Category Archives: King Island Courier

A Council casual vacancy was created late last year, due to Local Government Act rules and regulations around a councillor’s missed ordinary council meetings and a by-election will be held.

RECENT rumours doing the rounds on King Island during the holiday season have been confirmed – King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been invited to visit the island.

Laughter and good cheer once again escaped from the King Island Hotel when the Senior Citizens held their annual Christmas lunch last week.

It was overcast, but the rain held off and the track was good for the King Island Beef Race.

Our 12 Grade 10 students of 2023 celebrated in style with staff, family and friends during an afternoon get-together held in The Rock Cafe.

An engaged audience attended a public talk by Dr Eric Woehler in mid-December at Currie in which he described his scientific surveys of shorebirds and seabirds around Tasmania, including King Island and the Furneaux Group spanning 30 years.

‘Flying by the seat of their pants’ is not something airline passengers wish for or expect from pilots on approach to or departure from King Island, but it is an appropriate turn of phrase for a new exhibition in the King Island Airport terminal.

Our Kinder to Grade 9 Transition was held on Monday, with students getting a sneak peak at their classrooms and teachers for 2024.

Alliance Airlines flew into King Island from Southeast Queensland for a weekend of King Island golf – signalling  the beginning of a new age of small jet travel to King Island.

THE King Island Council passed the biggest budget in its history in June, according to its Annual Report revealed this week.