presets, Peach PRC, Vera Blue and Hockey Dad are just some of the massive acts set to hit Tassie in February, with Party In The Paddock dropping their 2023 lineup this morning. A ‘secret headliner’ is also yet to be announced, with festival fans ‘over the moon’ with the lineup.
Tue Nov 8, 2022 - 9:34amA since-deleted video of two Tassie teenager’s forcing a cigarette into a Wallabie’s mouth has been shared to social media, leading to calls for her to surrender the animal. The snapchat video, filmed in Launceston, shows a teenage girl holding her ‘child’ while a teenage boy puts a cigarette into the joey’s mouth. Outraged wildlife […]
Mon Nov 7, 2022 - 5:05pmA St Helens father has started the week 1.3 million dollars richer after scoring a massive lotto win over the weekend! The Tassie dad has attributed his division one win to his son, revealing he might’ve not have known he’d won big if it wasn’t for him. “My boy came over to drop something off, […]
Mon Nov 7, 2022 - 11:36amAn inspiring Tassie teenage para-athlete has smashed an Australian record! 🏆🙌 Competing in the Athletics South’s Interclub competition this weekend, Hobart College student Izzy King ran a record breaking time in the 200m frame-runner RR2 para-athlete classification! Congratulations Izzy!
Sun Nov 6, 2022 - 1:00pmA teenage boy has died and a girl has been left badly injured after a quad bike crash in Tasmania’s rural northwest yesterday afternoon. Police say the crash happened in Oldina around 3pm on Saturday, with a 16-year-old boy and his 16-year-old female passenger both taken to North West Regional Hospital with critical injuries. The […]
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