wallabies

Backpacking in "the Walls"

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May 15th 2007
on to the backpacking part On Tuesday we bid farewell to the couple from Brisbane ("pronounced like Trashbin" the man told me), and Jamie and I headed into the Walls of Jerusalem National Park with two guides all to ourselves. This was my favorite part of our 2 weeks in "Tassie". I think I could live the rest of my life in the backcountry. We saw several logging t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania

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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... ... read more