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Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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I spent the last few hours I had in Bicheno on Friday wandering around the town (which was quite small and wonderful) and enjoying the ocean before I hopped on the bus to Hobart. The bus was hot and stuffy since the day was so warm, but the scenery was gorgeous. We drove along the coast most of the time. The ocean here is such incredible blues and greens and so much clearer than off the California coast. Pretty interesting when you think that sometimes I am actually looking at the same ocean (the northern half of the east coast of [View Full Entry]

Sanje - Sanje Woodsorrel | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 23rd 2009 | 24 Views | [diary=454577]


By Sanje
November 19th 2009
Tassie is mooooooooooody! Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Bicheno
It's raining, it's not raining, it's sunny, now it's raining again. It makes leaving the house nearly impossible! I went up to Cradle Mountain to do some hiking on Monday. It would go from completely pouring, to so hot I had to take my jacket off, to pouring again all within 20 minutes. I got soaked to the bone on the 2 hour hike around Dove Lake, but it was so beautiful to be up there with the mist coming off the mountains and the raindrops creating ringlets on the lake. I made a deal with Mother Nature that if I [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=454081]


By KaootaKids
November 12th 2009
People get ready... Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
Packing, packing, packing. Should we be concerned that most of our luggage seems to be pills... [View Full Entry]

KaootaKids - Steven, Julie, Reuben, Milla & Jude | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 12th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=452529]


I have realised that time has been passing me by so quickly and I have not managed to get that many blog entries out. I am now 35 weeks pregnant so not long to go before the little girl is born. I do hope it is a girl, in that I have not been able to resist buying lots of pink clothes which will all have to go on ebay if this turns out to be a boy !! I have two weeks left at work - I only do the three days a week so it's not so bad. The [View Full Entry]

Foggy - Sarah | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 20th 2009 | 35 Views | [diary=427987]

Sisters !!
Look Dad !!
Wow......a shell

The Southeast
The Southeast
Slicing through gun tree forest...
13 August Beaconsfield, Tasmania It was a coin flip between Tasmania and Darwin, perhaps even Cairns. In place of parasols, sunscreen and holidaymakers poolside, I have opted for drizzly, pastoral, and off the radar screen. I have to congratulate myself for choosing so wisely. It’s hard to put a finger on it, but I’ve hit my stride in Tasmania. Those familiar knots are back to signal the winter stages of my brief Australian excursion. Every now and then a bitter, liquid film smothers my tongue, another reminder that the days are waning and this is my last stop. I que [View Full Entry]

sapere18 - Richard Incorvati | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 20th 2009 | 97 Views | [diary=428030]

Great Oyster Bay
House of Assembly
Legislative Council

It had been several months since Diana and I had seen each other and she had decided to come for a visit for a month to meet the family and also have a look at where I am from and other parts of Australia. We spent three nights in Melbourne with Weeda and Boss before flying to Tassie for a week. First stop in Tassie was home but only there for two nights to show Diana around and she was able to meet my friends and go for a nice meal as well. Not too much to see around Scottsdale so [View Full Entry]

International backpackers - Christopher & Diana | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 15th 2009 | 21 Views | [diary=436589]

Tasmanian Devils Park
Mt Wellington
Tasmanian Peninsula

Accommodation with Fresh Air
Accommodation with Fresh Air
I stayed in the den, behind the caravan...
6 August Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Angela cheerfully collected me from the bus station after I mistakenly told her to be there an hour-and-a-half earlier. I did not ask the fifty-three year-old much; she was already doing enough to help me. I was prepared to walk down the road for a while for dinner, a concern at such a late hour since restaurants in Australia close so early. She prepared me a hot meal of chicken, rice, and potatoes, which I hungrily gobbled up. “You’ll be sleeping in the den, out in the back. Follow me.” It was a dark, dreary, and [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 13th 2009 | 80 Views | [diary=425784]

Lovely Place
Innocent Enough
Yawn or Growl?

I had decided a few days into my Tasmania trip that it would be great to hire a car for a couple of days. So I did that the day after Cradle Mountain. I chose a little Hyundi Getz from a place near the airport and off I went for two days. Some of my driving lessons were done in this car so I was familar with it. I had booked a bed at a town called bernie on the north west coast for that night so that was my destination. I wanted to be there before it got dark, so [View Full Entry]

ames123 - Amy Hynd | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 18th 2009 | 38 Views | [diary=419075]

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From Vanuatu I went to Melbourne and flew again with Air Vanuatu. The funny thing was that we departed one and a half hour late because the check in went according to ‘Vanuatu time’. The people at the check in were checking their screens, adding a label to some luggage, looking around and taking it all very easy. It was the only plane leaving the airport that morning so you think there should be no reason for a delay. They didn’t bother about it at all and the captain of the plane told that the reason for the delay was uncertain. [View Full Entry]

JeroenB - Jeroen Bolhuis | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 18th 2009 | 121 Views | [diary=419606]

River Launceston
The snowy path up Mt. Wellington

Sheffield
Sheffield
Town of the murals.
So I was back in Launceston and I still hadn't been to Cradle Mountain. So I booked a tour. I got picked up and it was just the tour guide and I! Still, it was a very comfortable drive in a Galaxy, nice change from mini-buses! It was about 3 hours away, we stopped once at Sheffield - the town of the murals, we murals everywhere! Every year they have a mural painting competition. Apparently there are a lot of 'town of . . ' in Tasmania. The tour guide showed me a town that was trying to become the town [View Full Entry]

ames123 - Amy Hynd | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 18th 2009 | 25 Views | [diary=419644]

Mt Roland
Mt Roland
Cradle Mountain


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