Gum trees and ferns

Up and down the Tamar Valley

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February 15th 2013
We’ve had a couple of days driving and touring. When we left St. Helens, we headed north west. The country was green and lush with fat dairy cows. We saw a turnoff to Pyengana and turned towards it. It was the Pyengana cheddar we’d bought at Hobart and it was delicious. We saw their cheese factory, tasted their cheddars, and bought some more. The road became quite mountainous but very pretty ... 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