De planing

Tasmania

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September 14th 2008
Tasmania - Arrived Tasmania and hit the ground running getting another run along the water. Hit the fresh market for some local grown produce and then toured the city. The city offered many churches and public parks with fountains, as usual. The history of the city is fascinating with buildings still existing from their settlement days. They fishing boats sell their catch on little barges moored i ... 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