Up to 30 whales beached in Tasmania
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- Up to 30 whales beached in Tasmania
- Straggler tackles dropouts
- Marchelle Belle Heading To Tasmania
- Wild winds cause havoc in Tasmania
- Bid to save survivors of beached whale pod
Up to 30 whales beached in Tasmania
Sydney Morning Herald Australia
–> January 22 2009 Up to 30 whales have beached on an island off Tasmania’s north-west tip. The whales grounded at Perkins Island near the mouth of the Duck River at Smithton. Police were notified about 8. 30pm (AEDT) on Thursday a Tasmania Police spokesman said. “Police were unable to get close to the whales due to the location and tide however it appear there are approximately 25 to 30 whales beached at that location. The area is only accessible by boat” he said.
Straggler tackles dropouts
The Australian Australia
Tasmania’s redesign of post Year-10 education is seen by some as an experiment on an entire generation; by others as brave and inspirational. Languishing at the bottom of the class in several key indicators of educational performance the island state is taking radical action aiming for the top grade within a decade. Accused of using students as guinea pigs Premier and Education Minister David Bartlett has staked his career on turning around decades of failure. Tasmania and the ACT are the only jurisdictions with a secondary college system in which students undertake Year 11 and 12 in dedicated post-Year 10 institutions. While the system has its supporters it appears to have failed in Tasmania.
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Marchelle Belle Heading To Tasmania
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Wild winds cause havoc in Tasmania
Sydney Morning Herald Australia
We use an id here to be able to jump to this section. –> Wild winds cause havoc in Tasmania. Roads and bridges including the Tasman Bridge across the Derwent River in Hobart were closed at various parts of the day. The Bureau of Meteorology said a gusty westerly change on Thursday afternoon would pose a hazard on exposed roads bridges and causeways. The police spokeswoman said the Midland Highway the main road between Hobart and Launceston would be closed until further notice because of a fire on the side of the road. A total fire ban is in place across the southern region until midnight on Thursday.
Bid to save survivors of beached whale pod
Scotsman United Kingdom
Six rangers continued to pour water on the parched skin of the whales the only ones left alive from a pod of 45 that beached on Thursday on a sand bank off Australia’s southern coast. Liz Wren a spokeswoman for the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service said sandbars off the beach had hindered efforts to move the whales back to sea. She said rescuers’ plan to save the remaining whales at high tide today would be “one of the most challenging rescues ever attempted”. The reasons for the whales’ beaching ? off Perkins Island on the north-west of Tasmania ? were unclear but Ms Wren said they may have been partly caused by rough seas and the narrow channel the pod had been navigating between the island and the mainland. The full article contains 171 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper. Page 1 of 1 Last Updated: 23 January 2009 10:33 PM Source: The Scotsman Location: Edinburgh Bookmark:.
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