Bay of Fires

From Sea to Shining Sea

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March 12th 2011
Thanks to Irving Berlin for our title; a very appropriate one for the final, scenic part of our time in Tasmania. From Hobart up the east coast, on to Launceston and finally back to Devonport. All of it stunning. What a contrast between the windy, bleak-looking west coast, and the sunny (but still chilly) east coast. In Freycinet National Park we walked to Wineglass Bay on a sunny but cool ... 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