ISIS message on Tas airport website and other top stories

ISIS message on Tas airport website

The Hobart International Airport website has been shut down after it was hacked and defaced with a statement supporting the radical Islamist group ISIS, also known as Islamic State or IS. Tasmania Police are investigating and have been monitoring ... >> view original

The food heroes behind Tasmania's culinary revolution

The innovative menu by Neil Perry, Peter Gilmore and Ben Shewry drew oohs and ahs, but attendees eating their way around Hobart in the surrounding days were also quick to note that many of the dishes served in local restaurants rivalled the best ... >> view original

Protesters take 'super trawler' dispute to River Derwent

"Well I think besides the fact that they'd be quite happy to get crew and staff from Tasmania, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to unload in Tasmania if it wasn't for the negativity they're getting from the public and also the research we're going to ... >> view original

Artefacts dating back to Tasmania's first European settlers uncovered

Archaeologists have found dozens of artefacts which date back to the first years of European settlement in Hobart. Gun flint, clay pipes and arrowhead bricks have all been uncovered at the Montpelier Retreat site, which is soon to be developed. The ... >> view original

Exploring Tasmania, Part Two

Thus, transportation shifted to the more remote Tasmania. The residents of Hobart, Tasmania's capital, also didn't want a convict prison close by, so in the 1820s the area that would come to be known as Port Arthur was chosen as the destination of new ... >> view original

Lion: Tasmanian farmer hosts Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel for filming of Saroo ...

Hollywood actors, including Nicole Kidman, have descended on a Tasmanian farm to film Lion, the story of a Hobart man who used Google Earth to find his Indian family. Saroo Brierley was separated from his family as a young boy and adopted from an ... >> view original

Record Store Day releases at the top of our list - Omaha World

These four songs — “Happy New Year Next Year,” “Love Love Love Love Love,” “Good At/For Nothing” and “Fast Horses” — were recorded in Hobart, Tasmania, over the 2014 holidays. Thank you for reading and relying on Omaha.com for your news and ... >> view original

Distant bugle heard afresh

George Gilbert Connolly was a miner in southern Tasmania before he enlisted and left Hobart to join the first convoy of ships headed to the Middle East. But much of the detail of George's service, letters and memorabilia were destroyed along with ... >> view original

Hobart stalker on bail when he made 200 calls to elderly woman, court hears

A Hobart court has heard a 41-year-old man was on bail for similar offences when he made 200 calls to an elderly woman living alone. Gary Bru Espinosa of Glenorchy was in the magistrates court on Thursday morning to face one charge of stalking and five ... >> view original

Hobart to host international men's hockey tournament in May

Tasmania will host an international men's hockey tournament in May, with national teams taking to the field in Hobart for the first time since 2011. With the help of a $60,000 grant from the State Government, the Tasmanian Hockey Centre secured a four ... >> view original