30-01-2012
A first for Tasmania: The International Cool Climate Wine Symposium is held in Tasmania this week. Wine writers and experst from around the world are expected in Hobart this week.
	25-01-2012
Tomorrow, 26th January is Australia Day (national day) and is a public holiday. The Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has been made Australian of the Year.
	28-12-2011
Investec Loyal is the winner of the Sydney to Hobart race. The Taste of Tasmania opened yesterday.
	05-12-2011
The 'Taste of Tasmania' on Hobart's wharfs will be held this year from 28th December 2011 to 3rd January 2012, during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
	01-11-2011
The French horse, Dunaden, has won the Melbourne Cup!
	31-10-2011
Two French horses whose names are not - America & Dunaden - are favorites in tomorrow Melbourne Cup.
	30-10-2011
France goes into daylight saving this weekend and will be 10 hours behind Australia.
	20-10-2011
Public Holiday today in Hobart. Show Day.
	01-10-2011
The author of this column confesses not knowing much about AFL but congratulates Geelong for winning the Grand Final against Collingwood earlier today.
	30-09-2011
The American actor, William Dafoe, is in Tasmania for a few days to launch the movie 'The Hunter' which was shot in the Tasmanian bush last year and in which he plays the leading role.
	12-09-2011
A big bravo to Samantha Stosur for winning the US open.
	24-07-2011
Bravo Cadel!
	13-06-2011
All flights bound to Hobart grounded because of the ash cloud (Chilean volcano).
	02-04-2011
Tasmania goes into daylight saving tonight.
	18-02-2011
Hobart Wooden Boat Festival and Launceston Festivale are over.
	25-01-2011
Tasmania has a new Premier after the unexpected resignation of Premier David Bartlett on the weekend: Ms Lara Giddings.
	20-01-2011
The very anticipated opening in Tasmania... will open tomorrow: MONA (the Museum of Old and New Art), brainchild of millionaire David Walsh, will open its doors tomorrow.
	28-12-2010
Wild Oats was the first yesterday to cross the end line of the Sydney-Hobart race but is facing disqualification for failing a rule of the race, they did not radio their position when entering Bass Strait.
	25-12-2010
Sydeny-Hobart Yacht Race starts today, and the Taste of Tasmania in Hobart will open tomorrow.
	27-10-2010
Important: Daylight saving in France will start this Sunday 31st October. France will be 20 hour behind Australia.
	30-09-2010
Important: We go onto daylight saving this sunday 3rd October.
	02-08-2010
Five new Tasmanian sites win World Heritage status: Port Arthur historic site, Coal Mines historic site, Cascades Female Factory Hobart, Bricken/Woolmers Estate and Darlington Probation Station.
	03-06-2010
The French Ambassador to Australia, Mr Michel Filhol, was in Tasmania earlier this week.
	11-05-2010
The very charismatic Franco-Australian mayor of Bicheno, on the Tasmanian East Coast, has invited a whole class of children from Noumea in New-Caledonia to stay in Tasmania from 12th to 19th May. Read press release
	05-05-2010
CONGRATULATIONS to Restaurant 373 in North Hobart for their award as best Restaurant of the year in Tasmania.
	27-04-2010
The American Ambassador to Australia, Jeff Bleich was in Hobart last week. Las Sunday Richmond (Tasmania) has celebrated Anzac Day and remembered the Australian fallen in France and in turkey during WWI. Lest we forget!
	17-04-2010
Next week Hobart will host the Australian Tourism Export council Symposium and expects lots of delegates and tourists.
	04-03-2010
It will be Richmond Clean-up day on 14th March.
	04-03-2010
Long weekend this weekend, 8-hour day, monday 8th march is a public holiday.
	17-02-2010
Elections for Members of Parliament in Tasmania will be held on Saturday 20th March 2010.
	23-01-2010
Richmond has now got a petanque piste !
	21-01-2010
Heart Shaped Strawberries are being produced for Valentine Day in Tasmania. This is the brainchild of Josh Engwerda.
	12-01-2010
For the second day in a row, it's a scorcher again today in Tassie....
	07-01-2010
Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and his family are on holiday in Tasmania, for a week.
	30-12-2009
Record crowd this year at the Taste of Tasmania for the Sydney-Hobart yacht race in Hobart.
	18-11-2009
Richmond has been awarded earlier today the award for the tidiest town in Tasmania.
	08-10-2009
The "From France to Freycinet" Festival will be on in May 2010. Visit for further info: http://www.fromfrancetofreycinet.com.au/
	07-10-2009
Oops I forgot to mention we had daylight saving last weekend, so we are now 9 h ahead of France, 10 h when France changes in a few weeks.
