Derwent River

Hi from New Norfolk, near Hobart.

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February 8th 2009
Hi everyone We are still loving Tasmania. After 2 nights in Waratah, we drove to Zeehan for 2 nights. Zeehan has a very interesting museum on mining in the area. We did lots of exploring around the area, drove through an old train tunnel with so little clearance the mirrors of the car nearly scraped the sides, to an old silver mine, and did some 4WD tracks. We drove to the coast to Trial Bay and ... read more

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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