Category: News

ARTBOX’s ‘100 Stories of Adamsons Peak’ launched in Dover

ARTBOX has arrived in Dover with a stunning new exhibition created by Ruth Lindsell, artist in residence at Dover District School, students from Dover District School, and local guest photographer Kristie Knight. ‘100 Stories of Adamsons Peak’ explores the many different moods of the iconic Huon Valley mountain, using a range of mediums to reflect…

Dover township entrance/green space now complete

The Huon Valley Council is excited to announce that upgrade works to the Dover green space, located at the entrance to the town, are now complete. The project was jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Tasmanian Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements; a government initiative after the 2019 bushfires. A path, sheltered picnic table,…

Millennium time capsule contents unfortunately destroyed

Years of water damage has sadly destroyed the contents of the Huon Valley schools millennium time capsule, which was dug up last week after spending 20 years buried in the Huonville Esplanade. Council had been excited to share the contents of the time capsule with the community and local schools, with a newspaper article from…

Geeveston Town Hall community engagement results released

A summary of the community engagement process on the Geeveston Town Hall was presented to the Huon Valley Council at its 9 December Council Meeting. Community engagement took place following Council’s decision to withdraw from providing visitor information services at the Geeveston Town Hall. Council’s aim has been to have a discussion with our community…

Mandatory contact tracing expanded from 15 December

From next Tuesday 15 December, more venues and locations will need to collect information of patrons who enter and remain on site for at least 15 minutes. This will speed up the process of identifying people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. Visit the Business Restrictions page on the Coronavirus Tasmania website to view…

9 December Ordinary Council Meeting

Tonight’s Ordinary Council Meeting will be live-streamed at 6pm on Youtube. Visit https://youtu.be/Q3nFNFaYVS4 to view the meeting live. For more information please visit our Meetings, Agendas & Minutes page.