The Hobart City Council is proposing a further 10 roads have speed limits reduced from 60km/h to 50km/h. This follows the reduction of speed limits on a number of CBD roads in 2011. The story below from The Mercury Newspaper provides some of the background. However, the article is not clear in the statistics provided, as the [...]
Having talked with many people planning a move to Tasmania during the past three years, it is interesting that the circumstances of those wanting to move vary so significantly. I have worked with single people in their twenties through to singles and couples in their 60s and 70s. A large number of the people who [...]
Photo Credit: (Jerzy Durczak) via Compfight cc Whisky has certainly taken off in Tasmania and there are now quite a few producers with very good reputations. The Sullivan's Cove French Oak Cask whisky from Tasmania Distillery has now taken out the award for best single malt at the World Whisky Awards in London. [...]
Mt Wellington | Tourism Tasmania | Nick Osborne A recent story in The Mercury reported on the Suncorp Bank Family Friendly City research, placing Hobart as number six in Australia. Not a bad result at all. You can download the full report here. Hobart takes out sixth spot in report on nation's top [...]
Tasmanian Devil | Tourism Tasmania | Chris McLennan You may be aware of the Save the Tasmanian Devil program which is working to breed healthy Tasmania Devils which are free from the cancerous facial tumour that has infected the population. Last week eleven devils, bred interstate, were released on Maria Island, off the [...]
Photo Credit: mamnaimie via Compfight cc When renting property, in Tasmania or elsewhere, it is good to know your rights as a tenant. The Residential Tenancy Amendment Bill has just passed through Parliament in Tasmania. This bill changes the rights of tenants and landlords in a few key areas. The changed are summarised [...]
A couple of months ago there was talk that power prices in Tasmania may fall, as we talked about in our blog posts at the time - here and here. Well now it is confirmed that electricity prices will fall by 5.23% from 1 January 2014, as reported in The Mercury newspaper today. Remember that [...]
Photo Credit: Vince Alongi via Compfight cc The cost of raising a child in the capital cities of Australia is the subject of a recent study - and Hobart comes in around the middle. The article below from The Mercury talks with the researcher about the study and what it means. The average cost [...]
Hobart Waterfront | Tourism Tasmania | Geoff Murray The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery - known as TMAG - reopens today after a closure of several months to complete a major renovation, rebuild and introduction of many new galleries and spaces. You can visit TMAG on the Hobart Waterfront for free (except for [...]
Mt Wellington | Tourism Tasmania | Nick Osborne It wasn't so many years ago that properties for sale for $1M in Hobart was a very rare event. Of course the asking price is not always the same as the eventual selling price, it is still an indicator of how things have changed. Looking [...]
The Real Estate Institute of Tasmania released it's December Quarter Property Report recently. Some highlights from the report follow. Most Expensive Suburbs/Towns Acton Park - $605,000 Sandy Bay - $567,500 Sandford - $530,000 Mount Stuart - $487,500 Taroona - $482,575 Mount Nelson - $467,000 South Hobart - $464,500 Tranmere - $462,500 New Town - $440,000 [...]
Tassie's Golden Tourism Triumph Tasmania has punched well above its weight in last night's Australian Tourism Awards, winning Gold in 5 categories, Silver in one category and Bronze in five categories. Tasmania has confirmed its status as Australia's premier tourism destination. All of the awarded attractions can be enjoyed by locals as well as tourists. [...]
Battery Point | Tourism Tasmania | John de la Roche The method of metering and charging for water consumption has changed in Tasmania in the past year. Where once water was a part of the council rates paid by property owners, it is now metered. Property owners receive invoices from one of three [...]
The Hobart Waterfront A new year and time away from work is often when we start thinking about changing our life. For many this is about moving to a new place and establish a new lifestyle. Have you been holidaying somewhere beautiful and wishing it was forever? Perhaps you have been to Tassie [...]
The Real Estate Institute of Tasmania (REIT) has released the REIT Property Quarterly Report, September 2012. The overall Tasmania results include sales that are not included in the regions reported, and as such are not an aggregate of just the regions reported. There are other parts of the state that are not in the regional [...]