Wineglass Bay

The World's Most Beautiful Wine Glass

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January 30th 2011
Today we rented a car (don't rent from Budget, they're awful) and firstly, drove it up Mount Wellington. I hadn't driven for over a year but I was surprised at how naturally it came back! So naturally in fact that I kept trying to change gear in an automatic! The views all the way up the mountain were amazing although admittedly, I only really saw them in my wing mirror. When we arrived at t ... read more

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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