Wineglass Bay, Freycenet NP, Tasmania

East Coast, Tasmania, Australia

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February 26th 2008
Breakfast at McD's was followed by a trip on the East Coast Trail. First to Swansea and the Freycinet Peninsula. We drove along the east coast and round the loop to the south facing peninsula around Oyster Bay. We stopped at the Freycinet National Park Office and purchased our park ticket. We also did a short walk to Coles Bay to take a look at Richardson's Beach which extends north of Dixon Point ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Freycinet National Park

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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