Hive Tasmania

16/09/2026

🔬Have you seen what’s new in the Science Centre?

There’s a whole hidden world waiting to be discovered at Hive and now you can explore it up close.

Our brand new microscope experience lets you zoom in on everyday objects and see them like you’ve never seen them before. From tiny textures to incredible detail, it’s proof that there’s so much more than meets the eye.

Ever wondered what a grain of sugar really looks like? Or what the eye of a wasp looks like up close?

Now’s your chance to find out.

👉 Visit the Science Centre at Hive, open 10–4pm every day

15/09/2026

🚀 This Sunday: Cary Lewincamp at Sound in Space

An intimate, atmospheric performance is coming to the dome and it’s nearly here.

Cary Lewincamp’s music blends storytelling and sound, drawing on Tasmania’s landscapes and lived experience to create something deeply reflective and moving. Performed on his handcrafted seven-string guitar, each piece carries a sense of place, memory and connection.

Inside the planetarium, this becomes a fully immersive experience where sound and visuals come together to create a moment of quiet, focus and depth.

✨ One day only – Sunday 20th September with shows at 1pm and 3pm
✨ Limited seating

If you’ve been meaning to book, now’s the time.

Final tickets:
👉 https://www.hivetasmania.com.au/our-events/sound-in-space-cary-lewincamp/

15/09/2026

🌏✨ Planetariums, Japan and looking to the next 100 years

What might the planetarium industry look like in 2126?

Hive’s Principal Astronomer, Dr Martin George, recently travelled to Fukuoka, Japan, for the biennial International Planetarium Society Conference, joining more than 600 planetarium professionals from around the world.
From exploring how planetariums can support communities following disasters, to seeing one of the first Zeiss planetarium projectors ever built, the conference offered plenty of opportunities to share ideas about the evolving role of planetariums.

Martin was also invited to present as part of The Asian Perspective panel, looking ahead to the next century of the industry. His hope for the future? That planetariums will become known for playing a role in promoting world peace through our shared connection to astronomy.

Read Martin’s full story about his time in Japan in the September issue of the Coastal Voice.

Image credit:
Dr Martin George (right) of the Ulverstone Planetarium at Hive and Mark Rigby OAM, former Curator of the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, with one of the first two Zeiss planetarium projectors ever built. PHOTO: Carl Zeiss

11/09/2026

Daughters of the Soil: From Womb to Tomb

From bringing new life safely into the world to caring for communities in their most difficult moments, nurses have played an extraordinary role in the history of our region.

'Daughters of the Soil: From Womb to Tomb' is a new story featured in 'Red Soil and Deep Clay: what comes from the abundant earth', exploring the history of the famous bush nurses who served isolated communities and the nurses who left home to serve during wartime.

Their stories reveal the skill, resilience and dedication of women whose work took them into homes, communities and war zones – often in challenging circumstances and with limited resources.

Discover their stories and more of our region’s history in the Museum at Hive, open daily 10am to 4pm.

Image: Leola May Wright and Elsie Snare dressing up as WWI nurses for Gala Day Upper Castra, 1919.

10/09/2026

🗺️ Exploring the Central Coast? Start at Hive

The Ulverstone Visitor Information Centre, located on the ground floor at Hive, is your starting point for discovering more of Tasmania’s Central Coast.

Whether you’re visiting the region for the first time, looking for ideas for a day out, or a local keen to explore your own backyard, drop in and chat with our team for information and inspiration to help you make the most of your time in the region.

And there’s plenty more to discover while you’re here; explore the Ulverstone Museum and Art Gallery, get hands-on in the Science Centre, visit Tasmania’s largest planetarium, or grab a coffee at Seventy Acres Café.

Ulverstone Visitor Information Centre at Hive
50 Main Street, Ulverstone
🕙 Open daily, 10am–4pm

Make Hive your first stop and discover what the Central Coast has to offer.

Images: Dylan Proctor, 2026

Central Coast Council Tasmanian Visitor Information Network

08/09/2026

Meet the Artist: Sarah Lloyd OAM

For more than 16 years, Sarah Lloyd OAM has been searching Tasmania’s forests for one of nature’s most fascinating tiny organisms: slime moulds.

