The News Review:
- Targa Tasmania diary day 3: the prologue
- Targa rally blamed for Tasmanian ‘speed freaks’
- Targa rally blamed for Tasmanian ‘speed freaks’
- Bedeviled by Disease
- No tours for Charlie at chocolate factory
Targa Tasmania diary day 3: the prologue
Telegraph.co.uk – Apr 15, 2008
Tuesdsay April 15 Imagine the sound of a supercar in a sports hall and multiply it by 300. After a briefing from rally officials and state police and a blessing from the event chaplain Silverdome became thunderdome as one by one the participants in Targa Tasmania 2008 hit the road north to George Town where the results of the day’s only competitive stage the Temco Prologue would set the running order for the rally proper tomorrow. The sun shone warmly a truly excellent early lunch was provided in George Town and the call forward to the stage took us by surprise; we were still putting on helmets and gloves and fiddling with harnesses and road book and intercom and in-car camera as we passed through the first time control so we fell behind the Bizzarini ahead of us and almost got lost on the way to the start of the stage. As the start lights went out and I launched the Triumph into the first gentle curve (described as a nine left) I realised that I could barely hear the engine with my new helmet on but something was clearly very wrong as we powered and slid through a grid pattern of residential streets and right-angled corners (.
Targa rally blamed for Tasmanian ‘speed freaks’
abc.net.au – Apr 15, 2008
The online poll of 2500 drivers was conducted by a private car sale company. Almost half the Tasmanian respondents admitted breaking the speed limit by more than 30 kilometres an hour – easily the worst result in the country. The company’s director David Lye says Tasmania had much better results for drink driving mobile phone use and intimidation. but the speeding figures were a shock.
Targa rally blamed for Tasmanian ‘speed freaks’
abc.net.au – Apr 15, 2008
The online poll of 2500 drivers was conducted by a private car sale company. Almost half the Tasmanian respondents admitted breaking the speed limit by more than 30 kilometres an hour – easily the worst result in the country. The company’s director David Lye says Tasmania had much better results for drink driving mobile phone use and intimidation. but the speeding figures were a shock.
Bedeviled by Disease
Washington Post – Apr 15, 2008
It shrieks like a fiend and its ears turn deep purple when it is agitated. And right now this strange little beast is in trouble — serious trouble. The Tasmanian devil is facing extinction because a contagious cancer unique to devils is sweeping over… The aim is to protect healthy devils until the disease can be stopped. Hoping for the Best”I remain hopeful we can save the devils” McCallum says. “The one ray of light” comes from western Tasmania where the disease has not reached and where the genetic makeup of the devils is slightly different from those living in the east. “If these differences are big enough to make them resistant to the disease” he says “we may be able to breed resistant devils from them. “”It’s very important that we save the devil” Murchison says “because it is such a special special animal.
No tours for Charlie at chocolate factory
NEWS.com.au – Apr 15, 2008
The Cadbury factory at Claremont north of Hobart has ceased its popular chocolate-making tours. Now visitors to the factory will have to satisfy themselves with a talk provided by guides in the visitor centre. New health and safety regulations adopted by Cadbury globally meant the Tasmania tours could not continue the company said in a statement today. "To comply with increased health and safety standards and ensure that the high quality of the Cadbury brand is maintained visitors will no longer have access to the factory" the statement said. Melbourne-based Cadbury spokeswoman Robyn Newman said the Claremont factory tour had allowed visitors in some instances to come into close contact with machinery. She said visitors would still have the opportunity to buy chocolate at a discounted price from the visitor centre. Ms Newman said the company was investigating ways to have a world-class facility at Claremont.