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

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

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

Hobart Lord Mayor signs sister city deal with Xi'an in China

Hobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey has signed a sister city agreement with one of China's ancient capitals, Xi'an. Alderman Hickey is in China as part of a trade mission that includes Premier Will Hodgman, as well as officials from the University of Tasmania ... >> view original

Tasmanian's Mersey Hospital loses high dependency unit in health shake up

Tasmania's Mersey Hospital is losing its high dependency unit in a health shake-up that focuses services in Hobart and Launceston. The unit will become a short-stay unit, and the hospital's emergency department will be reconfigured. Health Minister ... >> view original

Tasmanian chocolatier puts a shine on Easter

Chocolatier Chris Smith told 936 ABC Hobart's Ryk Goddard about special techniques involving his spray gun to make the unique artistic chocolate. "There's ... Mr Smith said he shared uncanny connections to Tasmania before he moved here. He was also a ... >> 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

Hobart's TasPride community gets ready for Relay for Life

Members of Hobart's LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community will be in full colour in preparation for a wet weekend at the annual Relay for Life event this weekend at the Domain Athletics Centre. TasPride is one of a number ... >> 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