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Jan
11
2011

Can’t even begin to explain the delight I felt when I realised I had won the right to capture the Falls Festival for Tourism Tasmania. The Falls Festival is held every year in the beautiful, yet not that well known area of Tasmania, called Marion Bay. I have mixed feelings writing this journal as in [...]

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Aug
19
2010

Hi. Our West Coast Discovery started with a rather bumpy ride on the boat to Devonport! Well worth it to bring our Subaru and head for the rugged West Coast, Tarkine wilderness, beautiful Corrina and finally, The Gordon River paddle. Our first night spent camped on the beach at Black River was spectacular, a beautiful sunny [...]

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Aug
12
2010

Having been in Tasmania for 5 weeks, we saw ourselves heading for the Bay of Fires, an area we were told  rivalled Cradle Mountain.  First stop was a free camp at Friendly Beaches, situated on the idyllic stretch of coastline that makes up the Freycinet Peninsula.  I’m not versed on how it got its name, but [...]

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Aug
09
2010

I’ve lived in Tassie for almost my whole life and there’s still so much to see and do, and now I get to do it with my kids too. Last summer the whole family packed up our ute with a tent and a thousand other things to head west.  Our loose goal was to revisit [...]

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Jul
16
2010

If Tasmania is a small island then Bruny Island, off the south east of Tasmania, is tiny. For some of the island’s animals this can mean a very concentrated gene pool and a rare white (albino) wallaby breeds in increasing numbers on the island. Bruny was windy and cool. A walk up to one of Australia’s oldest [...]

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Jul
09
2010

Enjoying the beauty of the Tasmanian wilderness, we were ‘free camping’, near Recherche Bay.  Our campsite is called Gilhams Beach, but I prefer to call it the Enchanted Forest.  We had perfect weather- bright sunny days, not too hot.  Each morning as I awoke, I was greeted by twittering birds, and a view of bright green ferns.  [...]

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Apr
28
2010

It was raining, it was cold, and I’d just been immersed over my head in freezing cold water. So why was I grinning like an idiot? I’d just completed a 4-metre high cliff jump into one of the pools down Devils Gullet, a huge gorge and world heritage area just east of Mole Creek in [...]

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Mar
22
2010

I love secrets. Especially local ones. I particularly love uncovering them even more. And there are more secrets in Tasmania than there are Huon Pines. Sure, it’s small compared to mainland states, but it harbours more adventure secrets than any of ‘em. Especially in the South West. This is where, if he’s (she’s?) still alive, [...]

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Mar
21
2010

What I like most about Tassie I love the laid back lifestyle, where you can go for road-trips, take stunning bushwalks, sample local beers and wine, and pig out on some of the best and freshest local produce in the country. Some of my favourite places I love the rugged coastlines. From the wild west [...]

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