Image: Under 11s athlete Adele Woodward competing in the High Jump event.  Last Saturday, the Huon Valley Little Athletics Centre held week two of the Channel Earth Moving Centre Championships. The athletes again showed their success and improvements, with 88 PBs for the week. This included three centre best performances, Flynn Smith taking the Under 15 Boys 100m Hurdles and Long Jump,...

Image: Before leaving Paris, the rikawa was checked by condition report, a detailed physical assessment of the condition of the object, before being placed into a specially designed and climate-controlled case for the journey by Stéphanie Leclerc-Caffarel, curator of Pacific Collections at Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. (PS) After 230 years overseas, a cultural artefact has finally...

Image: The Cartela, currently moored at Franklin, has received funding that will allow it to be restored. (PS) Following years of stagnation on its repair, a funding boost from the Tasmanian Government will help to bring new life again to the 111-year-old steamship Cartela once again. The Tasmanian Government announced a $1 million grant for the Cartela in early February, which will be...

Image: From left, Christie Lewis and Peter Graham of the Port Huon Progress Association and Labor Member for Franklin Dean Winter met to discuss TasWater’s relocation of sewage outfall project. (PS) Labor Member for Franklin Dean Winter is the latest person to get behind the community movement urging TasWater to listen to Port Huon locals and look at alternative solutions for an unpopular...

Image: Tyres and concrete waste dumped on Crown land in Franklin recently represents a growing trend of rubbish dumping in the Huon Valley. 16 reports of littering and dumping were recorded for the Huon Valley Council municipality in the 24-months from February 1, 2021 to February 3, 2023 by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Tasmania. In response to community concern...