Donate Life - Tasmania Cares

Organ transplants required a team of dedicated professionals to prepare and care for for people undertaking the transplant journey. At the Launceston General Hospital Renal Services, Lisa & Anna care for renal patients in Northern Tasmania who have had or are requiring a transplant due to kidney f…

100 years on - Launceston plans to celebrate the great flood

Inveresk in Launceston is not known as 'The Swamp' for nothing. So many stories just float to the top. Helene Boyer's book "On The Swamp" details many stories of people known affectionally as swampies. Through the thousands of years, the North Esk has regularly flooded to make it a fertile area, …

Donate Life - A Family Affair

When four year old Henry Barrett was extremely ill, his family made a courageous decision. On his death, Henry donated his organs so others could live a normal life. Long before Henry joined the family, his parents had already discussed the possibility of themselves being organ donors..... but fo…

2026 Australian Transplant Games - Launceston

For the first time, Tasmania is hosting the Australian Transplant Games and Launceston is getting ready to make them the best yet. The local organising committee is powering ahead to ensure participants and families have the best adventure. One of the local committee is Mark Brewer, a veteran of …

JOHN WEST Memorial Lecture 2026 - Queenborough Cemetery

In this year’s John West Memorial Lecture, Archeologist Brad Williams provides an overview of his team's work with the former Queenborough Cemetery exhumations and reburials 2024-25… and the stories of history sometimes forgotten. The project involved the exhumation of nearly two thousand individu…

Amanda Shepherd exits stage left.

For the last 25 years, Amanda Shepherd worked her way up to the dress circle of theatre management in Launceston. This has been the third tranche of Mandy's working life .. the first being education, then came radio which led to her involvement in, and love of, Theatre North at the Princess Theatr…

Graeme Pennicott - Happiness is the Wild Outdoors

For Graeme, his introduction to the Launceston Walking Club sates his passion for the great outdoors. His involvement and dedication to safely exploring and sharing the walking experience in Tasmania is legendary. The Launceston Walking Club has a strong list of members and the event calendar is …

Kath Tanner - Limbs for Life

When Kath Tanner enters a room, you know she is there. The room is filled with laughter and happiness.... the stories of life and adventure abound. And if you really want to know about Kath's prosthetic leg and that attractive ankle ... she'll tell that story too. One of Kath's many hats is that…

World Radio Day 2026

The world of radio has come a long way and the mystery and attraction of radio still remains. On this World Radio Day, City Park Radio brought together Belinda King from 7LA Breakfast and Glenn Hartas from 7WAY-FM Mornings to add their personal stories to the day. From reflecting on their introdu…

Aurelia Wilkins - Cafe Italiano.

For the last 14 years, Aurelia has entertained Northern Tasmania (and the world) with her Cafe Italiano every fortnight on City Park Radio. Aurelia followed her grandson to Launceston where she wasted no time picking up her radio career she left behind in Brisbane.  Ms Wilkins first came to Austr…