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Dec
04
2012

Had a fantastic getaway recently to Tassie With only a week annual leave from work we flew into Hobart (Virgin Airlines) and hired a car from RedSpot Car hire (no hassles) Day 1: Such a beautiful morning drove to Mt Wellington to soak in the magnificent scenery and then decided to explore the Salamanca Market. [...]

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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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Jan
30
2012

Dutch backpacker Anna met some interesting people on the way to the top of Mount Wellington. Bushwalking, hiking, kayaking and climbing are my favourite things to do in Australia. Tasmania is one of the best places in the world to do all these outdoorsy activities. On my second day in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, [...]

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Dec
21
2011

I went to visit Tasmania for a month in August/September and I saw the world! Everything I could wish to see, do and experience I did in magical Tasmania.  On an island about 450ks by 350Ks, we travelled over 4600ks around this picturesque paradise, navigating every highway, road and track that took our fancy. Apart from the constant breathtaking scenery I [...]

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Oct
10
2011

From the second I landed in Tasmania, there was something in the air that told me I was going to like it here. Quite literally, I think it may have been the air itself, because as I walked down the tarmac I couldn’t help but take in deep breath after deep breath of air, filling [...]

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Apr
08
2011

Whenever was the queue itself a prelude to an enchanted evening experience. In Hobart it was. So much fun for us Sydneysiders!? As we waited in the 8pm queue at the ornate gates, flood-lit in moody blood-red, the buzz in the air was palpable. With the overseas visitors in front of us, we shared tales of the [...]

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Sep
30
2010

Charm. Beauty. Heritage. Community. A soul. They’re all reasons I love my adopted home in the Huon Valley. Is it shallow to say the place is gorgeous, and that adds to my enjoyment of living here? Is it selfish and vacuous to believe that having fruit trees lining the valleys, pockets of native bush, and [...]

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Sep
05
2010

I would like to thank the City of Launceston and all those wonderful people responsible for the experience that was Junction 2010.  It was truly fantastic in all regards. I took away an enormous amount of useful stuff to apply to Arts Upper Hunter, the regional arts board I chair. And personally too, from doing [...]

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Sep
02
2010

I recently visited Tassie for the first time – Launceston is where I went for the Junction 2010 conference, and boy, what a lovely experience! I stayed only 2 night s and both nights was overwhelmed by the friendliness of the locals. This what happened: The first night I was trying to make my way [...]

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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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