The recovery team for the endangered forty-spotted pardalote met at the Kingborough Council Chambers on Thursday, September 3. The forty-spotted pardalote is a nationally endangered bird found mainly in the Kingborough and Huon municipalities but also Maria Island and Flinders Islands. There are less than two thousand birds surviving making it globally one of the rarest birds on the planet and...

The Channel Highway (Algona Road to Sandfly Road) Corridor Study Report has been released today, Tuesday September 8, by the Tasmanian Government. The Corridor Study was undertaken in response to the government’s commitment to review the junction at Howden Road, investigate safety concerns, and consider how the Channel Highway meets the current and future community needs over the next 20...

Kingston Library’s Young Einsteins program explored the theme ‘Deep Blue: Innovations for the future’ during National Science Week, from August 17 to 22. A grant from Inspiring Australia enabled the Kingborough Library to create take-home science packs filled with ocean themed activities. The science packs included; designing a compass, making a model boat, responsible fishing and saltwater...

People are now free to swim at all parts of Blackmans Bay beach after the southern end was given a clean bill of health by the Tasmanian Government. The southern end of beach was given a ‘poor’ water quality rating in late 2018, which resulted in swimmers being advised not to swim or undertake recreational activities there. Mayor of Kingborough, Cr Dean Winter was delighted to be able to...

Kingborough Council is seeking nominations for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Group of the Year. Nominations for outstanding Kingborough community members opened on August 27 and are due to close at midnight on Monday, October 12. Chair of the Kingborough Awards Committee, Cr Paula Wriedt spoke of the importance of volunteers to the community. “Volunteers in...