Freycinet

Touring the Map of Tassie

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December 12th 2007
We arrived in Hobart, Tasmania after a very quick 1.5 hour long flight from Sydney. Our main reason for choosing Tasmania to visit was that our friends Tim and Jacqueline are both currently enrolled at the university there. Again, we were spoiled enough to have our friend Tim pick us up at the airport, accompanied by his gal Jacq's brother Mike, who was also visiting from Canada. We received g ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

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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