POLICE have a brand new, theft-proof weapon against speeding and so far it is working a treat. The white trailer housing a speed camera worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is already attracting considerable notoriety after being unleashed on the southern public just a couple of weeks ago. “We’re trialling the trailer to see if [...]
PATIENTS with gallstones or hernias faced never having their necessary operations unless they suffered serious complications that required emergency surgery, an inquiry into Tasmania’s health cuts was told yesterday. Leading Tasmanian health professionals have called on the Federal Government to take over the state’s public hospitals, calling the current health system a “dog’s breakfast” at [...]
Over the last few weeks the weather has been rather wet (rain) this of course has the byproduct of flooding, in particular in the north of the state. I happened to be visiting Launceston where most of the heavy rain has taken place. The images below are of the (now) disused Duck Reach Power Station [...]
Last night my mother & I went to see The Audreys playing at Wrest Point Casino for their Sometimes the Stars Australian tour. I have to admit but there wasn’t as many people there as I had expected there to be, but hey it meant that most of us got a seat and could simply enjoy the [...]
Brrr… well the cold front that was mentioned on the weather report last night has hit! currently 8.5°C !!! Oh and did I mention that its COLD! and raining with a little sleet! Now we are 155m ASL and it was expected to snow to the 400m level well it may actually snow to a [...]