	06-10-2009
The Tasmanian (and American) Elizabeth Blackburn awarded the Nobel Prize for Medecine. She shares the prize with her colleagues Carol Greider and Jack Szostak.
	09-09-2009
Two Tasmanian authors won literary awrds: - Richard Flanagan for his book "Wanting" - Stephen Dando-Collins for his work "Pasteur's Gambit'
	25-08-2009
Hi, I get a lot of msgs from people who are keen to work and visit Tasmania under a WHV. My advice: wait a bit, nothing really starts before December (fruit picking, waitressing, and then vintage).
	11-07-2009
Arts Guru Tasmanian Leo Schofield has been honoured by the French Government.
	25-06-2009
The Mercury, the Tasmanian newspaper reports today about the tasmanian wallabies which are high on drugs..... indeed, they hop at night into the State's poppy fields.
	21-06-2009
The daughter and grand-son of Hollywood actor Errol Flynn were in Hobart this week. Errol Flynn was born in 1909 in Hobart.
	11-06-2009
Several cases of swine-flu in Tasmania.
	23-05-2009
Autumn and vintage are over in Tassie.... winter is nearly here.
	02-04-2009
Daylight Saving this sunday. Time difference will then be 8 hours ahead of France.
	22-03-2009
Savour Tasmania is going to be the theme of a high profile food show in Tasmania in May.
	16-02-2009
Wooden boat Festival in Hobart over.
	22-01-2009
Dust storm blasts Hobart city today.
	21-01-2009
Australia Day (public holiday) this coming monday 26th January.
	12-01-2009
Tomorrow scorching temperatures in Tassie.
	12-01-2009
A teenage girl attacked by a shark yesterday in Scamander, Tasmania (East Coast).
	07-01-2009
Two music festivals are on at the moment in Tasmania : - Mona Foma in Hobart sponsored by Moorilla - Cygnet Festival this weekend Don't forget the Moorilla Tennis Tournament soon.
	06-01-2009
Gunns Pty Ltd has been given the go ahead by environment minister, Peter Garrett, to build the pulp mill in Northern Tasmania.
	06-01-2009
The most popular names for babies im Tasmania are Ella for girls and Jack for boys.
	28-12-2008
"Wild Oats" has won the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race for the 4th time in a row.
	28-12-2008
The Sydney Hobart yacht race is well under way. A New Caledonian yacht is in the race this year.
	15-12-2008
The Taste of Tasmania will be held again this year between Christmas and New year on Hobart's wharfs.
	29-11-2008
Volunteers did their best to help the stranded whales on the North West Coast of Tasmania but unfortunately a lot of them died. It is not knon as to why the whales got there.
	02-09-2008
Daylight Saving in Tassie will start on Sunday 5th October 08.
	18-08-2008
Princess Mary has just landed in Hobart.
	12-08-2008
Reminder : The Book Fair will take place at the Henry Jones Hotel, Hobart on Sunday 24th August from 10 am.
	28-07-2008
The small town of Levendale, 45km north-east of Hobart,Tasmania,is offering to rent houses for just $1 a week to people with children in a bid to keep its community and tiny school.
	11-07-2008
Hobart's wharf area is going to be re-developped and that seems to create a lot of various problems and concerns for businesses there.
	02-07-2008
It is finally raining in Tassie..... Farmers are happy as it has not rained since March.
	26-06-2008
Princess Mary of Denmark to visit her home in Tassie in August this year.
	18-06-2008
It's official, Hobart will be twinned with Brest at the Brest Festival which will be held in Brest from 13th to 17th July 08.
	08-06-2008
Monday 9th June is a Public Holiday in Tassie for Queen's Birthday.
	29-05-2008
After Paul Lennon resignation, a new Premier for Tasmania has been sworn in : David Bartlett, 40 years old, former education minister.
	18-05-2008
Pope Benedict will be in Sydney in July. The Cross is travelling around Australia prior to his arrival. The Cross was in Richmond, Tas today.
	13-05-2008
The prestigious magazine Vogue Entertaining has just awarded two Tasmanian food producers for the quality of their outstanding products : Woodbridge Smokehouse and Miellery Honey.
	13-05-2008
The 3000 American marine and sailors on board of Tarrawa are leaving today after 5 days in Hobart.
	07-05-2008
That's it, summer is definitely gone, fog, rain and cold have arrived all at once today in Tassie.
	01-05-2008
It's Fall in Richmond, the colours are splendid !
