Quirky $200 Million Art Venture Proves Just the Ticket for Tasmania and other top stories

Quirky $200 Million Art Venture Proves Just the Ticket for Tasmania

HOBART, Australia — For most of its existence, Tasmania was known as a faraway island at the bottom of Australia, a grim 19th-century redoubt where British colonial officers imprisoned convicts in the harshest of the empire's jails and killed much of ... >> view original

The Store From Kiki's Delivery Service Can Be Found In Tasmania, Apparently

Tasmania has its fair share of tourist attractions, but if you were to compile of list of them to visit, it's unlikely the Ross Village Bakery, nestled between Hobart and Launceston, would be in the number one spot. Unless you're a massive fan of ... >> view original

Tasmania - China direct Airlink likely

The Southern Australian Island Province Tasmanian is optimistic about having a direct air link to China using Hobart's extended airport, after a trade mission meeting in the Chinese Fujian Province. The Tasmanian Premier, business leaders, the ... >> view original

Hail pelts Hobart amid the sunshine during freak storm

At one stage, the city was bathed in a giant sun shower while being pelted with hail stones. Duty forecaster Rachel McInerney said the storm was moving to the south-east. "An area of complex low pressure has been around the state all day and that's ... >> view original

IHG crowns first deal in Tasmania with 187-room Hobart CBD site

Kailis Group chief executive Alexia Kalis expects the hotel to attract the corporate market given Hobart's popularity as a meetings destination. “Improvements in air access are leading to increasing visitor arrivals every year,” she said. “This has ... >> view original

Tasman Bridge: 50th anniversary of official opening

Plans for a bridge to link Hobart's eastern and western shores across the River Derwent date back to 1832, but it was not until 1943 the first bridge was completed. The rickety floating bridge with a lifting span to allow boats access to the upper ... >> view original

Body of Canberra hiker who died on Mt Ossa flown to Hobart

The body of a Canberra man who died after falling off a cliff on Tasmania's tallest mountain has been flown to Hobart. The 59-year-old man died on Sunday after falling almost 20 metres on the mountain which is in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Claire ... >> view original

Road accident data reveals Hobart roundabout as Tasmania's top crash site

Crash data showing a high number of accidents on Hobart's historic Railway Roundabout suggests it could be struggling with modern traffic demands. Independent analysis of 10 years' worth of data showed this was Tasmania's number-one crash site, with ... >> view original

Gambling Millionaire David Walsh's Kooky Tasmania Museum MONA Clocks 1 ...

The remote Australian island of Tasmania is experiencing new-found popularity thanks to Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), the brainchild of millionaire collector David Walsh. Historically, the island was known for housing one of the British ... >> view original

Major surgeries to be restricted to Hobart and Launceston under plan by Health ...

Health Minister Michael Ferguson will unveil new proposals to rescue Tasmania's ailing public health system after months of consultation and 180 submissions. Major procedures such as heart operations would only be performed in the two specialised ... >> view original