Jo Spargo

Dec 2, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Rachel Edwards

Tasmanians have until close of business tomorrow to contribute to a review of kunanyi/Mount Wellington by completing an online survey or making a written submission. The survey asks how often and why people visit the mountain and what their experience is like while there. "I don't think they're seeking all of the solutions just yet," Destination Southern Tasmania consultant Dr Allison Anderson, of Episteme, tells Jo Spargo on ABC Hobart Breakfast.

Dec 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Rachel Edwards

Chair of the Confederation of Greater Hobart Business Edwin Johnstone says the group's petition against a bicycle lane trial on Collins Street in Hobart has more than 1000 signatures, which is enough to force an elector poll on the issue. However, he tells Jo Spargo on ABC Hobart Breakfast that he hopes it "doesn't come to that and the Council comes to their senses and they listen to what the majority of Hobart want and what the majority of Hobart businesses want". "We're not anti-bike lanes.

Dec 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Rachel Edwards

Part of Hobart's waterfront was shut at the weekend following a fuel leak at the berth of Australia's Antarctic icebreaker ship, Nuyina. Tasmania Police issued a hazardous material advice notice on Sunday, advising a fuel spill had occurred and for people nearby to close windows and shut doors.

Nov 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Sarah Aitken

Nick Nairn-Smith is one of two Tasmanians who have been named in the top 10 finalists for Australian Surf Photo of the Year. His spectacular photo shows Dan Ross surfing a huge wave at Tasmania's remote big wave spot Shipstern Bluff. Mr Nairn-Smith, of Cremorne, describes getting the shot as 10 foot sets rolled over him and having to swim to shore in the evening because someone had taken his bodyboard, thinking he was no longer in the water.

Nov 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jo Spargo |Rachel Edwards

There was a flurry of interest in a gulp of cormorants seen on a Southern Tasmanian beach yesterday. The mass gathering of these long necked birds at Mays beach in Lauderdale, near Hobart, prompted discussion in local social media groups. ABC Hobart Breakfast's Jo Spargo asks bird ecologist Dr Eric Woehler if it is normal, what makes a gulp of cormorants flock to a beach, and whether it's fair that cormorants are disliked by professional and recreational fishers.