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Tasmania

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February 8th 2010
I arrived in Tasmania first thing in the morning and caught a shuttle bus to where I was staying in Hobart. I spent the morning exploring the dock and Salamanca market and then in the afternoon I called practically every single cherry orchard in the state looking for work! I'd heard cherry picking wasn't bad as you can make some decent money and it's one of the less strenuous fruit picking job ... 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