Derwent Valley Gazette | Tasmanian Country Newspaper

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Beloved Bush Inn celebrates 200 years

Australia's oldest continuously licensed hotel, The Bush Inn, will celebrate its 200th anniversary this weekend.

Fishing - Disappointing Derwent dampens trout season

With August and September now behind us, some sea run trout fishing opportunities have also passed. But with luck, some of the best are still yet to come.

A 5.6kg brown trout caught by David Menzies from the Tyenna River back in August.

Highlands homestead destroyed by fire

The Triffett family have lost everything in a house fire on Half Moon Marsh farm near Bronte Park.

fire at Half Moon Marsh farm

Rude awakening for Derwent Valley residents

Derwent Valley residents were woken this morning by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake at 6.38 am in the State's Southwest, with the epicentre at Strathgordon at a depth of 14.1 km.

Seismograph

Adam Rice joins Derwent Valley Gazette team

Adam Rice is switching out his fishing rod for the pen as he joins the Derwent Valley Gazette team.

Adam Rice

Council to consider public pool's future

The Bushy Park pool could remain closed during the summer.

Bushy Park Pool

Peter Bradnam with a solid male brown trout he landed and then released after a big fight from the shore at Lake Crescent recently

Fishing - Wet and windy conditions keeping anglers indoors

Reports have been scarce this week with limited fishing opportunities on the back of recent windy and wet conditions.

Ngaire Melhop and Shemi Rubin of White Wallaby Laundry Services prior to their grand opening of the new Laundromat last Saturday morning

Clean slate for newly reopened laundromat

The Derwent Valley municipality received a welcome boost last week with the re-opening of the recently refurbished laundromat in High Street New Norfolk.

Mayor calls hoons d***heads

Michelle Dracoulis has lashed out at “dickhead” hoons and warned them she will lobby Tasmania Police to crush the vehicles of offenders if it continues.

Hooning

Historic plaques stolen

A number of bronze plaques have been stolen from Arthur Square and Pioneer Avenue in New Norfolk.

Early settlers plaque

Inviting Feedback on Three Year Wood Production Plan

Sustainable Timber Tasmania has released the annual update to its Three Year Wood Production Plan to the Tasmanian community for feedback.

Tasmanian Forest

Lions members urged to 'make their mark'

PRIOR to the beginning of the new Lions year, beginning on July 1, a new International President and new District Governors are elected, new District Cabinets are appointed and each Lions Club elects their Board. All commenced their new roles this week.

Lions Tasmania District Governor for 2024-25, Victoria Cochrane.

Kitchen comfort from a classic fruit and nut cake

THE sight of a vintage cake tin immediately transported our online cook Kirsten Bacon back to her days as an apprentice chef in a kitchen filled with the comforting aroma of baking cakes and the chatter of the team honing their craft.

Vintage cake tins

Wintery winds from the west keep Highland anglers off the water

FISHING has been a challenge recently and the wintery and windy westerly change last weekend kept most anglers off the water.

Trout caught on Solvpilen

Pictures tell story of progress on new Bridgewater Bridge

Editor MIKE KERR Continues his regular column following the development of the new Bridgewater Bridge.

Bridge

New Norfolk home builders off and racing

TWO bidders will be vying for the 8.4ha council-owned Kensington Park racetrack as for housing subdivision.

Kensington Park

What the future holds for a town on the move

IN the last print edition of the Derwent Valley Gazette we took a forward-looking view of New Norfolk and the broader Derwent Valley to get a sense of what the next decades hold for our town.

Derwent Valley

Anglers should forget the chill, we need some Tassie Highlands snow.

Angling guru Adam Rice keeps anglers in the loop as the winter chills bite more than the fish…

Photo of a recently caught trout