Pat and wooden friendin Geeveston

Tahune Air Walk, Tasmania

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January 20th 2015
After leaving Hobart and heading for Kingston we drove to Franklin to the wooden boat centre where the smell of wood varnish was all pervading. Beautiful hand built boats were in various stages of construction. Then we dropped into Geeveston a small ' forest town' to post a few cards. I think we were probably the only people there that the post mistress didn't know by name. We wandered around the ... 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