Mountain Wellington

On the Road Again - Glorious Tasmania

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April 29th 2010
Soooo, I flew to Tasmania the day before Julia left Melbourne - I guess I was doing what would be easier for me. Leaving Melbourne was incredibly hard, but the idea of going to a new place was pretty spectacular motivation. Tasmania is a state of Australia (if you didn't know) and is an island that is tiny compared with the mainland and probably have the size of England. I flew into the capital ... 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