Remove Filter Experiences Filtered by: The East Coast and Flinders Island
Feb
14
2011

Being a professional photographer with a background within the Travel and Tourism industry I often find it hard to be impressed by the wonders that life throws at me … until I visited Tasmania in January 2011. I often find myself limited by windy weather and rainy conditions and after having read all literature available [...]

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Feb
02
2011

Time flies when you’re havin’ fun. But for me, time stood still on Flinders Island. Not because I wasn’t having fun, in fact quite the opposite was true. I lost track of the countless times I found myself standing back and  being conscious of trying to take it all in and Flinders Island is full [...]

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Jan
24
2011

There’s a saying on Flinders Island: “if you find a beach with someone on it, find another one.” When I first arrived on the island I thought the locals were joking, but after four days and too many beaches to count I realised that I had only encountered one other person on a beach during [...]

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Nov
29
2010

Crank [krangk] –verb 1. to climb with extreme vigour, gusto or verve; very hard rock climbing. Killiecrankie [kil-ee-krang-kee] -noun 1. the place where the cranking is a killer. We shot over the waves around the rocky coastline, hanging on tight as the boat leapt up and crashed down. My eyes were wide and my jaw [...]

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Nov
01
2010

I came nearly two years ago to live in Australia, having been born in England and spent the first 75 years of my life there. Australia is a warm welcoming place, but it was also a privilege and delight to visit Tasmania, albeit for a swift food/wine fest with my daughter. Stepping off the plane [...]

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Oct
19
2010

My Family and I travelled by motor home around Tasmania and we had our best holiday yet. Not all our time was spent fishing but doing a lap of Tassie in a motor home opens more possibilities than an angler can imagine; especially when it comes to targeting the island’s biggest fishing draw card; trout (there is [...]

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Oct
05
2010

I just got back from my Tassie trip with a group of friends and i must share it with all those who are planning to go there! Overall, we had so much fun. It is a trip i will never forget. The views at Cataract Gorge Reserve was amazing and it is also a great [...]

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Sep
27
2010

This is Tasmania: a road-trip that starts in a traffic jam as the sun goes down but really begins in a grey Devonport car-park as the sun comes up, eating breakfast wrapped in greaseproof paper and rifling through booklets with texta scribbles on their back covers. Tasmania, for seven days, is roads – roads that you [...]

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Sep
12
2010

The mountain we were headed for had low cloud about its summit, and we began to see frequent logging trucks hauling out their loads and soon the signs indicated that we should swing off the bitumen onto a logging road, which was soon taking us up into the clouds. We were travelling quite slowly with [...]

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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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