The view of Macleans Bay from our motel in Bicheno

Down in Tasmania...

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January 30th 2008
At the end of January we had a week in Tasmania, with the intention of doing some walking and tasting some cold-climate wines and cheeses. We started off in Hobart and headed for Port Arthur - site of the historic penal colony of old Van Diemen's Land. We had an afternoon of wandering around the old prison buildings and grounds, and an evening of great seafood on the Tasman peninsula. From Port Ar ... 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