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Tasmania Week 2

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February 25th 2010
From Cradle Mountain, we continued on to a town called Stanley - it's main attraction is "The Nut" The nut is a funny little hump of land sticking out into the ocean. And guess what- it's up high........so........ altho there is a cute little chairlift to ride to the top, Mark shamed me into agreeing to walk up to the top on foot. FOOL AM I!!!!!! The hill was incredibly steep- altho not long, ... 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