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

Fawad and Voges in Ashes squad

Nevill's selection as the backup wicketkeeper ahead of Matthew Wade, who was chosen for the 2013 Ashes, comes after a summer in which he piled up 764 Shield runs at 76.40, including a career-best 235 not out against Tasmania in Hobart last month. >> 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

Port Arthur Massacre: Off duty Sydney policeman Justin Noble's actions saved ...

On the small peninsula, 60km from Hobart, there were two police officers stationed that day. When the urgent reports came through the radio scanner, they were investigating what turned out to be a hoax tip at Saltwater River, about 30 minutes drive ... >> 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 man left with a ration pack from Vietnam War

A Hobart man has been left army rations more than 40 years old from the Vietnam War in a will from his late uncle's war chests. James Major was given the items in a yellow steel locked box among his late Uncle Rod's will and tried to sell it online ... >> view original

Jungle cat curry in a Burmese haze

Having just returned from a week in Tasmania, I can agree with James Stewart's article about the pristine wilderness (“A glimpse of a world before mankind”, March 14). Tourism has evolved tastefully. Hobart is a delightful city and a walk through ... >> view original

Greens want to take Tasmania back to the stone age

Since 1972, when poet Judith Wright camped at the edge of Lake Pedder and told Hobart's The Mercury: “Stop progress before it stops you!”, the forces of regression have been doing their best to return the island state to the Stone Age. Industry by ... >> 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