Often appearing unpredictably on decaying logs and stumps, slime moulds reveal an extraordinary miniature world of vivid pinks, oranges and yellows, intricate structures and iridescent forms.

Sarah’s work combines careful field observation with macro and microscopic photography. Back in the laboratory, specimens are mounted, labelled and documented, with some images created from up to 200 individual photographs to reveal details almost impossible to see with the naked eye.

Her work gives us a remarkable glimpse into an ancient and often overlooked part of our natural environment.

Discover Sarah Lloyd’s work in 'Big Small Worlds', now on display in the Art Gallery at Hive until 18 October.

Artwork: Sarah Lloyd, Plasmodium of Badhamia utricularis feeding on polypore fungus Postia dissecta, 2014.

07/09/2026

Sound in Space: Cary Lewincamp

Here's a taste of one of Tasmania’s most distinctive musicians Cary Lewincamp who will be joining us under the dome for Sound in Space on Sunday, 20th September.

https://youtu.be/H03LEx8-3Uo?si=6z6xG7S89YIWBEDJ

One day only – Limited seating - Book now:
👉 https://www.hivetasmania.com.au/our-events/sound-in-space-cary-lewincamp/

Sunday, 20 September 2026 1pm and 3pm Ticket Price: $30 Cary Lewincamp is a renowned Tasmanian composer, luthier and storyteller ...

06/09/2026

Stories from the Museum: Mattie Belbin and the Red Cross

For decades, Mattie Belbin dedicated herself to supporting her local community through the Leven Branch of the Red Cross.

Founded in 1914, the branch played an important role during the First World War, making clothing and supplies for servicemen and supporting the training and deployment of nurses. In the years that followed, its fundraising helped sustain the region’s Bush Nurse Service – a tradition of community support that continued for generations.

Mattie (née Wall) Belbin was one of those dedicated volunteers. An active member and secretary-treasurer of the local branch, she received the Red Cross Rosette for 60 years of service.

Born on 29 February, Mattie joked that she had really only been volunteering for fifteen years!

Her story is also one of personal loss. Mattie’s husband, Flight Officer Sydney Belbin, was killed alongside his aircrew in Jelsum, Holland, in 1942, just five years after they married.

Mattie’s story features in Daughters of the Soil: Caring from Womb to Tomb, exploring the stories of WWI nurses and the famous Bush Nurses who cared for people in rural and regional communities when access to medical care was very limited from the 1920s to the 1950s.

📍 Discover more of our region’s history in Red Soil Deep Clay, our feature exhibition in the Museum on Level 1 at Hive.

📸 Image credit: Trevor Frampton, Jack Brehney, Mrs. M. Belbin, David Cherry at the ceremony of presentation of the Red Cross Rosette.

04/09/2026

Meet the Artist: Nataša Milenović

For Nataša Milenović, the patterns, textures, and transformations found in living things provide endless inspiration.

Working predominantly with copper, brass, and silver, Nataša uses traditional hand fabrication techniques to translate forms and structures from the natural world into metal. Industrial surplus materials are often given new life through a slow, intuitive process that allows the material itself to help shape the finished work.

Patinas are also central to her practice. Through chemical processes that alter the colour and surface of metal, Nataša explores ideas of time, transformation and impermanence – and the fascinating relationship between cause and effect.

Discover Nataša Milenović’s work in Big Small Worlds, now on display in the Art Gallery at Hive until 18 October.

Artwork: Nataša Milenović, Study of Attachments, 2023

Milenović jewellery

03/09/2026

💙 Spend Father’s Day at Hive!

Looking for something a little different to do with Dad or Grandad this Father’s Day?

Hive is open 10am–4pm, with plenty to explore together. Get hands-on in the Science Centre, discover local stories in the Museum, explore the Art Gallery, or simply enjoy some quality time together.

Make a day of it with a coffee or bite to eat at Seventy Acres, and a browse through the Hive retail store.

Bring Dad, Grandad or the whole family and come discover something new at Hive. 🔭🪐🔬

Images: Dylan Proctor, 2026