The tallest tree in the Southern Hemisphere

Tassie tour

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March 7th 2007
Just returned from a week in Tasmania - i flew there and had a look around Hobart before starting an organised tour with Adventure Tours the following day. The group was pretty mixed and mostly europeans - i was surprised i was the only british person. It was made up of Danish, Swiss, German (of course), Dutch, Irish and Japanese with our Tassie tour guide Gaz (aka Wombat) We hiked to the t ... 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