16 bushfires are still burning across the West Coast, with emergency services issuing a watch and act alert for people near the remote Sandy Cape Track. The fires have already scorched nearly 30,000 ...

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service northwest regional manager Nic Deka said the Overland Track had been shut ... fires in the state’s west coast and south, with aircraft deployed to fight ...

Tasmania’s Overland Track has been closed to all walkers as an out-of-control bushfire travels towards it. A blaze that started as a result of dry lightning on Monday is burning just five kilometres ...