Carol Rääbus
Carol Rääbus is the Multiplatform Reporter for 936 ABC Hobart.
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Know the signs it is time to get your child's eyes tested
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If your child does not like to read, sits as close as they can to the television or acts up in the classroom, it is probably time to have their eyes tested.
Topics: eyes, adolescent-health, health, child-health-and-behaviour, children, schools, hobart-7000
Photographing one of the world's tallest trees
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It took 67 days, 12,000 images and a climb to stomach-churning heights, but Steven Pearce finally got the image he was after of Tasmania's eucalyptus regnans.
Topics: photography, environment, tree, human-interest, tas, maydena-7140, hobart-7000
Where to see little penguins in Tasmania
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With Tasmania's proximity to Antarctica, it is no surprise that it's a popular posting for penguins. Here are some tips on where you can see them in the wild.
Topics: animals, environmental-management, travel-and-tourism, human-interest, tas, hobart-7000
Could historic dig unearth link to Napoleonic-era regiment?
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The past is being dug up at Triabunna on Tasmania's east coast at a site believed to have once been a British military barracks.
Topics: archaeology, 19th-century, 20th-century, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, human-interest, triabunna-7190, sydney-2000, canberra-2600, hobart-7000
What volunteering is like at the West Moonah Community House
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Thanks to the hard work and dedication of locals, the West Moonah Community House continues to go from strength to strength.
Topics: community-organisations, volunteers, women, human-interest, food-and-cooking, moonah-7009, hobart-7000
Doctor's tree change rooted in Tasmanian olive grove
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An English doctor moves Down Under and takes on an overgrown olive grove. This is a real life tree change story.
Topics: lifestyle, tree, people, community-and-society, careers, human-interest, campania-7026, hobart-7000
What does December mean for Christians, Jews and Muslims?
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December is a busy time of year no matter what your faith is.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, christianity, judaism, islam, anglicans, community-and-multicultural-festivals, hobart-7000
Uni-fication of Hobart a step closer as students set to move in
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Plans to uni-fy central Hobart will become a reality in February when more than 600 students from the University of Tasmania are expected to move in.
Topics: university-and-further-education, urban-development-and-planning, architecture, local-government, hobart-7000
Residents fed up with the trashing of their neighbourhoods
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Fed up with the bad reputation of their neighbourhood, Mark Bartlett and Angela Knight decided to clean up the streets — literally.
Topics: community-organisations, environmental-impact, volunteers, recycling-and-waste-management, bridgewater-7030
Tinder in Tasmania: The success stories and pitfalls
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Coming across your neighbour or your cousins is a hazard of using Tinder in Hobart, a researcher has found.
Topics: social-media, mobile-phones, sexuality, relationships, hobart-7000
Young car crash survivor wrestling his way out of wheelchair
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Johnno Yildirán's life changed dramatically when a car crash left him with brain damage. He has found his motivation again in a tiny coffee cart out the front of the Glenorchy LINC.
Topics: community-and-society, accidents---other, people, glenorchy-7010
Kid-friendly bushwalks around Hobart
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Tasmania is known for its bushwalks, and there are plenty you can tackle with toddlers in tow that will not leave you carrying them back to the car.
Topics: children, family-and-children, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle, national-parks, hobart-7000
Dunalley Neighbourhood House flourishes following 2013 fires
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Nearly four years after much of the township of Dunalley was destroyed by bushfires, the community continues to flourish, bonded by their Neighbourhood House.
Topics: community-organisations, people, bushfire, dunalley-7177, hobart-7000
Uni student discovers 'big and scary' new spider species
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A university student with a lingering fear of spiders accidentally discovers a new species of water spider while doing honours research.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, university-and-further-education, research, human-interest, hobart-7000
Do you suffer from Christmas CRAP attacks?
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The lead-up to Christmas brings plenty of stress and busyness that can overwhelm us. Here are some tips to help you embrace the chaos.
Topics: stress, family, community-and-society, lifestyle-and-leisure, mental-health, hobart-7000
From Beijing to Hobart to become an artist
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Ever wanted to quit your job, move across the world and start a new life? Shanshan Ai has done just that, leaving Beijing for Hobart to study art.
Topics: contemporary-art, painting, people, human-interest, hobart-7000, china
New social network connects people with disabilities online
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'Nothing about us, without us' is the catch phrase for a website designed for people with disabilities to connect and share their experiences.
Topics: disabilities, social-media, discrimination, human-interest, hobart-7000
Decorate without plastic for Christmas
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By skipping the plastic tinsel and making their own decorations, the Carter family creates memories as well as a more sustainable festive season.
Topics: craft, house-and-home, family, sustainable-living, human-interest, taroona-7053
Worried about vitamin C? Then keep your veg crunchy
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How do you like your vegetables cooked? If you like them soft and falling apart, you're probably cooking them too long and putting your health at risk.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, human-interest, health, hobart-7000
Off-grid paradise complete with grapes in the bathroom
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The Judge family create their own off-grid paradise in Saltwater River, complete with fruit growing in the bathroom.
Topics: sustainable-living, house-and-home, people, solar-energy, human-interest, conservation, saltwater-river-7186, hobart-7000
Hobart unites behind promising soccer players
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Two young players from Hobart United FC have been selected to attend a national soccer tournament in Canberra, but they need your help to get there.
Topics: soccer, community-organisations, refugees, human-interest, hobart-7000
7yo captures theme of ABC Giving Tree donating birthday presents
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Tasmania's biggest Christmas charity drive, the ABC Giving Tree, is off to a good start with a young Hobart girl setting the theme of kindness by donating her own birthday presents.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, volunteers, tas, hobart-7000
Aussie pest plant to fuel Chinese barbecues
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A couple of Tasmanians are planning to sell gorse to China in what they describe as a win for farmers and a win for the environment.
Topics: environmental-management, inventions, weeds, human-interest, pest-management, pests, hobart-7000, condah-3303
'I have no fear anymore': Tips to overcome a stutter
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Carlos Hippman has been stuttering since he was very young, and it is a condition that has controlled him — until now.
Topics: speech, human-interest, lifelong-learning, hobart-7000
Schnauzers to sleigh it at Hobart's Christmas parade
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With a lack of reindeer in Tasmania, a group of schnauzers and their bearded buddies will pull a sleigh through Hobart for the annual Christmas parade.
Topics: animals, offbeat, community-organisations, hobart-7000
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