The Circular Head RSL Centenary Committee will unveil the much awaited World War Two Memorial at ANZAC Park on ANZAC Day this year. The plans were to have the memorial completed and unveiled in 2021.  Unfortunately with COVID 19 restrictions, delays and rising costs the project had to be put on hold. With over 1100 enlisted for World War Two from a population of around 7210 in 1942 it...

Jo Morgan-French grew up dairy farming in New Zealand with her family before moving to Woolnorth in 1997, then known as VDL. Freshly out of high school at 17 she began working for John Quilliam before heading to Nabageena  to manage a dairy farm for her parents before joining the Army. Spending nearly 12 years in the armed forces, where she met her husband Craig (Rabbit) she toured...

The Circular Head Youth Leaders embarked on a camp to the Riverbend Youth Centre over the weekend as part of a JCP Youth event. Former local police officer Will Smith held a seminar with the CHYL members, the session running from 9am - 3pm. Iris Cartwright attended the camp, and was encouraged by the event. “We had Will Smith from JCP Youth come down for a session which ran from 9am - 3pm. He...

Harmony Week in Tasmania is about celebrating the growing cultural diversity in our communities. This year local organisations including Circular Head Council, Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation and Smithton Library teamed up with local Pakastani community member Salman Khan to provide a day of free food, games, activities and entertainment to bring everyone together to celebrate.

The Scotchtown Football Club will continue to push towards fielding a Seniors team in the Circular Head Football Association following a crisis meeting last Tuesday evening. The committee called the meeting in response to a mass exodus of players and a lack of support from volunteers around the club. Aside from committee members there were 13 people in attendance to the meeting when the floor...