Things to do in Hobart, Tasmania: One day three ways and other top stories

Things to do in Hobart, Tasmania: One day three ways

See Hobart without blowing the budget by getting around on a velocipede from Artbikes (free if returned same day, $22 overnight, arts.tas.gov.au/artsatwork/artbikes). On Saturdays, Salamanca Place, on Hobart's waterfront, is transformed into one of ... >> view original

Five Great Places For Coffee In Hobart, Tasmania

My parents went on a holiday eight and a half years ago, came back to their home in Sydney, and within a few months decided to pack up and move from Sydney down to Hobart, Tasmania. In terms of distance, a move like this is similar to moving from ... >> view original

Great eats in Tasmania's Hobart

The restaurant scene in Sydney and Melbourne is exciting, and it is easy to dismiss Hobart in Tasmania as a sleepy town down under Down Under. But home-grown chefs who left to work overseas have come home to roost and those from other parts of ... >> view original

Federal funding cuts blamed for closure of 10 dementia beds in Hobart

Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley said the funding deal was a one-off and that while it had stopped, federal funding for Tasmania's hospitals overall would increase by 30 per cent over the next four years. "It was one-off funding and it was never ... >> view original

Memorial for Canadian convicts sent to Tasmania rededicated in Hobart

A memorial for almost 100 political prisoners sent from Canada to Australia's penal colonies following an 1830s rebellion has been rededicated in Hobart. The large granite monument was removed in 2004 and has been updated with more accurate historical ... >> view original

Pearls have a smell and this Tasmanian company has just released perfumes ...

Essential Oils of Tasmania, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed Atlas Pearls and Perfumes, recently began work on a facility near Hobart which it calls a “pearl powder and extraction plant”. The “extraction” part of the story began in 2008 with ... >> view original

Man pleads guilty to trafficking after biggest drugs bust in Tasmanian history

Hobart's Supreme Court Justice David Porter heard the 27-year-old from Blackmans Bay was a member of the Rebels Motorcycle Club at the time of the trafficking, but that he had since severed ties with the organisation and handed back his patches in an ... >> view original

Tasmania: Living the good life way, way Down Under

Once a penal colony, Tasmania has transformed into a destination for both foodies and art aficionados, drawn in by a boutique gourmet scene obsessed with fresh, local produce and the cutting edge Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). The capital, Hobart ... >> view original

INVESTIGATOR COMPLETES ANTARCTIC COLD WATER TRIALS

The new Marine National Facility research vessel Investigator has returned to Hobart after successfully completing its cold water trials, which took the vessel to 65°S 146°E, which is about 2500 km south of Hobart. ... The voyage is a collaboration ... >> view original

Are YOU struggling to sell your house? Australian homeowners forced to slash ...

Despite reports that the property market has been booming in recent months with prices on the up, new figures from recent months indicate otherwise. According to new data released by realAs, some vendors have slashed their asking prices by up to 40 per ... >> view original