	25-04-2008
I have attended the Memorial Service for ANZAC Day this morning in Richmond and was pleased to see that many people - including lots of children - attended it too.
	14-04-2008
The Tasmanian chocolate factory - Cadburry - will not longer host their famous chocolate factory tours, for safety and regulations reasons.
	14-04-2008
The new Governor General will be a woman, a first in Australia: Quentin Bryce will take the position in September.
	03-04-2008
A lot of damages have been done in Southern Tasmania following the terrible gusty winds last night.
	27-03-2008
This year France and Australia won't go into daylight saving on the same weekend. France will change their clocks this weekend, whereas Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales will do it next weekend, on 5th April.
	22-03-2008
Country singer Keith Urban in Hobart today for a concert at The Domain.
	10-03-2008
Vintage has started in Tassie !
	01-03-2008
Wineries and vineyards opened to the Public this weekend in Tassie.
	16-02-2008
Two Tasmanian Astronomers - Dr Dieter & Dr Greenhill - are part of the team who has discovered a new solar system similar to ours.
	15-02-2008
Official opening today of the Meander Dam in the Midlands of Tasmania.
	09-02-2008
US invasion : several American TV producers will flock to Tasmania in the months to come to prepare shows on Tasmania for the US televison.
	09-02-2008
A great Tasmanian businessman died yesterday : Rudy Sypkes. He created Chickenfeed bargain stores.
	07-02-2008
Tasmanian Cheeese got many awards last Tuesday in Melbourne at the "Australian Grand Dairy Awards".
	05-02-2008
Tasmanian born Princess Mary of Denmark is turning 36 today. Happy birthday to her.
	02-02-2008
Richmond (Tasmania) historic gaol to get a facelift.
	29-01-2008
Bushfires around Richmond last nigh. 250 ha have gone in smoke.
	24-01-2008
Australia Day long weekend in Tasmania as everywhere in Australia for that matter. GG of Australia, Sir Michael Jeffery, was in Tasmania earlier in the week.
	12-01-2008
14 bush fires in Tassie yesterday. Cinemas benefit from the heat at the moment in Tasmania.
	05-01-2008
Record temperature today in Richmond and Campania : 37 !
	01-01-2008
New law in Tasmaina as per today : it is illegal to smoke inside a car if children on board.
	28-12-2007
Once again, it's the "Wild Oats" yacht which has won the Sydney-Hobart race....
	23-12-2007
Don't forget the yacht race Sydney to Hobart starting on Boxing Day (26th Dec). And the "Taste of Tasmania" from 28th Decemer to 3rd January 08 on Hobart's wharf.
	17-12-2007
Tasmania is short of GP. And it is going to get worse in the 10 coming years.
	11-12-2007
After months of drought, heavens have opened, rain very welcome in Tasmania.
	30-11-2007
Kevin Rudd has formed his new Labor Government. The new leader of the Liberal Party is the Tasmanian, Dr Brendan Nelson.
	24-11-2007
A new Government for Australia : The Labor Party won the Federal Elections yesterday, Kevin Rudd (50 y o) is the new Prime Minister and Julia Gillard the new Deputy Prime Minister.
	22-11-2007
At last summer is here !
	21-11-2007
Brooke Hanson announced she won't compete in the Olympics in China.
	17-11-2007
Christmas Pageant this morning in Hobart.
	31-10-2007
Rob Valentine, Lord Mayor of Hobart reelected comfortably.
	29-10-2007
A cure at last for the Tasmanian Devil ? Scientifics seem to have found a cure to the Tasmanian Devils face cancer.
	25-10-2007
Tonight (Friday) Tasmania will be showcased again on the Thalassa show on French television.
	24-10-2007
Hobart Show Day today in Hobart.
	24-10-2007
Myer Store Hobart should reopen its Murray st store on 23rd Novembr 07.
	15-10-2007
The usual spring winds have definitely arrived in Tassie !
	13-10-2007
DFO (Direct Factory Outlet)wont' come to Hobart it seems.
	06-10-2007
Daylight saving in Tasmania tonight, and so 9 h hours ahead of France.
	04-10-2007
The reconstruction of Myer Hobart has begun...
	04-10-2007
Tasmanian very divided over the construction of a pulp mill in the wine area of Tamar Valley in Northern Tasmania.
	02-10-2007
A mini tsunami took place on Sunday night on the East Coast of Tasmania due to an earth quake at sea off new Zealand.
	27-09-2007
Liverpool Street in Hobart reopened to pedestrians.
	24-09-2007
Liverpool Street and the Mall in Hobart still closed to cars and pedestrians following the fire that destroyed Myer store last saturday.
