Battery Point

Built in 1818 to defend the area, the initial battery location (which is now a park in the picture) wasn't situated very well and had poor visibility over the river. It was rebuilt in different locations 4 times but was always done in haste and never afforded a good vantage over the whole river.

The Island Under the Land Down Under

February 14th 2007
Now that I finally made the decision to leave Melbourne...well it wasn’t that I really needed to make that decision, just actually book something to make leaving the city concrete and not something to do next week…Tasmania became the next stop on my trip. Tasmania is similar to Newfoundland in Canada, or any other state/province that can lay claim to the fact it is their countries whipping bo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

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

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