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Tasmania - The East Coast

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January 18th 2010
With access to a car (thanks Les) and some camping equipment borrowed from friends (thanks Fox and Sam), we decided to head to Tasmania to see some of Australia’s rugged sights. We set sail on the Spirit of Tasmania, a huge ferry, at 9pm from Melbourne. The journey was to take 9.5 hours so we booked a recliner chair in the hope of getting some sleep and prayed it wouldn’t be too rough as the w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Freycinet National Park

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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