Category — Asides

Forget the jewels, the world trips and the flash cars … new thermal undies top the wish list of the woman who has won $10 million, Tasmania’s biggest ever Oz Lotto jackpot.

The search for a Danish backpacker who went missing on Tasmania’s snow-capped Cradle Mountain more than two weeks ago may not be resumed for months. The search will not resume until the weather improves and the snow on the mountain begins to melt.

New research has shown that an endangered species of worm is thriving after last year’s bushfires on Tasmania’s east coast. The Giant Velvet Worm found exclusively in Eastern Tasmania is hundreds of millions of years old and lives in decaying logs.

The powerful Tourism Industry Council Tasmania has entered the pulp-mill debate and criticised Gunns boss John Gay over his lack of respect for Tamar Valley tourism operators. The TICT advised Mr Gay to stop making “trite” public comments and start listening to legitimate concerns.

Seagulls gorging themselves on greasy junk food in Hobart are so fat it is affecting their reproduction. University of Tasmania researcher Heidi Auman has found that silver gulls feeding on fatty scraps being thrown to them from seaside cafes has caused them to become obese.

Police hold grave fears for a Danish tourist missing on Tasmania’s snow-covered Cradle Mountain. A backpack containing a tent, camping equipment and a Danish passport in the name of Kasper Kataoka Sorensen, 21, was found on top of Cradle Mountain yesterday.

A CSIRO study of the waters off the south-east coast of Australia, including Tasmania, reveals that they are warming up faster than anywhere else in the southern hemisphere … and could devastate local fisheries.

Tasmania’s Premier Paul Lennon is under fire for appearing in a television commercial promoting a proposed $2 billion pulp mill in northern Tasmania — before it has even been approved.

A huge dump of snow on Ben Lomond has given skiers hope of hitting the slopes this season. After a terrible ski season last year and an average one before that, the winter blast came as a welcome surprise to northeast residents.

Weather watchers have confirmed that last month was the coldest June in decades for Tasmania. Day and night-time temperatures were below average for all Tasmanian towns.