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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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Dec
09
2011

We landed at Hobart airport for an action packed 4 days, and we were determined to fit as much in of this fabulous state as we could! After picking up our hire car, our first stop was at the historic town of Richmond.  The kids (6 and  9) enjoyed a run around in the maze and [...]

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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
28
2011

To introduce myself – I was the lucky winner of the “Tasmanian Secrets Revealed” competition held last year by Tourism Tasmania so my husband and I were fortunate to have the opportunity to visit once more this beautiful part of our country. We chose to centre our visit around Hobart and the attractions it had [...]

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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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Nov
18
2010

We ambled around Constitution Dock on a beautiful sunny winters day. The dock splendid in the clear light. We sat at a cosy table at Smolt and enjoyed a long and lovely lunch. It was a weekday and browsing the shops of  Salamanca and along Hampton Ct was wonderful, we picked up a beautiful Tea [...]

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Aug
31
2010

In July last year, my new boyfriend and I took a last-minute whirlwind trip to Tasmania as our fourth date. We hadn’t spent more than a couple of hours together in one go before this trip, and six hours in the car each day was a risk that turned out to be well worth taking. We each flew separately [...]

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Aug
30
2010

Everyone thought we were mad when we booked to visit Hobart in July! Too Cold! But cold brings its own benefits… snow glistening atop Mt Wellington, hot chocolate with marshmallows at Salamanca, warming whiskies at Lark Distillery and piping hot scallop pies … the closest thing to food Heaven on earth those scallop pies! And best of [...]

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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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