Port Arthur

Tasmania

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February 22nd 2011
Thanks to the ferry we got an early start this morning in Tasmania (we disembarked at about 6:30 am and headed over to Dismal Swamp. This is an interesting place as it is a dry swamp, due to the sinkhole in it, which allows the rare blackwood trees to grow there. Also,we were informed by the man who worked there that there are not many people who can claim to have walked around a swamp. Alas a dr ... 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