Cradle Mountain in all it's stunning glory

Tasmania's rugged west

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June 25th 2009
This little gem from Mark Twain:”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.So throw off the bowlines,sail away from the safe harbour,catch the trade winds in your sails.Explore.Dream.Discover”.Tasmania is an island that had to be sailed to so as to be discovered and it was a Dutch navigator,Abel Tasman,who found the plac ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Saint Helens

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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