	24-09-2007
On his maxi trimaran built in Newcastle, Australia, Sodebo, the skipper Thomas Coleville will try to break the round world record, arrival in The Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France.
	24-09-2007
The historic facade of Myer Store could not be saved from the fire that destroys the Hobart department store on saturday.
	23-09-2007
Myer store fire shut down Hobart centre yesterday afternoon.The inferno which started in the cosmetics department gut down the historic building.
	22-09-2007
Ashgrove Traditional Cloth Matured Cheddar Cheese (northern Tasmania) was named Supreme Champion Cheese of the 2007 Royal Melbourne Dairy Show.
	21-09-2007
The Tasmanian born, Princess of Danemark, Mary Donaldson is in New York promoting Denmark with her husband, Prince Frederik.
	20-09-2007
Tafe Tasmania Drysdale Hospitality College in Hobart is calling on Jamie Oliver wannabes to join the hospitality institute seeking a career in the industry.
	12-09-2007
A French Vendeen has been appointed manager of the Peppers Hotel Calstock in Deloraine, northern Tasmania.
	12-09-2007
The famous Launceston based Chinese Restaurant - Me Wah - has opened its doors in Hobart, in Magnet Court, Sandy Bay.
	12-09-2007
The Tasmanian Ricky Ponting named for the 2nd year in a row "World Cricketer of the Year".
	05-09-2007
The famous Tasmanian fish restaurant, Mures, down the wharf in Hobart, has reopened after weeks of renovation.
	31-08-2007
The Wallabies, the Australian Rugby Team, are in France. They city of residence and training is Montpelier.
	28-08-2007
No victim in the light plane crash yesterday in Hobart.
	16-08-2007
Lebrina Restaurant in New Town (Hobart) named Tasmania's top restaurant by the Australian Gourmet Traveller. Congratulations !
	09-08-2007
Anne Steele from Lindisfaren Tasmania, has just crossed the English Channel in 10 Hours, 58 Minutes and 32 Seconds.
	02-08-2007
Three Tasmanian convict sits have been elevated to Australia's National Heritage List.
	25-07-2007
Pulp Mill in Northern Tasmania ? Tasmania divided on the subject.
	20-07-2007
Australian love watching the "Tour de France"
	14-07-2007
A huge squid of 8 m stranded in Strahan (Western Tasmania).
	12-07-2007
Denmark has announced they are opening an Embassy in Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
	10-07-2007
Zoo Doo, Richmond Zoo (Tas) has just bought 2 Bengal Tigers.
	07-07-2007
Sydney Opera classified as Cultural Heritage at UNESCO.
	03-07-2007
The oldest bridge in Australia - Richmond Bridge, Richmond Tasmania - damaged during a hit and run accident.
	01-07-2007
The Tasmanian Princess of Denmark has revealed yesterday the name of her little daughter at her christening in Copenhagen : Isabella.
	29-06-2007
After the drought, Victoria is now facing huge floods in Gippsland.
	23-06-2007
Diane Cousteau, daughter of conservationist Jacques Cousteau in Hobart.
	22-06-2007
Tasmania's convict records have been recognised on the United Nations' Memory of the World Register.
	22-06-2007
Kids snowed under in Collinsvale... school closed.
	21-06-2007
A crane toppled over the Tasman Bridge yesterday in Hobart. His driver escaped unscathed but it was chaos on the road as the bridge was closed to traffic, lots of people missed their planes.
	19-06-2007
Cold, cold, very cold everywhere in Tassie.
	18-06-2007
Australia's (and Tasmania's) oldest Brewery - Cascade Brewey - celebrate its 175th anniversary.
	13-06-2007
Two of Australia's biggest rock bands - Powderfinger and Silverchair - will be performing in Hobart - at the DEC - on 29th September this year.
	07-06-2007
Australian philosopher, Raimon Gaita in Hobart today for the screening of the movie depicting his life "Romulus, my father" with Australian actor, Eric Bana.
	06-06-2007
Five Tassie Pubs listed among Australia's Top 100 Pubs by magazine Ralph : Custom House Hobart, Pub in the Paddock Pyengana, Sportman's Hall Launceston, Beconsfieldd's Club Hotel, Joe's Garage Hobart.
	04-06-2007
A team of CSIRO scientists from Victoria has joined the Tasmanian one to try to fight the cancer that has wiped out half of the population of Tasmanian Devils.
	31-05-2007
Terrible gusty winds over Victoria and Tasmania these past 2 days.
	25-05-2007
The Cartela, the Hobart's iconic Derwent ferry will turn 95 in September. A book is underway to tell her story.
