Don't Look Down

Tasmania - A Wet and Wild West

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March 18th 2007
My final day in Hobart was drenched in glorious sunshine, sat in the shade writing my postcards, then I met my pal Mitch who I met back in November on that crazy bus journey in Cambodia, the one where 7 people had to ride on the roof, we had exchanged emails as I knew then I was coming back to Melbourne, and therefore a trip to Tassy was always going to be on the cards. Introduced Mitch to some S ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park

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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