Category Archives: King Island Courier

A strong northerly and light drizzle set the scene for last week’s post-bye round with a decent crowd turning out considering the weather.

When it comes to our island supporting the nation during times of crisis, we have batted way above the average but also knew the value of independence.

The King Island Council is proposing a five per cent increase in rates for 2022/24 – less than increases proposed in other Tasmanian council areas and less than the council cost index of 8.11 per cent. 

AFTER 33 years the silent Group 6 Metals the historic Dolphin Tungsten Mine, at Grassy is back to life.

Stallholders at the Produce of King Island (POKI) Market never quite know what the market will bring, whether it’s sun or rain and wind or if tourists will flock in or be out and about across the island.

THE tradition of the King’s Birthday weekend King Island Wild Pheasant shoot continues.

So wrote Flight Lieutenant Victor Deakin on 19 July 1943 to Geoffrey Edwards, younger brother of Neville (Bill), who was one of the four airmen who died in the Beaufort Bomber crash on King Island on 11 July 1943.

KING Island beef producer Robert Williams and his partner Elvira Bolotova, a former journalist in Russia, were overwhelmed when named in JBS Australia’s Great Southern 2023 Beef Producer of the Year top 10 list at a gala event at Melbourne Showgrounds. They were as one of three King Islanders named in the top 10. Ex-rockContinue reading “Island life suits farm couple”

Canada has experienced weeks of wildfires that have devasted millions of hectares and more than 100,000 residents have been evacuated and displaced. King Island’s Senior Ranger, Shelley Graham left a few weeks ago as part of the Tasmanian contingent to join a 200-strong Australasian deployment and hundreds of firefighters from across the world to supportContinue reading “Local firey on Canada frontline”

IN what could have been a perfectly still, sunny, warm winter’s day, moments before the opening siren, the oval was coated in a gentle white blanket of drizzle – just enough to whet the appetite for what was to come.