Tassie Living

13/12/2025

Some great events happing around the West Coast for Christmas.

🎶🎄It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄🎶

Our communities are nothing short of amazing when it comes to organising events and celebrations - especially at Christmas.

There's so much on offer across the region throughout December, so we've pulled together this handy guide to festivities to help your planning.

Great, old-fashioned fun and spending time with family and friends, a fabulous way to experience the spirit of the season.

*This list will be updated as required. If we’ve missed your event, or your event needs updating please let us know by emailing [email protected] or call 6472 6800.

Current as at 2 December 2025.

7XS West Coast Council

20/11/2025

The Devonport business world came together to celebrate at the annual excellence awards.
Devonport Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.

Last Saturday night, the Devonport Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (DCCI’s) Business Excellence Awards saw 160 people come together to recognise outstanding achievement across ten award categories. The annual event’s peak award – the Outstanding Business Award – was taken out by Forth b...

20/11/2025

Decade old traffic offence comes to light again in parliament despite more import work to be done.

Labor’s Jen Butler used her time in parliament on Thursday to bring up a past driving error by Tasmania’s police minister Felix Ellis. Felix Ellis was caught driving 13 kilometres over the speed limit on Forth Road while unlicensed in 2015, receiving demerit points and a fine. She suggested his ...

08/10/2025

Do you know outstanding individuals and groups who make a real difference in Devonport? You can nominate them for an Australia Day Award.

Nominations for the 2026 Devonport Australia Day Awards are now open, and the council is inviting the community to recognise and celebrate the outstanding individuals and groups who make a real difference in Devonport. Mayor Alison Jarman said the awards provide an important opportunity to reflect o...

07/10/2025

The West Coast is ready to host The Unconformity which will see thousands of visitors in the streets of Queenstown.

It is less than two weeks before The Unconformity hits the West Coast town of Queenstown, and the excitement is growing for locals eager to show off their talents. The highly anticipated biennial contemporary cultural festival returns celebrating 15 years of place-driven art and community-led cultur...

04/10/2025

$61Million redevelopment will deliver a modern, world-class sport precinct.

A new chapter for sport, health and community on Tasmania’s North-West Coast has begun, with the official ground-breaking of the new Devonport Oval Sports Complex. This redevelopment will deliver a modern, world-class precinct where sport, wellbeing and community come together. It is the centrepie...

03/10/2025

Don't forget that daylight saving is about to start.

It’s that time of year again for Tasmania with daylight saving starting again from this Sunday. Daylight saving will start at 2am on October 5. That means at 2am, clocks will jump forward to 3am AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time). Most clocks linked to technology such as smart phones, compute...

08/09/2025

West Coast Wilderness Railway accepted into the Cultural Attractions of Australia.
https://tassieliving.com.au/iconic-tasmanian-railway-recognised-as-a-national-cultural-attraction/

03/09/2025

Locals in Burnie have been busy recycling containers.

The Reverse vending Machine in Wivenhoe has seen more than 1 million eligible containers through Recycle Rewards since the program began on 1 May 2025. Tassie’s Container Refund Scheme is a key Tasmanian Government initiative that aims to reduce litter and increase recycling across the state. In ...

02/09/2025

West Coast Council will be holding an auction later this month for properties that have years of outstanding rates.
Flex Realty - Burnie

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The business awards are coming back to Devonport with the Devonport Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. relaunching them for this year.

The Business Excellence Awards are returning to Devonport with the Devonport Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) relaunching the event. The event is set to be a prestigious celebration of the achievements of local businesses and leaders. This year’s revitalised program features 10 contemporary...

01/09/2025

A free community event will be happing mid September to official open the redeveloped park, gym and pool in Zeehan.

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