As the Tasmanian fire season approaches, authorities say it’s important to have a plan and know your options.
Category Archives: The East Coast View
Fishing future planned
A Ten-year strategy to protect, promote and improve recreational sea fishing has been released.
Shows on the brink
Tasmania’s large-scale rural events such as Agfest and regional agricultural shows could become unviable because of continuing Covid restrictions.
Travel bans to lift
Tasmania’s borders will reopen on Wednesday, December 15 allowing many local families and friends who have been cut off from each other to reunite for Christmas.
Squid squabble move
East Coast calamari fishers are being asked to comment on options for possible changes to how Tasmania’s calamari fishery is managed.
Food, wine and fun returns
The popular Bicheno Food and Wine Festival is back and it’s already sold out.
Mussel farm nets award
Freycinet Marine Farm at Coles Bay is now Tasmania’s only commercial mussel grower and its reputation is growing
Wine just what Doctor ordered
A new wine processing facility has begun operations filling a void in the market by helping small producers take their grapes from vine to bottle to customer.
Make a date for fine wine
More than 35 vineyards in Southern Tasmania will open their doors to the public during the last weekend of October for a new wine festival
Tasman in vax lead
Locals are in a race to the finish to get 90 per cent of the community vaccinated against Covid by the first day of summer.