Category Archives: King Island Courier

The Festival of King Island committee felt relieved as the weather forecast for the Festival of King Island weekend was as predicted.

The official commencement of construction of the Currie Lighthouse precinct’s new Hub multipurpose complex was marked by the turning of the sod by Senator Anne Urquhart and Premier Jeremy Rockliff.

As Clare Bell’s exhibition Beautiful, Ordinary Things closed, a new exhibition started in mid-January.

TASMANIAN Premier Jeremy Rockliff has pledged to prevent the closure of the iconic King Island Dairy.

LABOR Member for Braddon and Deputy Leader  Anita Dow described her visit to King Island and meeting with Mayor Marcus Blackie as forming a “partnership with local government, to know what’s needed and to find out what is needed on the ground”.

Southern Airlines Fly-in Day on Saturday was the last day of the 2024 King Island Racing Club race season. It was an eight thoroughbred and harness race meet.

The sod was turned at the King Island Hub in the Currie Lighthouse precinct yesterday – the culmination of five years work to see the commencement of the $5m build.

This year’s King Island Australia Day holiday celebrations were held at the King Island Boat Club at Grassy Harbour and recognised Linda Payne as the 2024 King Islander of the Year.

If you look in the Field Guide to Birds of Australia, or one of the many other publications, pictures of Australian birds are accompanied by a paragraph explaining other features.

The crowd in the stand, on the hill, along the rails and on the flats roared as one in the final moments of the Miners Rest Cup.