Hobart City Council is seeking expressions of interest for volunteers to participate in a new visitor meet and greet program for the City of Hobart this summer 2009/10.
Volunteers are sought to provide visitor information initially on the days that Cruise ships will be visiting Hobart.
You will be teamed up with other volunteers to meet and greet passengers on the wharf, the shuttle bus service into the CBD and in Elizabeth Mall.
Information on Hobart Visitor Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities is available here.
An expression of interest Application Form is available here.
For further information, call into the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre (TTIC) on the corner of Elizabeth and Davey Streets or call Jenna Paul at the TTIC on
6238 4255.
For further information about the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre – Hobart, please visit www.hobarttravelcentre.com.au.
The Elm trees of Tasmania are under threat. Last summer the Elm Leaf Beetle (ELB) was found in Elm Trees within the boundaries of our City. Council is endeavouring to compile an Elm Tree register to assist in the control of the ELB. For more information can be found here.
The Hobart City Council intends to replace the existing playground at Sandy Bay with a regional playground facility that will provide access for children of all abilities.
Extensive community consultation was undertaken by Council in the process of developing the plan.
Construction of the facility will commence in July 2009 and be completed in October 2009.
During this period, the site will be a designated construction site.
The existing facilities will be removed and there will be no playground available for public use during this period.
Council regrets the inconvenience this may cause and encourages the use of its other excellent playground facilities located in parks throughout the city of Hobart. Click here for more information.
The plan is available for viewing here.
For further information, you may contact Council's Parks Services Coordinator, Mr Richard Weston on 6238 2739.
Keep Watch Ambassador for Royal Life Saving Society Australia, Tasmanian Senator Catryna Bilyk says across Australia, 27 children under five years of age drowned last year, 60 percent of them in backyard pools.
The Hobart City Council is working with the Society to ensure that everyone get the message that backyard pool safety is paramount. These deaths are preventable and the families affected by these tragic losses often struggle to recover.
The Royal Life Saving Society has launched a new Home Pool Safety campaign targeting anyone who has a backyard pool. It provides sound advice in the form of a checklist that alerts pool owners to potential dangers that they may not be aware of.
Home pools are located close to the house and a child’s natural curiosity brings them into contact with the pool. In the majority of home swimming pool drowning deaths, a toddler fell in or went in voluntarily.
The most common entries for toddlers in the home pool are
· Via an open gate
· Through a house door
· By using nearby equipment to climb over the fence
Anyone with children knows it is not physically possible to watch an active toddler every second of the day as they race around exploring and discovering the world around them.
That is why having a properly functioning pool fence and gate is vital. The Keep Watch program has four key messages to reduce the problem of toddler drowning.
· Supervise
· Fence your pool and lock the gate
· Familiarise your child with water
· Learn resuscitation
If you would like more information, visit the web site www.homepoolsafety.com.au and download your copy of the Home Pool Safety Checklist – it could save a life!
The Hobart City Council would like to thank all participants who took part in the Council's Royal Hobart Hospital Community Consultation Program. The results have been compiled and are available here.
