Tasmanian Devils Photo 1

Tasmanian Devils

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December 16th 2008
Tasmania greeted us with cold and wet weather as we’ve come to expect everywhere at this point. We did a walking tour of downtown Hobart. It’s amazing how flowers thrive here. English Gardens everywhere and roses seem to grow like weeds. A gardener’s dream for sure. We caught a city bus out to the Cascade Brewery where we had made a reservation for a tour of the oldest brewery in Austra ... 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