Changelog

Our notes said general waste was collected weekly and that there was no FOGO bin. Both were wrong — they came from a regional waste page that is out of date. Council's own pages and Council's own collection map say general waste is fortnightly and FOGO exists, and the new bin page follows those. One thing is still unsettled: Council's general-waste page calls it the green-lid bin while the FOGO page and Council's A-Z guide give green to FOGO, so the page says so rather than picking one.

Collection is Friday, and all three bins are fortnightly: general waste and FOGO one week, recycling the next. The page works out which Friday is next, and links Council's own address lookup for anyone outside the township.

It reads TasNetworks' own outage list and shows anything that covers Stanley first — where it is, how many homes it affects, what the crew is doing, and TasNetworks' own words on when they expect the power back — then the rest of the North-West underneath. It never says your power is on: an outage nobody has reported isn't on the list, so the number to ring is on the page whether the list is full or empty.

A flat loop through the colonial old town and the working harbour, and the steep climb up the Nut — each with honest timing, effort grades and local etiquette (including how to watch the Godfreys Beach penguins without disturbing them or the neighbours).

Stanley has one public bus a day. This page lays out Route 768 to Smithton and Burnie — out of Stanley about 7:21am, back mid-afternoon, a limited Saturday run and no Sunday service, and fare-free across Tasmania until 30 June 2027 — so a day trip doesn't end with you stranded overnight. It also carries the community and medical transport lines to book ahead for anyone without a car, since there's no taxi or rideshare in town. Exact times shift, so it defers to the official Transport Tasmania timetable.

Tonight's moon and whether the tide is running big (spring) or small (neap), with the day's sunrise and sunset — the water's rhythm under the Nut, for the fishing fleet, the beach and tombolo walkers, and the penguin-watchers. It isn't a tide table: Stanley is a Bureau of Meteorology tide port, so the page links the Bureau's free Stanley tide predictions for the exact times of high and low water, and points to the fishermen at the wharf who read this water every day.

Winter here is quiet, and the most common frustration is arriving to find things shut. This board shows what's open right now and through the week, and is honest about the season: the Nut Chairlift and the seal cruises are closed until spring, Highfield opens weekdays only, and the IGA and its 24-hour fuel are the reliable backstops. Where a place doesn't publish its winter hours, we say so and link their page rather than guess.

A live read of the wave, swell and wind on the open water off Stanley, for the working fishing fleet and anyone else heading out. Stanley sits in the teeth of the Roaring Forties, so the sheltered harbour can look calm while it's rough on the Strait — this shows what it's actually doing, updated through the day, with the right numbers to call in an emergency.

The reminder that this is a forecast, not the official call, now points to the chairlift operator — who stops the lift in strong wind and closes it over winter — instead of naming a national park that has nothing to do with Stanley. The walking track up The Nut stays open year-round.

It tells you when the little penguins are ashore — the season, and what time to be on the platform tonight — alongside the rules that keep them safe: red light only, no camera flash, keep your distance, approach from the land, and never bring a dog. The times are worked out for Stanley and don't need a feed, so the page is right whatever the date.

An hour-by-hour look at when the wind eases on the exposed summit today and tomorrow, so you can pick a calm window — whether you take the chairlift or walk up. It forecasts the wind; the operator still decides whether the chairlift runs.

Stanley now has its own page, starting with a wind outlook for The Nut.