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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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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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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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Jul
13
2010

With breakfast in Salamanca Place behind us, bellies full and warm, my little family trekked up the winding hill to Mount Wellington on a beautifully blue Sunday morning in June.  We passed the gorgeous homes of Fern Tree, smoke rising from the chimneys on the way up, imagining what it would be like to live [...]

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Mar
22
2010

What I like most about Tassie Above all, I like Tasmania’s early nineteenth century architecture, especially the colonial Georgian houses and churches spread across the island.  Hobart is the best-preserved colonial Georgian city in the Commonwealth.  Launceston is the best-preserved Federation city. My favourite places in Tasmania Tasmania itself is one of my favourite places. [...]

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