Dust in the wind

Tas - mania!

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February 3rd 2010
Tazzie treated us very well! The photos should mostly speak for themselves. After hours of mostly fruitless searching for Tasmanian critters in the wild, and tiring of seeing them splattered on the roadside, we decided to tour some wildlife refuge and breeding parks. It was well worth the visit. If Nancy had her way we would be adopting kangaroos. And wombats. And probably devils. See ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

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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