South Hobart Progress Association - SHPA

21/08/2026

19/08/2026

Shout out to Complete Care Pharmacy South Hobart.

From recent personal experience, they provide caring and consultative service - never just selling a product without ensuring that it’s right for you and you understand its use.

Thanks for being a valued part of our South Hobart community.

19/08/2026

Darcy Street playground - sandstone wall is complete and new planting has started.

Great to see stone from the old wall being reused as edging for the garden beds.

Thanks to City of Hobart for delivering the project and Telstra for ensuring the public telephone has been retained.

07/08/2026

🌧️ RESILIENT SOUTH HOBART 🌧️

Join in for a fun, family-friendly community event focused on flood awareness and emergency preparedness.

📅 Saturday 29 August 2026
⏰ 11am – 2pm
📍 Hobart Linear Park – near Syme Street

Come along to:
🌊 Learn about local flood risks
🚒 Meet emergency services & local organisations
🏡 Get practical tips to prepare for future emergencies
🎨 Enjoy children’s activities and games
🤝 Connect with your local community

The event is being held near ‘Rain Coming’, the sculpture commemorating the 2018 South Hobart floods.

Everyone is welcome — come along, have a chat and help make South Hobart more resilient. 💙

15/07/2026

The Australian Electoral Commission has finalised new Federal electoral boundaries for Tasmania.

Our local seat of Clark loses Glenorchy (to Lyons) and gains Kingborough, Huon Valley and a chunk of South West Wilderness (from Franklin).

Andrew Wilkie MP - Independent Member for Clark is gonna need a new car and some bushwalking gear!

Note that the new boundaries are now final but the AEC is taking public submissions on a proposal to change the name of Franklin to Tongerlongeter in honour of the Poredareme leader (c.1790-1837) whose country encompassed much of South East Tasmania.

15/07/2026

Always love another white mountain photo but when it’s cold outside… you want to be warm inside.

If you’re looking for insulation, check in with our South Hobart locals, J. Gorman - Hobart Insulation - regular supporters of our South Hobart Newsletter

14/07/2026

Under the Mountain.

Celebrating our neighbourhood and community.

05/07/2026

It’s NAIDOC Week.

We acknowledge the Muwinina People, traditional custodians of our beautiful home in the shadow of Kunanyi, and all First Nations people who welcome us and share their enduring knowledge and connections to Country.

Learn more about NAIDOC Week at - www.naidoc.org.au

01/07/2026

The SHPA July 2026 newsletter will be arriving in letterboxes soon!

24/06/2026

How cool is the Pandani Moth?

Tasmania’s unique Richea padanifolia (the world’s biggest heath!) has its own special co-evolved moth species.

Tassie’s beautiful environment never ceases to amaze.