Crater Falls

Cradle Mountain (11-13 January)

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January 15th 2009
Luckily we had already booked a campsite at the Discovery Holiday Parks campground, which is the only campground at the Cradle Valley end of the park. The rest are more up-market cabins and châteaux, etc. The park was full but the campsites were nice and secluded so we weren't jammed in like a normal caravan park, although we only just squeezed the camper trailer into our allotted site with the a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Cradle Mountain

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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