George Town Visitor Information Centre

06/05/2026

Nominations are now OPEN - Volunteer of the Year Awards 2026.

Do you know someone who gives their time to make our community a better place?
Perhaps they run the canteen or coach at your sports club, operate community transport, offer their skills to tutor others or care for the environment.

Recognise these volunteers by nominating them and let us acknowledge and celebrate their contributions to our community!

https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/volunteer-week-2026

21/04/2026

Join Our Team!
Volunteers are an essential part of our visitor experience at the Visitor Information Centre and the Watch House and these tourism focused roles offer opportunities to:
• Welcome visitors to the region
• Provide local knowledge and visitor information
• Promote events, attractions, and experiences
• Gain skills in customer service, tourism, and visitor engagement
We are looking for friendly, community minded people who enjoy meeting new faces and showcasing George Town to visitors.
Interested? Click the link to find out more 👉 https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/volunteering

20/04/2026

Partial closure 🚫
Low Head Pilot Station
Wednesday 22 April 2026

The café, accommodation and public toilets at the Low Head Pilot Station will close from 22 April 2026.

This is a temporary closure until a new lessee is appointed.

Public access to the grounds, Low Head Pilot Station Maritime Museum and Low Head Penguin Tours remains open.

Know before you go and keep up to date with current alerts and closures: www.parks.tas.gov.au/alerts

26/03/2026

TasALERT and TasRECOVERY provides a centralised online platform helping you to know what to do before, during and after an emergency event.

24/03/2026

🚫TRAIL CLOSURE NOTIFICATION🚫
It's Walrus Dreaming's turn for a refurb! For the safety of riders and the Trail Crew, the entire trail will remain closed for the duration of works, which we're anticipating to be a few weeks.

13/10/2022

MOUNT GEORGE TRAILS CLOSED

With the current weather situation we have decided to temporarily close the Mount George Trail Network. We will inspect the trail as soon as the weather has passed, and should reopen shortly thereafter - hopefully for the weekend!

27/09/2022

TEMPORARY CLOSURE

Council advises that the Bass & Flinders Maritime Museum will be closed until further notice for essential maintenance.

Council apologies for any inconvenience.

23/09/2022

23/09/2022

When driving at night please slow down to protect our wildlife.

20/09/2022

06/09/2022

What a great way to showcase the George Town municipality!

We adore seeing the new street banners proudly displayed along Macquarie Street. These designs are from the Future Impact Group bumper sticker art competition, showcasing all that the George Town municipality has to offer!
Future Impact Group