Tasmanian Wombat

Castle Mountain

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January 25th 2017
Today I will be catching up on the past two days travels. I was required to skip a day since our tour visited Cradle Mountain, another Heritage Site in Tasmania. We had absolutely no cell or internet service during this time. Yesterday we traveled to Cradle Mountain which lies at an altitude of about 4,000 feet and reminded me very much of an Alpine meadow. On the way, we were stopped 30 km from o ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania

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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