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Aug
30
2010

My name is Elizabeth Foster and I have uploaded this story with photos on behalf of my Dad Jim Clarke – I hope you enjoy his Tasmania story through his eyes … My wife, Mary, and I have just returned from another wonderful holiday, our 5th in Tasmania.  Might I be so bold as to say [...]

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Aug
30
2010

The rented Toyota ute tore northwards along the empty highway linking Hobart and Launceston. A primeval landscape, littered with vast expanses of Summer yellow and corrugated sheets of intense heat. The howling wind swept up spectres of dust soon to become something else. Our gazes were unfocused and introspective. She was staring at the sand [...]

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Aug
30
2010

In 1983 my family, including 4 children, did a house and car swap with a Hobart family who had 7 children. When dollars don’t stretch for family holidays, this was the perfect solution. Both families had one month’s free accommodation for the Christmas holidays. We all loved our time in Tasmania and we made good [...]

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Aug
29
2010

The in-laws took the entire family via Sydney to Hobart on the Spirit of Tasmania … WOW what an experience. Fifteen of us heading off for an adventure -  fly fishing on the Great Lakes. Each family had to organise one dinner. Ours was night 1 – Spaghetti Bol. Then we had a roast, then [...]

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Aug
28
2010

Well mates, After we traveled for 6 weeks on the mainland of Australia we loved to see and experience the surprising island of Tasmania. When we arrived in Launceston we took in a very nice “Spanish” restaurant and enjoyed fine Tasmanian beef and Boag’s beer … that was the start of a lovely holiday which [...]

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Aug
25
2010

We decided to spend our honeymoon in Tasmania. We arrived on the 13th March and departed on the 25th in 2006. We stayed at various Bed and Breakfasts for our accomodation. We thoroughly enjoyed our stayed although it went too quickly and we never got to see the East Coast of  Tasmania. We started our [...]

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Aug
25
2010

Take a married couple travelling to a smallish yet delightful island. Give them a map in hand, a new-found sense of freedom and a vague sense of the places they want to visit then put them in a motor home designed for the vertically challenged for 12 days as they traverse the windy roads. What [...]

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Aug
25
2010

Inside the Walls of Jerusalem all to ourselves, the sun glinting off the gently melting snow covering the ancient trees. The sound of silence and breathing pure clean air.

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Aug
24
2010

I will never forget the day when in 1989 I arrived in Tasmania for the first time – it was a sunny day with a crystal clear blue sky, the cleanest smelling air, a peaceful serenity and stunning wilderness. Straight away my Chef’s instinct intuitively told me that Tasmania is a land blessed with great [...]

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Aug
24
2010

This is our second visit to Tasmania and the more we see the more we love it.  This time we went to Mole Creek Karst National Park and saw the glow worms in the cave … fantastic!  Just like looking at night sky but realising that these were just tiny insects on the roof of a [...]

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