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He has one joke. You have heard it four hundred times. It's time it paid for itself. The Great Kingston Dad Joke Showdown is open, and Jo's Fresh Meats is putting up a $250 meat pack for the worst joke in the region — with a $100 meat pack for the runner-up. How to enter Comment your dad's joke on our Facebook or Instagram post. That's the whole thing — no forms, no purchase, no receipt. Entries are open now and close Sunday 6 September at 11:59pm. Enter on Facebook → How the

Father's Day is Sunday 6 September, which gives you a fortnight to do better than the socks-and-a-mug routine. Here's what's on at the Village. A free photo album workshop, Saturday 5 September The day before Father's Day, bring the kids down and let them make him something he'll still have in twenty years. We supply the albums and the decorations; you bring the photos and the kids take it from there — which is to say your album will be laid out by someone with strong opinion

Every dog thinks they're best in show. On Saturday 29 August, one of them gets to prove it. We're marking International Dog Day at Spring Farm Village with a day built entirely around Kingston's four-legged locals — and their very patient humans. Portraits, washes, treats, and a photo competition with a $200 prize on the line. Bring your best friend. The photo competition We'll have a photo wall set up with a backdrop and a basket of costumes and props we're possibly too plea

There's a simple pleasure in a place where you can grab a proper coffee, linger over lunch, and still tick off the shopping — and that's exactly what Spring Farm Village has become for Kingston. Since opening, the dining line-up has quietly grown into one of the best in the area, and the best part? Every single food retailer here is a local, family-run business. When you eat at Spring Farm Village, your dollars stay right here in Kingston. Start the morning right The day begi

RACT is giving Tasmanians 12 months of Lifestyle Membership for free. Here's what it means for your weekly shop. Between fuel, groceries and power bills, everyday costs add up quickly. So we were pleased to hear that RACT is offering Tasmanians a full year of Lifestyle Membership for free — normally $39 — until 31 December 2026. Lifestyle Membership is RACT's no-frills option. You don't need insurance or roadside assistance with them to join, and you don't need to already be

Some Saturdays you're in and out in twenty minutes. Others you get halfway to the car, hear something good, and end up staying for the whole set with a coffee going cold in your hand. We're aiming for the second kind. Three more dates before the year's out — all free, all local, all 10am till 1pm. 🎤 Sat 19 September — Tony Mak — @tonymak_music Thirty years on stage. A few hundred songs in the back pocket. Tony has played Hobart's best rooms, supported Kate Ceberano and Thi

Driving electric? You can now top up your car while you grab the groceries, duck in for a coffee or knock over the weekly errands. We've partnered with Evie — Australia's largest public fast-charging network — to bring EV charging right to Spring Farm Village. There are four charging bays powered by 75kW fast chargers, so you can pick up a solid charge in the time it takes to do a quick shop. Evie fast charging is located next to Coles Click & Collect. Here's how it works: Pu

Doors open Wednesday 20 May at Spring Farm Village. Here's what to expect on the day — and what's coming the weekend after. The doors of Spring Farm Village open at 7am on Wednesday 20 May 2026. After more than two years of planning and construction, Kingston's newest shopping destination is finally ready to welcome you in. Whether it's your morning coffee, the weekly grocery run, or a quick errand on the way home — the centre is built to be part of your everyday. Here's what

Most shopping centres get their logo from an agency. Ours came from a local. When we put the design out to a community vote, Laura Philpot's logo won in a landslide. A Kingston mum and resident, Laura drew the silhouette of kunanyi/Mount Wellington as you see it from the Spring Farm Village site — with a dotted line tracing the foothills as a quiet nod to the local Aboriginal community and land. In Laura's words: "It's my design of the outline of kunanyi (Mt Wellington) as se

The doors open Wednesday, 20 May. Here's who's setting up shop at Spring Farm Village. From your weekly shop to your morning coffee, your scripts to your school-run dinner — the new shopping centre is filling up nicely. Anchored by Coles Coles Spring Farm Village is the supermarket's first new store in Tasmania since 2022, and the largest in the region. At 2,800 square metres, it brings 11 grocery aisles, a premium fresh produce department, an open-front bakery turning out fr