Day 111 - Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia 20. The Captain Cook Monument (Which was Closed)

Day 111 - Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia

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March 9th 2014
Sunday 9th March 2014. Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia We had a coffee in our posh YHA room before leaving to collect Will and Ash from their place. We had left the itinerary for the next couple of days in their hands and they had decided that today we would visit Bruny Island. We drove to a town called Kettering which is where we needed to catch the ferry over to the island. We parked the car ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Bruny Island

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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