Russell Falls

Tasmania

---

April 3rd 2015
We hadn't originally planned to visit Tasmania but decided that, as we were so close and everyone we spoke to said how beautiful it was, we should see it for ourselves. We flew from Melbourne to Hobart and spent the first night in a hostel with a view to joining an organized tour the next day for 6 nights. We were picked up at 7.30 by Courtenay from Under Down Under and set off for the west coast. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

---

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