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

Tasmania: Australia's scenic, historic island (Part One)

Tasmania seems secluded from most of Australia, probably because the island is physically separated from the rest of the country. Yet flights to Hobart, its capital, are frequent from Australia's major cities. Our flight from Sydney took slightly less ... >> view original

Tasmania: Australia's scenic, historic island, Part 1

Tasmania seems secluded from most of Australia, probably because the island is physically separated from the rest of the country. Yet flights to Hobart, its capital, are frequent from Australia's major cities. Our flight from Sydney took slightly less ... >> view original

Baroque and bogans battle over the menu at lunch with Leo Schofield

Leo Schofield, the charming man once known as "Mr Sydney", is unlikely ever to be called Mr Tasmania. He has recently returned to Potts Point after two years living in Hobart. He moved south because there were beautiful buildings everywhere. "What I ... >> 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

Cold blast ahead for southeast

Tuesday will be the coldest day across Tas, NSW and the remainder of Vic as a low pressure system (which will drive heavy showers over eastern Vic) forms over the Tasman Sea. Hobart, Melbourne and Canberra will only reach into the mid teens, while ... >> view original

Former rural reporter becomes a dairy farmer in New Zealand

Former ABC Radio journalist Brad Markham worked in rural New South Wales and then became the state political reporter in Tasmania before throwing down the microphone and pulling on the gumboots. Mr Markham grew up on a dairy farm, but chose a life in ... >> 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 a land of 'dregs, bogans and third-generation morons', Leo Schofield ...

The 79-year-old, who set up the Baroque festival in Hobart, said Tasmanians had no respect for their heritage buildings or the environment. He decided to return to New South Wales after the Tasmanian Government cut its commitment to the festival's by ... >> view original

James Faulkner Keen on Return to Australia Test Team

"After a few days celebrating with the squad and a couple relaxing in Hobart with friends and family, now my attention turns to the IPL, and getting back into the Australian Test squad - that is my goal now," Faulkner was quoted as saying by Cricket ... >> view original