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

Arts event to produce education ideas

... Museum of Old and New Art will construct The Hothouse on Hobart's waterfront, with organisers on Wednesday announcing that a gathering of creative and strategic thinkers will be set a task to explore new approaches to improve education in Tasmania. >> 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

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

Former US Major Michael Mori, who was appointed lawyer for David Hicks, at ...

In the special Heritage Festival event in Hobart, former Justice Minister and Labor MP Brian Wightman will explore the case and its impact on Mr Mori in an in-depth interview. In preparation for the discussion, Mr Wightman said he immersed himself in ... >> 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

Tasmanian researchers seize rare opportunity to bank seeds of native conifers

Tasmanian researchers are scrambling to collect the seeds of native conifer tree species during a sudden fruiting period. The alpine conifers are endemic to the state's central highlands and usually fruit every five to seven years. This year, different ... >> 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

Gambling Millionaire David Walsh's Kooky Tasmania Museum MONA Clocks 1 ...

The remote Australian island of Tasmania is experiencing new-found popularity thanks to Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), the brainchild of millionaire collector David Walsh. Historically, the island was known for housing one of the British ... >> view original