	22-05-2007
Some newspapers today are saying that Hobart is a hot spot for real estate as a water-rich location for a lot of mainlanders.
	19-05-2007
Machine Cafe, Salamanca Square, Hobart named one of the coolest places on the planet by British Magazine Arena.
	14-05-2007
Swansea (East Coast Tasmania) has received the award of tidiest town in Asutralia.
	12-05-2007
The biggest wind turbines in the southern hemispher will soon be working.... in North-West Tasmania supplying power to more than 30 000 homes.
	09-05-2007
Tarraleah Lodge (in centre Tasmanie) named one the best 65 new hotels in the world by the Bristish travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller UK.
	08-05-2007
Recherche Bay Activist, Bruce Poulson, 69 has just died of cancer. He spent his last years campaigning to save Recherche Bay.
	03-05-2007
A new Museum to open at Moorilla Winery : MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art.
	29-04-2007
The Tasmanian born actress, Rachael Taylor, 22 years old, to play in the blockbuster movie "Transformers"
	25-04-2007
ANZAC day services everywhere in Tasmania very well attended.
	22-04-2007
Commemoration today at Villers Bretonneux in France for the ANZACS in presence of Ms Penny Wensley, Ambassador of Australia in France.
	22-04-2007
The Tasmanian born Princess Mary of Denmark has given birth to baby daughter.
	19-04-2007
Agfest this year will take place on 3rd, 4th & 5th May 07 : http://www.agfest.com.au/
	19-04-2007
The 15th Symposium of Australian Gastronomy Beyond the Supermarket: Learning to Overcome Gastronomic Poverty Dover, Tasmania, Australia 29th April – 2nd May 2007 http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/centrefooddrink/events/
	19-04-2007
TARGA TASMANIA is on : http://www.targa.org.au/
	12-04-2007
In order to try stop the cancer spreading even more through our endangered tasmanian devils, the Tasmanian Goverment suffest to relocate them on Maria Island, off the East Coast of Tasmania.
	06-04-2007
Happy Easter to all. Did you know that Australia was the biggest chocolate consumer at Easter in the world ?
	02-04-2007
At least 6 people are dead after the 8.5 earthquake off the Solomon Islands coasts. Tsunami alerts off for Australia though.
	31-03-2007
Huge catch yesterday off Eaglehawk Neck (south Tasmania) : 2 blue fin tunas of 64 and 75 kgs.
	28-03-2007
David Walters, a French singer-songwriter-producer is in Tasmania this week (concerts in Hobart and Launceston) for 10 Days on the Island Festival www.davidwalters.fr
	27-03-2007
International Swimming Championship in Melbourne.
	22-03-2007
Tasmanian cultural event of the year " 10 Days on the Island" will begin tomorrow : www.tendaysontheisland.com
	18-03-2007
A Buddhist Temple to be erected in the Coal River Valley north of Hobart.
	14-03-2007
Ms Penelope Wensley, Ambassador of Australia in France, in Australia this week.
	24-02-2007
Two Tassie Tourism businesses honoured yesterday at the Australian Tourism Awards in Sydney : Henry Jones Hotel Hobart and Federal Group - Pure Tasmania.
	23-02-2007
Ideas2Market scheme was launched in Hobart yesterday by Jack English. The program offers a series of one-workshops aimed at small businesses to help them expand.
	21-02-2007
The Queen Mary 2 is in Sydney. The 26 storey ship was too high to berth at Circular Quay. Spectators gathered in their thousands to view this magnificient cruise liner which was joined by her sister ship (both had been built in St Nazaire, France), Queen Elizabeth 2. This was an historic moment.
	18-02-2007
Tamania to twin up with Arbuzzi region in Italy.
	14-02-2007
A Tasmanian fruit grower, Howard Hansen, has been named international fruit grower of the year (apple orchards)
	11-02-2007
Andrew McAuley lost at sea. Rescuers have not given up hope despite finding his empty kayak floating in the sea.
	07-02-2007
Comemorations today in several towns around Hobart to comemorate lives (and houses) lost in the raging bush fires of what's now called Black Tuesday on 7th February 1967.
	06-02-2007
Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley is the first sea kayaker to attempt to cross Tasman sea, 1600 kms between Tasmania and south Island of New Zealand.
	01-02-2007
Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart from 9th to 12th February 07.
	25-01-2007
Australia Day tomorrow 26th January (Public Holiday).
	23-01-2007
Floods in Hobart after sunday non-stop rains.
	22-01-2007
France has seriously beaten Australia at the Handball Championship in Germany : 46-10.
