Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Hobart

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January 2nd 2013
2ndJanuary 2013. Okay, enough relaxing. After breakfast, we headed into town and visited the Botanical Gardens. It was a magical place and the best was definitely the Japanese garden. After the gardens, we went to the lookout at the top of old government house and it gave us a fantastic view of the city. Down the hill and on the other side of the Tasman Bridge was the Great Moscow Ci ... 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