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FANCY A LION? OR A CAMEL?

Got a spare $3.75m? Want some new pets? Want to live out the classic 2011 film, We Bought A Zoo? The iconic Zoodoo Zoo is up for sale after 15 years under the current owners, who say they’ll keep operating the zoo whilst looking for new owners.

No Targa Tasmania This Year

This year’s Targa Tasmania car rally has been cancelled following months of uncertainty around recommendations from a safety review. Three competitors died in the 2021 event and then another died last year. Motorsport Australia responded by suspending permits for Targa-style tarmac rallies and commissioning a review panel which found the risk to competitors and the risk of further serious incidents to be unacceptably high. Targa Tasmania has postponed this year’s event from April to October as the report continued to be reviewed, but now Targa Australia has canned the local event and the Targa Great Barrier Reef. A Targa Australia statement read, “Despite assurances that the sport would be back up and running by 1 July, the safety review panel process is now into its fifteenth month, leaving the sport of tarmac rallying without a clear future direction at this point in time. With the large-scale events just seven weeks and three months away respectively, organisers TARGA Australia have been left with no choice but to cancel its iconic motorsport events to the disappointment of competitors, sponsors, officials and all the TARGA fans across Australia and around the world.” At this stage the organisers are working towards a 2024 rally held from 8-13 April, 2024.

Brisbane Street Disruption

A section of Brisbane Street in the CBD will be closed off for four months while the University of Tasmania carries out sewerage and stormwater upgrades for its Forestry building. The section between Elizabeth and Murray streets will be closed to vehicles for 16 weeks from the middle of July.

IT’S TIME TO DIG DEEP FOR VINNIES 2023 WINTER APPEAL

St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies) is currently running its Winter Appeal with a goal to raise $250,000 to help Tasmanians in need this winter. Vinnies CEO Heather Kent said it was only through donations from kind supporters that Vinnies could provide critical assistance to Tasmanians who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness. “Vinnies frontline volunteer members witness the impact of these crises first-hand. They are seeing more and more people in need of support due to financial or social distress,” she said. There’s an increase in the need for services as the combined crises of escalating cost of living, rising rents, soaring energy prices and the shortage of affordable housing hits Tasmanians hardest during winter. Vinnies member,

Ms Louise Wilson shared, “When I first started, we might see five or six people a day, now it is 10 to a dozen people per day coming in, many of those are struggling with the increased costs of living during the winter.” To donate to the Winter Appeal, head to www.donate. vinnies.org.au/winter-appeal.

BRIGHTON OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTH/WELLNESS BUSINESSES

Brighton Council are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified health and/or allied health professionals who would be interested in leasing a space at 1 Bedford Street, Brighton to provide health and wellbeing services to the surrounding areas. The facility is currently occupied by two tenants, a GP and Dentist, so complementary service/s for the local community would be ideal. If you’re interested in applying for the tenancy, contact Megan Braslin on 6268 7000 or email admin@ brighton.tas.gov.au.

TASSIE’S MOST DELICIOUS

Tasmania has finally been included in foodie mag Delicious’ top 100 classic restaurants and cafes countdown, so let’s get our local favs in there above the mainlanders. From pho to fish and chips, doughnuts to dumplings and steak to sushi, they’re calling for nominations across 20 categories and you can vote now at www.delicious.com.au.