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TASMANIA AND MELBOURNE

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February 25th 2011
After leaving New Zealand we crossed the Tasman Sea aka "The Terrible Tassie." We lucked out with the weather for most of the passage and then when it did start to deteriorate Captain Scala put the pedal to the metal and got us into Hobart, Tasmania twelve hours early. This trip has been remarkable thus far in many ways but especially weather-wise. To cross the immense Pacific Ocean without enc ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Docklands

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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