	19-01-2007
Cradle Mountain, Port-Arthur and Mount Wellington to get a spot in the Australian Monopoly Board game.
	17-01-2007
Sad news, Hobart's iconic Blundstone boot factory to close down in months and manufacture off-shore.
	16-01-2007
The maga-liner Saphire Princess (with its 4 000 passengers) docked in Hobart yesterday. It is the first of her visits planned for this year.
	11-01-2007
Goodbye Serena Williams...... she lost last night in 3 sets against Austrian Sybille Bammer.
	10-01-2007
The pretigious British magzine Tatler has named the Hobart Islington Hotel as one of the best 101 hotels in the world.
	08-01-2007
International Tennis Tournament in Hobart has just started. The Frenchwoman Severine Bremond played and won her first match today.
	05-01-2007
An australian team including three Tasmanian carpenters has returned home after more than 2 months working on restoring the original Mawson Hut Complex in Antarctica.
	05-01-2007
It was the thrid annual Four Hatsd Dinner at the Hobart Town Hall last night. 4 of the best Tasmanian chefs - Justin Harris, Vanidol Lulitanond, Paul Foreman et Simon West- teamed up for a superb meal.
	05-01-2007
Burnie (northern Tasmania) is celebrating its port with an exhibition "Steps in a Journey".
	05-01-2007
Bristol Farms, where Hollywood movie stars do their shopping to showcase Tasmanian products like Nutpatch Nougat.
	05-01-2007
Town of Strahan on the West Coast on stand-by for fir threat : soaring temperatures and wind not a good mix.
	03-01-2007
"Wild Oats" yacht has won the Sydney-Hobart race.
	02-01-2007
200 000 visitors at the Taste of Tasmania in Hobart and 14 500 at the Falls Festival (Music) in Marion Bay.
	28-12-2006
Official Opening today at 11 am of "The Taste of Tasmania".
	26-12-2006
Start today Boxing Day of the Sydney-Hobart yacht Race.
	21-12-2006
Total fire ban today everywhere in Tasmania and water restrictions apply.
	19-12-2006
New website for the Tasmanian wine industry : www.tasmanianwineroute.com.au
	17-12-2006
The "Left Bank" restaurant in Swansea on the East Coast has been revamped and transformed into fine dining and is now called "The Banc".
	17-12-2006
A daily ferry service will operate from next month on between Opposum Bay and Hobart.
	17-12-2006
Carols by Candelight tonight in Hobart.
	12-12-2006
Terrible night last night on the East Coast of Tasmania : 20 houses gone in bush fires near Scamander.
	09-12-2006
Swansea (Tasmania East Coast) elected the tidest town in Tasmania.
	06-12-2006
Bush fires out of control last night in Brighton-Bridgewater, south of Hobart.
	02-12-2006
20 whales stranded in Srahan (Western Tasmania), 10 are being rescued and kept alive by people over there.
	30-11-2006
Cecile Corbel, the French harpist, from Brittany is performing in Tasmania this week.
	29-11-2006
Hobart Wine Show last week : Hood Wines was the most awarded winery.
	28-11-2006
Solo Yachtsman tony Bullimore should arrive in Hobart some times this week.
	27-11-2006
Our Princess Mary has done a vanishing act in the Tasmanian Bush ?
	22-11-2006
She is here..... The Tasmanian Princess Mary of Denmark has just landed in Hobart.
	17-11-2006
"10 DAYS ON THE ISLAND:, the Tasmanian Arts Festival will be held in Tasmania from 23rd March to 1st April 2007.
	16-11-2006
Christmas parade this saturday in Hobart.
	15-11-2006
A Tasmanian Teacher named best world teacher by an American jury yesterday.
	15-11-2006
Marque IV restaurant named the best overall restaurant in Hobart last night.
	15-11-2006
Breaking temperature in Tassie : Up to 20 centimetres of snow was reported at Miena in Tasmania's Great Lake region
	04-11-2006
International student enrolments are booming at Hobart University, especially of students from Asia.
	03-11-2006
Tasmanian Crafts Fair in Deloraine this weekend.
	03-11-2006
Monday 6th November will be a public holiday in northern Tasmania : Recreation Day.
	03-11-2006
Poetry Awards in Hobart yesterday : Tasmanian Kathryn Lomer and Anne Morgan won $ 300 each.
	03-11-2006
Poetry Awards in Hobart yesterday : Tasmanian Kathryn Lomer and Anne Morgan won $ 300 each.
	02-11-2006
Change to Abalone size limits : the minimum size or the recreational take of greenlip abalone has been reduced to 132 mm while for blacklip abalone it has been increased to 138 mm.
