"We had a series of thunderstorms move through the eastern half of Tasmania, and there's still some in the north-east at the moment … and did produce some hail at various locations and that's what was seen at Orford."
"It was some pretty good thunderstorms, they were pretty close to severe storms.
Ms Tabor said the hail happened very quickly and was "very localised".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-13/hail-and-ice-fall-in-tasmania-in-january/9327084