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Tasmanian turnover

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October 7th 2008
We arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, having left Sydney for the last time. It was lovely to see Zoe, Larry and Lily again, and amazing that Lily has grown so much in 1 ½ years!!! The last time we saw her, she could hardly sit up, and now she is running around like a Duracell rabbit!!! The immediate thought on exiting the plane was “shit this is cold!!!” We had endured temperatures of 30C and now ... 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