NEW Spirit of Tasmania

Day 205 - Back to Tasmania on the NEW Spirit

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October 18th 2015
It was most unfortunate that the Melbourne Marathon had been scheduled on the same day we were to board the NEW Spirit to return to Tasmania. Many access roads would be closed from 6am so we had to have an early start to ensure that we arrived in time for boarding. A cunning plan was formulated so we would sneak in to Port Melbourne on a back road which comes out right at the entrance to Statio ... 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