Council Office and Works Depot will be closed from Friday 23rd December and will reopen on 9th January 2023 Council provides essential services over the Christmas holida read more...

Save the date and calling for Night Market Food Stalls and Art / Craft / Grower Stalls !!! Planning for the 2023 Furneaux Islands Festival is well underway and this ye read more...

The Flinders Island Sports & RSL Club and Council jointly submitted a grant application to Sport Australia ito host the Flinders Island Sports Day at the Sports Club. Our read more...

To our valued Sharp Airlines customers. As an airline serving the isolated communities of the Bass Strait islands, Sharp Airlines has always endeavoured to provide the h read more...

The Certificate of Election for the Flinders Municipality was issued yesterday by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission and last night Flinders Council hosted a formal Decla read more...

Works have commenced on the roll-on-roll-off (RORO) ramp. Yesterday, the RoRo concrete slab was poured ahead of time, and it is currently in the process of being cured. read more...

27th October 2022 Update  On Monday 24 October 2022 I received a letter from the Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Com read more...

At the 18 October 2022 Closed Council meeting, Council agreed to release the following statement to the public. For further information, please read the minutes of the 18 read more...

Palana Rd  At the Civil Contractors Federation of Tasmania awards last week, Stabilised Pavements Australia won the $2m to $5m category for the roadworks on Palana road. read more...

Redesigning tourism on a small island We are proud to announce the release of the podcast series: Latitude 40: Redesigning tourism on a small island as part of the Islan read more...

Flying by the Seat of Their Pants: Pioneering Aviation Across Bass Strait 1919 – 1939 The Furneaux Museum is working in collaboration the Tasmanian Aviation Historical S read more...

The Island Life online video series features Kitchen | Lifestyle videos featuring local community members, cooking classes and exercise classes, that celebrate vitality, read more...

Tender for Building Works     Flinders Council is seeking the services of suitably qualified builders to quote on works associated with building a veterinarian clin read more...

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Flinders Council will be held at the Flinders Arts and Entertainment Centre, Whitemark, Flinders read more...

At the end of last year, Flinders Council was successful in funding from the State Government’s Weed Action Fund. Council have engaged two environmental consultants Eve L read more...

The first stage of improvements to the Whitemark Tip Infrastructure is anticipated to be completed by the end of June. This stage comprises of the building of concrete so read more...

In March 1973 Flinders Island celebrated the bi-centenary of Tobias Furneaux “discovering” Flinders Island. It was a week-long fanfare –   A Civic Receptio read more...

Following on from the workshops held In April, the Islander Way project team are launching a 'pre-accelerator program' where you can be involved in the next stage of the read more...

The Furneaux Maritime History Association invites you to our History Symposium to be held at Lady Barron, in the Lady Barron Memorial Hall, from the 12th to the 14th of A read more...

With all major construction work on the Henderson Dam upgrade finished, Whitemark residents can now have confidence in their water security. To celebrate this TasWater i read more...

October News The wet weather and limited resources have unfortunately delayed further work on the new concrete recycling bays at the Whitemark landfill.  The ongoing wet read more...

The NRRA (National Recovery & Resilience Agency) is holding a community outreach event in Whitemark on 26th of May. They have partnered with a number of organisations w read more...

The past month has seen the Islander Way project move into an exciting new phase identifying regenerative tourism projects. Roberto Daniele from the Changemakers’ Lab joi read more...

The Tasmanian Government has commissioned the Local Government Board to undertake a Review of the role, function, and design of local government in Tasmania.   The read more...

INFORMATION FOR THE ISLAND BOATING COMMUNITY The Island boating community will know that Council set up the Flinders Boating Special Committee in 2021. The Boating Commi read more...

The last week or so has been particularly busy for the Project Team, with both of us back on the Island. It’s been wonderful catching up after a longer period away than w read more...

Council is now sending out a monthly e-newsletter. It will include the Ordinary Council Meeting Agenda, general news and updates. If Council does not have your email add read more...

The Islander Way project team has had a busy start to the new year, and Dianne and Sarah are looking forward to their return to the Island this week.  Now that the Commu read more...

SUCCESS IN GAINING A $1.6 MILLION GRANT FOLLWING THE 2020 FOOCHOW FIRE The Commonwealth Government offered grants for municipalities that were affected by the 2019/2020 read more...

Council Office and Works Depot will be closed from Friday 23rd December and will reopen on 9th January 2022 Council provides essential services over the Christmas holida read more...

The first thing you will notice, on Flinders and the Furneaux group of islands, is the breathtaking scenery. In every direction, what you see is like nothing else in the read more...

Did you know that Flinders Council maintains a Casual Employment Register?   We are currently accepting Expressions of Interest for casual administration positions read more...

  Stage two water restrictions will apply to Whitemark from Saturday 15 January 2022. This is to ensure the community has a continuous water supply over the warme read more...

The COVID@home program has been developed to provide safe and supportive care for individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 who are well enough to be treated within the home. read more...

Residents and visitors to Flinders Island and the Furneaux Islands are now benefiting from the $3.6 million federal funding which enabled the Airport to continue to opera read more...

 A complete rebuild of Henderson Dam is taking shape on Flinders Island. TasWater Capital Delivery Office Dams Project Manager Quentin Ward said excavation of the origin read more...

The Flinders Draft Local Provisions Schedule (LPS) undertook a public exhibition period from 2 June 2021 until 2 August 2021. Representations were invited and accepted un read more...

Flinders Island District High School now has a new basketball court after a contribution by TasWater. While working on the Henderson Dam upgrade on the island, we have b read more...

  SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY works to promote positive mental health and prevent suicide by normalising conversations about mental health and encouraging people to seek hel read more...

Wombats and Wallabies Social Distancing Flyers We produced these 'island-style' messaging posters for our local community during COVID #KeepOurCommunitySafe   Dow read more...

Looking for something to entertain the kids over the school holidays? Over the two-week Winter School Holiday break, Flinders Council will organize three activities. A g read more...

Council’s process to develop a Waste Management Strategy for the Furneaux Islands that guides the way forward for the next four years, has now reached the stage that it c read more...

Whitemark Tip Hours  Monday       1:30pm - 4:30pm Tuesday      7:00am - 10:00am Wednesday  8:30am - 11:30am Thursday     7:00am - 10:00am Friday          1:30pm - read more...

Community Launch  Meet the team and hear about the project and how to get involved! FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER 5PM - 7PMFAEC WHITEMARKPlease RSVP for catering purposes, phone Cou read more...