A PENSIONER who was caught illegally fishing salmon from the River Derwent has been brought before a court and fined. Ojars Dolzenko, 70, was seen putting a dead fish into his bag while fishing on ...

Fifty years after his father Des first completed the Derwent River Big Swim, Michael "Murph" Renford has tackled the ...

Renford began his swim from New Norfolk at 3:30am on Saturday and reached the Tasman Bridge just before 11am, raising over ...

Police received reports of the man in the river between Old Beach and Claremont, appearing to be in distress just before 8pm. The man was reportedly in the water, wearing a flotation device and ...

Health officials have revised the warning on swimming in the Derwent River after the recent sewage spill. But one beach is still off-limits, read more... The warning against swimming had been in ...

"People who participate in recreational fishing in the Derwent River should follow existing ... "Those investigations need to take their full course before we can comment further on the outcomes ...

Michael "Murph" Renford set off on the 34-kilometre swim down Tasmania's River Derwent at 3:30am on Saturday. By late-morning, he'd finished the race, and raised $52,000 for Rainbow Club — a ...