Category: News

Have Your Say: Help make Huonville a better place

The people of the Huon Valley are vibrant, have many talents and are passionate about our culture and history. Council is dedicated to supporting our community to make our towns places that we all love, are unique, and a great place to live and work. “We are asking you – individuals, groups and businesses –…

Geeveston’s Arve Big Tree to live on in AR

Geeveston’s fallen Arve Big Tree, which was sadly destroyed in the summer 2019 bushfires, will be re-created in augmented reality (AR) so that people can experience and remember the tree’s natural wonder. The Huon Valley Council thanks the Tasmanian Government for funding this project through the Economic and Community Recovery Fund and the Regional Tourism…

25 November Ordinary Council Meeting

Tonight’s Ordinary Council Meeting will be live-streamed at 6pm on Youtube. Visit https://youtu.be/gbMdbyHmBW4 to view the meeting live. For more information and to view the agenda, please visit our Meetings, Agendas & Minutes page.

Planning Scheme amendments on exhibition

On 21 October 2020 the Huon Valley Council initiated an amendment to the Huon Valley Interim Planning Scheme 2015 to amend the Attenuation Area Overlay applicable to the Cygnet Treatment Plant at 7321 Channel Highway, Cygnet (‘CTP’) under former Section 34(1)(b) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (‘Act’). The Council also certified…

Weed of the Month (November): Brooms

English broom (Cytisus scoparius) and canary broom (Genista monspessulana) are swift invaders of bare ground, where they can form dense thickets that take over pasture or bushland. Hard-coated seeds are produced in pods that split open in summer, flinging the seeds up to 5m away. The seeds can last for a long time in the…

NAIDOC Week 2020: Street banners unveiled and reconciliation action begins

The Huon Valley Council is committed to strengthening our relationships and working partnerships with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, so that we can support their languages, culture and heritage to be respected, shared and celebrated into the future. In acknowledgement and respectful celebration of NAIDOC Week 2020 (8–15 November), the Main Street…