This page contains references to places where the reader can find information about Glenorchy, broad statistical data plus documents and databases containing more detailed information.

Regulation relating to Council operation

Environmental Data

• Air Quality Data (realtime). This page contains real-time data from the BLANkET air station at Glenorchy, which is located in the Glenorchy Council Depot in Vieste Drive.
• Tide charts – add about 8 minutes to the times in the Hobart tide table. If you want to see a nice graph for Bowen Bridge tides, go here.
• Ultraviolet Radiation Index (Kingston is nearest monitoring station)
• Water quality measurements at Glenorchy river locations including MONA Jetty and Elwick Bay Yacht Club by the Bay Watch programme.

Council Locations

• Glenorchy Jackson Street Tip,
• Glenorchy Tip Shop, A Facebook page – that’s all they have!
• Moonah Arts Centre … allows the user to “sign up” to an email newsletter. The MAC also runs a second site Glenorchy Arts & Culture .

Miscellaneous

• Recordings of Council and Planning Authority meetings. Open meetings of Council and Planning Authority are livestreamed so you do not need to attend the meeting in person. Video recordings of those meetings are made publicly available in the GCC YouTube channel. Audio recordings of some older council meetings from 2016-2021 (approximately) can be found here.
• Community engagement online by Council. You will need to register to fully participate (yes – another logon and password).
• Council and Planning Authority meetings – agenda, minutes and other info can be found in Council’s website. You can find some older information on this old page.
• Demographic resources relating to Glenorchy
• Development Application data in Glenorchy Council website
• Events for Glenorchy in Eventbrite (we need to get organizations to use this!)
• Facebook page, Official Glenorchy City Council
• Fire alerts map for Tasmania
• Jobs advertised by GCC, Provides details of open positions and even allows you to see selection criteria and apply.
• Maps of Glenorchy from Council,
• Online Payments to Glenorchy City Council — includes rates, parking and road infringement notice, dog registration, food registrations, and sundry debtors.
• Public notices in the Mercury relating to Glenorchy,
• RMPAT decision text,
• Tenders advertised by GCC You need to register to access data and setup notifications (but it’s free)
• Traffic counts – source is Dept of State Growth. Website covers all of Tasmania.
• Trails – source is Derwent Estuary Program.
• Waste management generally, FOGO in particular,