Stunning coastline

Thoughts from Tasmania

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February 3rd 2011
What to say about my time in Tasmania....I've loved every minute. It really is a lovely island and has almost every landscape you could wish for - mountains all the way through to some of the nicest beaches I've seen. I won't embarrass the family by saying too much about them (I know they are worried about what I might say!!!!) but I have been made to feel very welcome and they've helped me pack a ... 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