On the road to Bird River Bridge

A Walk in the Park

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April 21st 2014
Thursday morning I left Strahan and headed back to Zeehan. Before heading back to the museum, I headed past the town’s golf club towards the Spray tunnel. The tunnel was built to access the Spray silver mine, and widened at the top to allow large machinery through – giving it a distinctive keyhole shape. Both of my guidebooks indicated you can drive through the tunnel, but when I reached it th ... 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