Welcome to the final ABC Hobart newsletter for the year. We look forward to continuing to keep you up to date with the latest ABC news and local Hobart stories in 2025.

Tasmanians rally to ensure Sea Breeze, known affectionately as the little blue boat, will sail again.

Dozens of rescued labradoodles "delirious with happiness" as they reunite at a play date in southern Tasmania.

Tasmanian government says it remains committed to closing Ashley by 2026. 

After workers dug up two skeletons at a Hobart school's hockey field it was believed there would likely be more, with the location being an old graveyard. But the scale of what the archaeological team found was staggering — and the job of putting names to the many bones was "like a giant puzzle".

Launceston City Council has voted to sterilise the popular troop of macaque monkeys living in City Park as they are becoming inbred.

Trifles need not be a soggy, alcoholic mess. In this version, I lean on a light ricotta cream, green tea jelly and store-bought pandoro for a very fun and summery version.