Ross

Tasmania - part 2

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June 28th 2009
I wanted to see the east coast so I booked a two day tour with Under Down Under from Hobart to Launceston. It picked me up 7.30am the day after Port Arthur. I thought that was an early start; I was to get much earlier ones in the outback on the mainland! Jason was our tour guide and we had 15 passengers all together, which I have just now realised is a lot of people compared to my other tours I ha ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania

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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