Hobart Waterfront

Hobart

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September 21st 2008
On Thursday 9/18 we woke up pretty sore from the recliners. We were certainly ready to move on when the ferry docked at 7:00 a.m. We picked up a rental car and drove about three hours across Tasmania. We stopped at the Cadbury chocolate factory for a tour and purchase of too much chocolate. We then went into Hobart, which is a nice city with a good bit of shopping. We wandered through the sho ... read more

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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