Back in 1968, 8583 Tasmanian school children were recruited into what is now the world’s largest and longest running study of asthma and respiratory health - The Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study (TAHS). One participant has a vivid recollection of “standing in line at Punchbowl Primary School in my bloomers and singlet blowing into a tube which looked like a hairdryer.” The...

Image: The Cygnet Family Practice team will soon be opening for longer on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays after receiving the Tasmanian Government Primary Care Support Grant for Urgent and After Hours. (PS) The current national crisis of long wait times to see a doctor in general practice has led the State Government to seek new ways to provide timely care, beginning with much-needed...

Image: Members of the Kiwis in Tasmania Association performed the haka at Huonville’s ANZAC Day morning service. ANZAC Day commemorations were held around the Huon Valley on the 108th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign and what became the birth of the ANZAC spirit of mateship, bravery and sacrifice. ANZAC Day stands to remember the first day of landings for Australian and New Zealand...

Image: Part of the Power of the Bricks display at Huonville Library included a target shooting game, fully constructed from Lego bricks. School holidays suddenly got a lot brighter for some Huon Valley children who were lucky to attend the Power of the Bricks expo at Huonville Library on Thursday, April 20. Power of the Bricks is a Hobart-based Lego User Group that set up exhibitions...

Image: Huon Valley Food Hub organisers with local volunteers and Huonville Primary School's AST teacher Dan Brown. Saturday, April 15 brought people together from around the Huon Valley to celebrate family and community building at the Huon Valley Food Hub’s fourth event day of the Harvest Festival. The next event in a series of town-focused workshops, Huonville’s day began with a farmers’...