	01-11-2006
Tassie Wines to be the best to accompany Asian Foods.
	01-11-2006
The "Bridgewater" bridge in Hobart closed for work and repair.
	31-10-2006
Launch of the book "Bad Ground" by Todd Russell and Brant Webb, the two miners rescued from the Beaconsfield mine in May.
	28-10-2006
L'Astrolabe, the french antarctic supply vessel, stuck in the ice for their maiden voyage of the season.
	28-10-2006
France goes into daylight saving this weekend and hence will be 10 Hours behind Tasmania.
	28-10-2006
France goes into daylight saving this weekend and hence will be 10 Hours behind Tasmania.
	27-10-2006
Princess Mary pregnant again with her 2nd child to be born in May 2007.
	26-10-2006
The Dutch Crown Prince and Princess Maxima in Hobart for 2 days.
	23-10-2006
It's Show Week in Hobart this week and Thursday will be a public holiday.
	19-10-2006
The terrible frost last weekend in the Coal River Valley (near Hobart) has unfortunately badly affected orchards and vineyards in bloom at that time of the year.
	12-10-2006
Searing temperatures (35 C) and force gale winds, bush fires all around Hobart. Hopefully winds will calm down tonight.
	12-10-2006
Did you know that actor Simon Baker was Tasmanian ?
	12-10-2006
A Tasmanian resercher has found a way of treating normal pressure hudrocephalus which creates a build-up of fluid in the brain.
	11-10-2006
Force gale winds and bush fires around Hobart and up north.
	11-10-2006
Tasmania has got a new motto : Tasmania - Explore the possibilities" It will soon appear on all tourism brochures etc.. but also on cars rego plates. Now it's time to update our flag. The present one has existed for 100 years or so.
	10-10-2006
Summer is here..... 30 degrees Celsius today here in Richmond.
	10-10-2006
Tasmania is the most entrepeneurial state in Australia.
	10-10-2006
Princess Mary of Denmark to visit her home town of Hobart in November.
	07-10-2006
Congratulations to Scottsdale Cottage Bakery for winning the Tasmanian Bread Show.
	06-10-2006
630 000 objects have been moved from the Hobart Musueum to its new location : Rosny Collections and Research Centre.
	06-10-2006
The Hobart City hall is hosting the Australian Plant Society of Tasmania's Wildflower Spectacular. I will close this on Sunday 8th October at 4 pm. Admission is free.
	05-10-2006
Tasmanian exporters contribute more to the economy than they were 10 years ago, by 1 billion.
	03-10-2006
Tasmanian food and wine producers to showcase their products at ParliamentHouse in Canberra on 17th October.
	02-10-2006
It's Tasmanian South Coast Classic Dance-Sport Extravagnaza at the DEC in Hobart this week.
	30-09-2006
There is a growing evidence that Tasmanians are more avid readers and users of their state librairies than their mainland counterparts.
	29-09-2006
Platypuses with a funal disease have been found in some Tasmanian rivers.
	29-09-2006
Move to new prison has begun in Hobart.
	29-09-2006
Grand Final Weekend.
	28-09-2006
Barcelona world race : The Englishman sailor Alex Thompson has chosen to team-up with a 44 year old Tasmanian : Andrew Cape.
	27-09-2006
Australian Geographic Magazine is featuring Tasmania in this month edition.
	27-09-2006
Hill Farm's (chutneys & tracklements) to change hands : from Mary Walker to Nichols Poultry.
	27-09-2006
It is very seldom but it has happened in Richmond : a ewe has just give birth to a quad ! Kamie Sawford, the owner, can't believe his luck !
	27-09-2006
A new Royal Hobart Hospital to open in Hobart within 9 years ?
	27-09-2006
Opening tonight of the Restaurant side of "Jean-Pascal" in Bellerive. The restaurant will now be open for dinner the following nights : Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
	26-09-2006
Cygnet (south of Hobart) to become the cultural centre of Tasmania. "Southern Exposure" will be open from 10 am to 5 pm Thursdays to Sundays til 15th October 06.
	25-09-2006
Tasmania to go to day light saving this Sunday 1st October. Will be then 9 hours ahead of France.
	21-09-2006
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is in the running for an ARIA award. The violonist, Niki Vasilakis and conductor Stebastian Lang-Lessing have been nominated in the best classical album category.
	19-09-2006
A retired couple from the Huon Valley (South of Hobart) has won AUD $ 1.8 M at Tattslotto. Congratulations to them !
