Nine must-do highlights of Tasmania in winter

Nine must-do highlights of Tasmania in winter

Once shunned,now shining,Tasmanian winters have become a thing to embrace.

  • byAndrew Bain

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Striking Hobart stay takes inspiration from its chilly neighbour

Striking Hobart stay takes inspiration from its chilly neighbour

The sparse Polaire Suite,a frosty-toned ode to Antarctica,walks a fine line between austere and cool.

  • byAndrew Bain
Tasmanian farm stay making waves for its clever,high-spec design

Tasmanian farm stay making waves for its clever,high-spec design

Iron Creek Bay Farm Stay,a little-heard-of budget accommodation in Tasmania,has just been shortlisted for an important international architecture award.

  • byJulietta Jameson
The battle to save the endangered fish that prefers to walk instead of swim

The battle to save the endangered fish that prefers to walk instead of swim

With jazz hands and a fluffy pom-pom,the red handfish is a distinctive species. But there are only about 100 in the wild,and Australian experts are determined to save it and two other handfish that are critically endangered.

  • byTracey Ferrier
Bird with a wire:How to track one of Australia’s rarest species

Bird with a wire:How to track one of Australia’s rarest species

Scientists are testing a new way to keep track of young orange bellied parrots,one of Australia’s most beloved (and difficult to locate) threatened species.

  • byMiki Perkins
Oh,the horror! Where Wednesday Addams got her start

Oh,the horror! Where Wednesday Addams got her start

Century by century,a movement found its margins,its own noir palette,and flourished,from old Rome all the way to creepy Tasmania.

  • byDavid Astle
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It’s OK to vote Yes:Meet the Liberals campaigning for the Voice

It’s OK to vote Yes:Meet the Liberals campaigning for the Voice

Liberals For Yes will target “soft No” voters who incline towards conservative or Liberal values but could be persuaded to support the referendum.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Acclaimed Tassie hotel gets $65 million update,but rooms still a bargain

Acclaimed Tassie hotel gets $65 million update,but rooms still a bargain

At Wrest Point you can get a big,luxurious hotel room with amazing water views at less than half the price of similar stays in Hobart.

  • byJim Darby
Four hundred tonnes of contaminated soft plastics headed for tip in REDcycle fallout

Four hundred tonnes of contaminated soft plastics headed for tip in REDcycle fallout

As the task begins to move 2500 tonnes of soft plastics stockpiled across three states,at least 400 tonnes of waste is being sent to landfill.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andChris Vedelago
Remarkable landscape includes one of the best beaches no-one knows about

Remarkable landscape includes one of the best beaches no-one knows about

A hike in southern Tasmania takes in spectacular capes and a beach that should be in Australia’s top 10.

  • byJim Darby
Funding for Tasmania locked in,now to the club presidents for vote

Funding for Tasmania locked in,now to the club presidents for vote

With a funding announcement to build a stadium in Hobart expected on the weekend,the eyes now turn to presidents however the AFL remain confident they will give the go ahead once vote is held.

  • byPeter Ryan