A PAVILION style home at Mount Rumney on the Eastern Shore has won the coveted 2013 HIA-CSR Australian Home of the Year award, the highest achievement in the residential building industry. Building designer Mike Cleaver, of Clever Designs, and Andrew Scott, of Cave Constructions, collected the award at a ceremony in Brisbane earlier this month. [...]
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Spirit of Tasmania promoting driving holidays
SPIRIT of Tasmania has produced a free travel guide for exploring Tasmania by car, featuringsix “spectacular drives” that highlight some of the state’s best scenery, attractions and experiences. The list of drives includes the Tasman Peninsula and the drive between Sorell and Port Arthur. Titled Cruising Tasmania, the 21-page guide, designed to fit in a [...]
Children paint the way for community inclusion
METRES of canvas, paint slopping and mural making for the local community was the order of the day at the launch of Eastlands Shopping Centre’s 10-day lifestyle festival, Gathered. Eastlands’ second annual community lifestyle festival aimed to bring the local community together to entertain and engage children during the holidays and raise funds for [...]
Make your home fire safe
As the weather cools down, the number of house fires will increase in Tasmania. However, most house fires can be avoided. This is the key message of a new winter campaign by the Tasmania Fire Service. “It’s a statistical fact that winter is the busiest time for house fires and 65 per cent of all [...]
Galloping success for the brave and bold
HORSE and rider combinations from around the state gathered to test their skills at the Tasmanian Eventing Championships held last month at the Lauderdale Tasmanian Equestrian Centre. Conducted by the Southern Tasmanian Eventing Association, in conjunction with Hobart and Districts Pony Club, the event required combinations to compete in three Olympic disciplines over two days. [...]
North Melbourne kicks off community partnership
NORTH Melbourne Football Club has strengthened connections with the Hobart community with local children and their families converging on the Risdon Vale Oval for a football clinic. The event was one of three Kanga’s Kids’ Club Super Clinics conducted by the club following their win over Port Adelaide at Blundstone Arena on Saturday 5 May. [...]
Running for Alli this Mother’s Day
A SEA of hot pink runners will be clocking up the kilometres at this year’s Mother’s Day Classic fun run and walk in their quest to raise vital funds for breast cancer research. Team Alli comprises 23 motivated and energetic men and women who walk and run to increase awareness of breast cancer. Although the [...]
Scrap metal creates new art opportunities
BLACKSMITH artist Simon Pankhurst recently moved a furnace from the Channel to Risdon Vale to create a piece of street furniture and along the way, spread the skill of metal work to at-risk youth on the Eastern Shore. Not your average council-issue bench, the seat was constructed from pieces of scrap metal donated by Intercontinental [...]
Fresh lobster and abalone on the Eastern Shore
Cambridge’s Red Dragon Seafoods, which has been exporting fresh seafood interstate and overseas since 2009, is set to develop a café and expand its local retail outlet in time for next summer. Managing Director Michael Blake said the company had operated a retail outlet for locals and tourists at its Cambridge base near the Hobart [...]
Eastern Shore Sun welcomes new advertising sales executive
THE Eastern Shore Sun welcomes new advertising sales executive Kylie Eastley to the team. Kylie is dedicated to customer service and brings with her more than 10 years experience in advertising and marketing. Kylie grew up on the Tasman Peninsula, where she worked in the tourism industry and at a quail farm prior to launching [...]
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