Bay of Fires

Tasmania Nov13-18

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November 20th 2008
Tasmania is beautiful. I am extremely glad that I made the trip down before I leave Australia, most travelers and locals never do. Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It boasts the cleanest water and air in the entire world. (Mom, I really do think you could drink tap water for once.) I flew into Hobart, the capital city, Thursday, November 13. I took this trip by myself, but it never r ... 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