Uncle Richie and I

Mum, Auntie J and Uncle R discover Tassie

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March 12th 2007
Friday afternoon 2nd March - Mum, Auntie Jackie and Uncle Richie arrived in Hobart. I picked them up from the airport and drove them to our house on the hill. They had already spent three days in Melbourne so fortunately were not really suffering from jet lag. They learnt whilst there, on asking where were the main shops, that apparently a line of shops are called "strip shops", which shocked my m ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

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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