Tasmania

Tootling around Tasmania

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February 4th 2011
Suzanne here... So, on to Tasmania. We landed in Hobart, and with only a couple of days to 'do' Tasmania's capital, we dumped our bags at the hostel as soon as we arrived and went straight out. Hobart is a lovely place, pretty and laid-back, and we enjoyed strolling around. Fortuitously, there was a free festival on - the Mona Foma festival. Not so fortuitously the first band we checked out we ... 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