So, 3 Brazilians, a German, a Kiwi and a Canuck walk into the Tasmanian wilderness...
December 28th 2007 What better way to spend a Christmas away from home than with 5 other displaced internationals. Back in September, the idea was brought up to hike the 82km (when all was said and done), overland track from Cradle Mountain to Lake Saint Claire through the guts of Tasmania. How could I resist!
I wasn't disappointed. We hiked anywhere from 9km to 21km per day from the 22-27th of December. Thro
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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 
