11 September 2026
Bird owners encouraged to provide their details to support H5 bird flu response Tasmanian owners of pet and domestic birds are being encouraged to provide details of where their birds are kept to help strengthen the state’s preparedness for H5 bird flu. The voluntary registration will help ...
9 September 2026
🌿 King Island Tourism Forum 🌿 Tourism operators, businesses and anyone interested in the future of tourism on King Island are invited to attend! 📅 Friday 16 October ⏰ 11am–12:30pm 📍 King Island Hub Hear from representatives from Tourism Tasmania, TICT and West by North West, and join the conversa...
4 September 2026
Pet owners play a role in helping prevent the spread of H5 bird flu by keeping cats indoors or in enclosures, keeping dogs away from sick or dead wildlife, and preventing contact between wild birds and domestic birds or poultry. How to protect your birds:  Protecting Domestic Poultry from Avian I...
3 September 2026
People are at the heart of our communities and our economies. The more we understand about why people live in Tasmania – why they choose it, stay, or leave –the more we can improve wellbeing for current and future generations. To better understand what Tasmanians need as we look to the future, yo...

King Island Council

At the western entrance to Bass Strait lies an idyllic place known as King Island. An island rich in history, with shipwrecks, lighthouses and jagged reefs, bountiful with long stretching sandy beaches and lush green pasture. From our little paradise we produce some of Australia’s finest natural foods for which we are probably best known including beef, cheese, crayfish & abalone, yet there is more to this 64km long by 27km wide stretch of land than first meets the eye.

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