1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (399+ words) For Emma Horswill, the path from editing videos for Gardening Australia to running her own flower farm felt like a natural one. The former video editor trained in horticulture at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and completed a Bachelor of…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (198+ words) The Air Force Roulettes will fly over Tasmania’s north-west coast and Hobart this weekend, with the Hobart flights marking 86 years since the Battle of Britain. Two Pilatus PC-21 aircraft are due over East Wynyard Beach around 12:30pm on Saturday. Pilots Brodie…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (201+ words) Police caught 114 drivers making a banned left turn in the Hobart CBD in just two hours on Thursday morning, nine days after the restriction came into effect. The operation was run at the corner of Argyle and Liverpool streets, where…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (317+ words) A Hobart pub is putting its kitchen to work for people doing it tough, cooking a massive batch of curry every fortnight for a free community meal run by Food Not Bombs Hobart. The New Sydney Hotel will prepare a…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (149+ words) A man has been fined for dangerous driving after dashcam footage showed him overtaking across double white lines on the Bass Highway near Elizabeth Town, in the state’s north. The incident happened close to Gannons Hill Road, where three people…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (312+ words) One of Tasmania’s most influential creative organisations is marking 40 years with a landmark exhibition opening at Rosny Farm this week. DOT40: Celebrating 40 Years brings together 15 leading designer-makers in a major show celebrating Designed Objects Tasmania’s contribution to contemporary craft and design....

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (271+ words) Students from Bagdad Primary School and Lauderdale Primary School have won TasWater’s Jack’s 10 Litre Art Challenge for their creative takes on saving water. The statewide challenge, delivered in partnership with the Tasmania JackJumpers, asked students to visually showcase how Tasmanians…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (330+ words) A Singapore-based developer says a proposed 13-storey car park and short-stay apartment building in central Hobart would ease pressure on homes being converted into holiday rentals. Fragrance Group wants to demolish a three-storey office block at 171 Macquarie Street and build…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (260+ words) The final stage of a long-running project to install air conditioning at the Launceston General Hospital is set to begin, following years of complaints about the sweltering conditions on the hospital’s ageing wards. The hospital was built in the 1980s and…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (353+ words) A Western Australian buyer has bought one of Tasmania’s most recognisable historic ruins, despite never having set foot in the state or inspected the property before signing the deal. The former Royal Hotel at Gormanston, on the West Coast about…...