Cataract Gorge

Tasmania

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April 24th 2009
Day 1: We set the alarm to go off at 5.45am this morning so we have enough time to get up and organized and drive to the airport before our 7.30am flight. Things don’t go quite as planned though as neither of us hear the alarm and Greg finally wakes me up at 6.20am, doh! So we have 10 minutes to get ready and check out before having to leave for the airport. We just about manage and then it’s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston

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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