	18-09-2006
Global Warming is going to help Tasmanian Wine producers by broadening the range of grape varieties such as Shiraz or Cab Sav which are normally produced on main land Australia.
	11-09-2006
The Tasmanian Government hopes to open a new bushwalking track down the peninsula. The track would be the second biggest after Overland Track (in the center of Tasmania) which is very busy in the peak season.
	08-09-2006
Death of Racing Car Driver Peter Brock.
	05-09-2006
The whole australian nation saddened by Steve Irvin sudden death. All Australian mourning the loss of an icon and hero.
	04-09-2006
The Car Show in Hobart yesterday was very popular for Father's Day.
	01-09-2006
Hobart's driest winter ended yesterday.... Mercury titles today. Hobart had just 50.8 mm of rain over winter, less than a third of its average.
	31-08-2006
Tasmanian students have dominated the 2006 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards this year.
	29-08-2006
The Tasmanian Reggie Bird, winner of Big Brother, to write a tell-all book.
	26-08-2006
Sighting of dolphins in the Derwent River in Hobart.
	25-08-2006
10 Tasmanian people received last night the Tasmania's Pride of Australia 2006 Medal.
	22-08-2006
You will get a free DVD on Tasmania with the September issue of Gourmet Traveller. The scene is glorious.
	21-08-2006
National Geographic Traveler magazine has rated Maria Island (off the East Coast of Tasmania) as one of the most beautiful isaland in Australia. A ferry operates between Triabunna and Maria Island.
	18-08-2006
15 years ago today Alain and I arrived in Tasmania !
	17-08-2006
Tasmanian Bakeries is producing a new biscuit, Bliskit, to help the Tasmanian devils threatened by a facial tumour. 5 c per bisucuit will be donated to help fighting the disease.
	14-08-2006
The Australian Clogging Association danced in Hobart last weekend. Cloggins is a quick version of tap dancing.
	10-08-2006
Denise Banks, the eldest Frenchwoman in Tasmania has passed away. She had been for years the french voice on French Radio and President of the Alliance Francaise of Hobart. Farewell Denise.
	07-08-2006
Tomorrow night 8th Augsut will be Census Night all over Australia.
	02-08-2006
The "Vineyards Association of Tasmania" is going to be replaced by a new body called "Wine 42 Tasmania".
	01-08-2006
Congratulations to Restaurant Marque IV Hobart for having recently been named as one of Australia's 10 hottest restaurants by reviewer Elizabeth Meryment in the Weekend Australian.
	01-08-2006
The first export batch of Tasmanian truffles by Perigod Truffles of Tasmania is about to leave to Tokyo.
	31-07-2006
Volunteers yesterday helped planting new trees at various sites in Tasmania for Planet Ark's National Tree Day.
	30-07-2006
Hobart Airport improvment begins in September.
	27-07-2006
The Hobart photographer Sean Fennessy has been named as one of the best young artists in Australia by the prestigious magazine Art & Australia.
	27-07-2006
Tonight Dianne Bye will be officially appointed French and German Honorary Consul. In her honour, The Consul General de France, Mr Laurent Delahouse, and the Consul General of Germany, Mr Thomas Kessler, will be in Hobart where they will host a function for their respective communities.
	25-07-2006
Rakphs Bay development fury grows in Tasmania.
	25-07-2006
In order to stem skill shortages in Tasmania, Federal Small Business Minister Fran Bailey has promised to push for tax shortage and hence encourage business to train their staff.
	24-07-2006
University of Tasmania will offer 290 new student places next year.
	23-07-2006
While the wine industry is struggling on mainland Australia, there is a shortage of grapes in Tasmania.
	23-07-2006
Next time you are in Tassie, visit Poatina, 40 kms south of Launceston. This old hydro village is being revamped by Sydney business man Mal Garvin who intends to make Poatina "one of the most significant inland towns" (The Mercury 23/07/06).
	21-07-2006
A beautiful Australian movie is on at Village 7: Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer, "the first film to deal with Aborigines as other than an 'issue' is stunning" says the Critic.
	21-07-2006
John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, in Beaconsfield today to unveil a plaque to commemorate Larry Knight who died in the mine on Anzac Day.
	21-07-2006
Paul & Liz Bartlett in Epping Forest (Northern Tasmania) breeds and sells around the globe via their website a new breed of dogs : Labradoodles.
	21-07-2006
The Anglican Church in Tamania may sell 2 of its churches : Holy Trinity in North Hobart and Sandys Bay's Bay West. Interested ?
	20-07-2006
"Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart has popped the cork on a year long party to celebrate its 30th anniversary - and everyone is invited" Mercury Newpaper, 20th July 06.