WILD TASMANIA: Mt Field N.P.

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November 8th 2014
WILD TASMANIA: Mt Field N.P. Each destination we reach reminds us of someone...something...some event. When we leave...we leave with new memories to store in our head banks. Mt Field National Park reminded me of the beech forests of sthn New Zealand...mosses with the beeches...or the lenga forests of Patagonia...mosses without the lenga...or the Lord of the Rings. We're not really ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Mount Field

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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