Apr
22
2012

Food was on my mind as I headed off on my first ever visit to Tasmania. I’d heard so much about the beautiful fresh produce and couldn’t wait to taste as much of it as I could during my four day visit. After a night in Hobart and breakfast on the waterfront, I picked up [...]

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Apr
20
2012

While being serenaded by Jo Stafford’s rendition of “Autumn Leaves“, you will arrive at Fentonbury, approximately 72 kilkometers west of Hobart. If you travel well along the B61 Gordon River Road and ignore the turn to Gordon Lake, (accidentally traveling straight along the C608 Ellendale Road), you to find yourself joining with the A10 Lyell [...]

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Apr
08
2012

Hello! When I arrived in Tasmania last October the first thing that came to my mind was… Shopping! Although I must admit that I was a little in shock when I found out that there were no big shopping malls in Hobart, unlike Abu Dhabi and Dubai where we have the one of the biggest [...]

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Mar
13
2012

My first thought about the Tasmanian Overland track is that of rainforests, waterfalls, vast mountains and perhaps some mud. But to my surprise we were blazoned with 39 degree heat traveling up from Hobart to Cradle Mountain ready to start the walk the next day in equally heat wavering conditions. The Cradle Mountain hike up [...]

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Mar
05
2012

With just one month to see as much of the world as possible, I couldn’t resist a quick stop in Tasmania while visiting Australia. After a painless one-hour flight from Melbourne, I touched down on this beautiful island. Just under 200 miles south of the Australian mainland, the country’s only island state - nicknamed “Tassie” - has a [...]

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Feb
29
2012

I think God wanted me to experience the time of my life. That was the reason why I chose Tasmania out of the many states of Australia to visit if I won this ‘Unexpected Australia Adventure’ jointly organized by one of our local radio stations and newspapers. At that time I didn’t know exactly what [...]

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Feb
20
2012

My wife and I were residents in Hobart for 5 years through the late 80s. Despite that there are still many parts of Tasmania left for us to visit. We recently returned from a 6-week visit staying in the north and west. One week in January 2012 was spent at Cradle Chalet at Moina from [...]

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Feb
16
2012

We spent 12 days touring this incredible island – first time to see snow for our gorgeous adopted Filipino daughters, savoured the delights of a cruise on the Franklin Gordon, the magic of Cradle Mountain, chair lift at Sheffield, friends at Launceston, Port Arthur, Richmond and the magic Botanical Gardens in Hobart. But the unplanned [...]

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Feb
14
2012

It might be known as the sport of kings – the world’s oldest team sport, the domain of people who travel by private plane. But just outside Hobart a few keen polo enthusiasts prove that anyone can play the world’s fastest and most rewarding horse sport. Ever since seeing a game of polo for the [...]

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Feb
08
2012

One of my dad’s goals was to climb Marion’s Lookout, the tallest viewing point at Cradle Mountain, while were in Tasmania. It was only 11.5km uphill. The family put on our jumpers, ate a big breakfast and caught the shuttle bus to Ronny Creek to start our hike. Mum had cooked 15 chicken drumsticks and [...]

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