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La premiere fin de semaine d’avril, je me rend au Walls of Jerusalem National Park avec mon nouvel ami William (le Belge que j’ai rencontre quelques semaines auparavant). Walls of Jerusalem est est un tres beau parc environ a 2 heures de route de Launceston. Craig est parti au Western Australia pour un mariage alors je suis tres chanceuse et j’herite de son auto pendant son absence...c’est le fun avoir des colocs... !!!! heheheh !!! Nous faisons une tres belle randonnee et encore une fois, je suis bien contente de pouvoir pratiquer un peu ma langue maternelle mais je do [View Full Entry]

MarieTasmania - Marie-Anne Beaudoin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 4th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=396101]

Walls of Jerusalem
Walls of Jerusalem
Walls of Jerusalem

On a whim we decided to just do it and book a holiday to Tassie. Neither of us having been there before we had no idea what to expect. With descriptions such as the end of the earth, the wilderness state... etc it was bound to be remote and wild. We flew into Launceston and got out on tarmac, always a sign of a small airport. Immediately signs to declare fruit and vege dominated and a sniffer dog made its way up the line. I got rid of a banana but it pawed me. Oh well least it was only fruit! [View Full Entry]

CathyW - Catherine Wilson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 19th 2009 | 106 Views | [diary=395785]

Pandani cottage
Fat possum
Admiring Cradle mtn

By sproulx
May 1st 2009
Tasmania Oceania » Australia » Tasmania
Tasmania is absolutely amazing! For those who don't know, Tassie is a small island about 600 kms south of Melbourne, but it's still part of Australia. Tasmania is it's own state and is very different from the rest of Australia. It's said to be very similar to New Zealand: beautiful clean fresh air, mountains lakes and streams, great outdoor activities. We randomly found out that another couple we're friends with (Lynn and Joe from Ireland) wanted to go around the same time, so we all booked a flight together. We landed in Hobart, the capital and spent the day walking around [View Full Entry]

sproulx - Shannon Proulx | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 2nd 2009 | 102 Views | [diary=395322]

Hobart
Our tent, that we had to sell :(
On the beach in Freycinet

Festivale, Launceston Cup, Musselroe Bay Fevrier : mois plutot mouvemente qui a passe a la vitesse de l’eclair !!!. Il y a eu le festivale « festivale des saveurs de la Tasmanie » : nourriture & boisson bien entendu !!!!. Il y a aussi eu le « Launceston Cup », course de chevaux qui se tient le dernier mercredi de fevrier. Evenement ou les robes sont au rendez-vous. Les filles parlent de comment elles vont s’habiller depuis plusieurs mois avant l’evenement....tout a fait mon genre...heheheh !!! Evenement ou l’alcool est au rendez-vous aussi !!! Sinon, il y a eu une d [View Full Entry]

MarieTasmania - Marie-Anne Beaudoin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 27th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=394225]

Launceston Cup
Launceston Cup
Launceston Cup

By NikkiandGreg
April 24th 2009
Tasmania Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston
Day 1: We set the alarm to go off at 5.45am this morning so we have enough time to get up and organized and drive to the airport before our 7.30am flight. Things don’t go quite as planned though as neither of us hear the alarm and Greg finally wakes me up at 6.20am, doh! So we have 10 minutes to get ready and check out before having to leave for the airport. We just about manage and then it’s a mad dash to the airport. All I can say is I hope there are no speed cameras on the motorway… [View Full Entry]

NikkiandGreg - Nikki Gray | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 7th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=397103]

Boags Brewery Tour
Mole Creek Caves
Cradle Mountain

Blue Tier Trees
Blue Tier Trees
Trees at The Blue Tier sporting age-old lichen on their trunks.
We recently returned from a Tasmanian touring holiday, got unpacked, and thought: 'Why not blog it?'. It was such a great place to visit that we reckon it would be a sin to not advertise it. So here we go . . . Here is some general information that we hope will be useful to anyone considering holidaying in Tasmania. There is a bit of general guff, but we also have tried to include some reasonably important & helpful info, to make anyone's trip more enjoyable! Please take on board our comments about weather and also booking ahead. Included also are [View Full Entry]

alibut cheek - Lee and Marilyn | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 22nd 2009 | 132 Views | [diary=392978]

Blue Tier View
Queenstown Desolation
Easement - Old North Lyell Railway

Here we are again into the second month of our Tassie adventure. Our last day camping back at Seven Mile beach, (just out of Hobart), we awoke to an exceptional clear blue sky day 26deg, (such a joy in between the cold and not so blue ones), so what better way to begin the day than with a long leisurely walk along the beach, taking photo’s, collecting shells, -some for our beautiful little granddaughter Lucille and one special one for our Godchild, Laura, for her birthday, later in the month. Rest of the day was spent doing chores, packing away all [View Full Entry]

Blonde and Bald Nomads - Corrie and Ian | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 14th 2009 | 121 Views | [diary=390437]

Adrift on 7 mile beach
Pretty scallop shells
Snow here 2 days later

Moinho Callington - Oatlands
Moinho Callington - Oatlands
Uma das roldanas utilizadas no funcinamento do moinho.
Chegou o dia de iniciar o caminho de volta, ou melhor comecar nosso retorno para Melbourne e assim seguir em direcao a Western Australia. Hoje tinhamos o dia inteiro para cumprir 300km, que eh a distancia que separa Hobart de Devonport, entao ao inves de seguirmos pela estrada principal, como ja virou de costume decidimos pegar uma estrada chamada de “Heritage Highway” (estrada historica) e tambem porque queriamos passar por Ross uma cidadezinha historica ao longo dessa highway. A estrada comecava na cidade de Richmond e seguia sentido norte passando pelo meio de fazendas e plantac [View Full Entry]

ale ivy - Ale & Ivy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 21st 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=380923]

Moinho Callington - Oatlands
Moinho Callington - Oatlands
Moinho Callington - Oatlands

Nosso passeio de barco em Bruny Island estava marcado para as 11 da manha, entao para estarmos no local destinado ao embarque no barco para o passeio tinhamos duas opcoes de horarios para pegar o ferry que faz a travessia de Kettering para Bruny Island (o das 7:45 ou o das 9), escolhemos por pegar o das 7:45, pois deveriamos chegar, no local do ferry, 30 minutos antes para segurar lugar e do camping onde estavamos era 1 hora dirigindo ate o ferry, ou seja era 6 da manha e ja estavamos no carro a caminho de Bruny Island. Chegamos ao [View Full Entry]

ale ivy - Ale & Ivy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 21st 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=392124]

Nascer do Sol em Kettering
Nascer do Sol em Kettering Bay
Esse eh o ferry que vai levar  agente para Bruny Island...

Hoje nem tomamos cafe antes de sair, pois guardamos nossa fome para ser saciada na feira. Quando moravamos no Brasil adoravamos ir comer nas feiras livres em Curitiba..... O Salamanca Market eh uma feira livre que acontece todos os sabados ea titulo de comparacao para aqueles que conhecem a cidade de Curitiba, eh parecida com a feirinha do largo da ordem aos domingos. La encontra-se de tudo um pouco, bijouteria, frutas e verduras, fotografias, produtos locais como mel e lavanda e claro barraquinhas de comida tambem. Entretanto aqui soh nao tem as comidas tipicas do Brasil, mas tem coisas b [View Full Entry]

ale ivy - Ale & Ivy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 19th 2009 | 57 Views | [diary=392103]

Salamanca Place - Hobart
Isso realmente tava bom....
Salamanca Place - Hobart