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Balls and chains, squalls and rain
This is a top pick! ... would in due time swallow more than 65,000 men and women convicts - four out of every ten people transported to Australia. How many Tasmanian Aborigines died while the invading whites invaded this cavity is not known because no one knew how many there ...
Frecinet Peninsula
20-21 Feb - Freycinet Peninsula (including Wineglass Bay) After Port Arthur we headed north up Tassie's east coast towards Freycinet National Park. When you see pictures that typify Tassie more often than not you'll see a picture of beautiful ...
Arriving on the East Coast
Ein weiterer sensationeller Tag was das Wetter angeht, aber auch sonst. Am Morgen fuhr ich wieder zum nur vier Kilometer entfernten Lake St Clair Nationalpark. Verglichen mit gestern Abend war es nicht mehr wie ausgestorben, es gab einige die sich bereit ...
Maria Island Nationalpark
Die Fähre legte pünktlich um 09:30 zur Achterbahnfahrt los. Die Wettervorhersage war nicht gut, es war mit Regen zu rechnen. Auch die Temperaturen sind hier meist nicht so hoch, in der Nacht wird es meist gegen 0°C, tagsüber je nach Sonne zwischen ...
Zu Gast bei netten Leuten
Nach ein paar Tagen in Hobart und dem gescheiterten Versuch am Valentinstag essen zu gehen (Wer haette gedacht, dass jedes Restaurant ausgebucht ist...) ging es fuer uns an der Ostkueste Tasmaniens in den Norden zurueck. Auf dem Weg dahin hatten wir die ...
Freycinet Peninsula
Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ Got up early to go catch my bus to the Freycinet peninsula, with some kind of tour, or rather a special service offered by the tassie bus company. As I was late and not fully awake, I booked one ...
Four Seasons in one week
'Liffey Falls' was not meant to be, having drove for miles, it began to get dark and too late to trek to the falls. We also couldn't camp near the falls so we drove and drove and drove until we eventually found a safe place for the night.... would you ...
Christmas Eve With Kangaroos and Wombats
Hello, bin mit der Faehre nach Maria Island gefahren, eine kleine Insel oestlich von Tasmanien. Fuer kurze Zeit ein Gefaegnis, dann lange landwirtschaftlich genutzt und seit den 70ern ein National Park. Ein beliebter Ort fuer Ferien, es gibt mehrere ...
Christmas Beaches
Hello, den Weihnachtstag habe ich mit Wandern auf Maria Island verbracht. Habe mehr Kaenguruhs als Menschen gesehen, habe an zwei Straenden gebadet, hatte beide fuer mich alleine. Der dem Osten zugewandte Strand hatte ein wenig Brandung, an den Straenden ...
Arrived in Tasmania
Hello, Flug von Wellington nach Melbourne war nicht sehr ereignisreich, Air NZ bietet inzwischen aber verschiedene Ticketklassen an, die billigste ist ohne Koffer und Essen, ich hatte die naechstbilligste, mit einem Koffer (resp. Rucksack) aber immer ...
Cute Fishing Village
Next stop is Triabunna, which is a small fishing village on the East Coast. We camped right opposite the water with a beautiful view of the fishing boats, for three nights. Triabunna has some lovely old houses scattered throughout the town, two ...
TRIABUNNA, MARIA ISLAND & PARKED AT THE PUB
TTHURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 2010 Weather: quite hot, around 30 degrees, sunny Journey: Hobart (mileage:9847 kms), Sorrell, Triabunna, Maria Island, Swansea (10000 kms) We left Hobart early afternoon, and stopped off at Sorrell to collect repaired laptop; ...
Etappenziel 5. Port Arthur
Am Montag sind wir dann von Bicheno nach Port Arthur, einer Alten Piraten bzw von den Englaendern gefuehrte Gefaengnisstadt, gefahren. Unterwegs (Mittags) sind wir dann zur weltberuehmten Wineglass Bay gefahren. Einem der Top 10 Straende der Welt. Dort ...
Maria Island
... but amazing day and exceeded our expectations. A Maria Island brochure from the 1890s sums it up well; " 'The Riviera of Australia': Here may the invalid laze the hours away and, book in hand, become intoxicated with the splendour of the ...
Mountains
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Maria Island visit
From Stumpys Bay in the Mt William National Park, we headed south along the Tasmanian east coast. We had passed through here on push bikes during late 1978 and were interested to see if much had changed. As best we remember, little had ...
Coles Bay
Notre objectif aujourd'hui est la péninsule de Coles Bay et une randonnée vers « Wineglass Bay ». Nous avons une nouvelle occasion d’utiliser notre permis de visite des parcs nationaux. Malheureusement, cette rando est très populaire et ...
Swansea to Triabunna
Thursday 29 March 2012 Left Swansea and onto Triabunna where we visited the Information Centre (we have found these very helpful!). We were interested in Maria Island (which is another National Park pronounced ma-rye-ah). Another place with ...
Cruise to Maria Island
Friday 30 March 2012 Today we went on a cruise to Maria Island with East Coast Cruises. Our boat captain was Steve who was very friendly and informative. Maria Island is an island off Triabunna on the east coast of Tasmania … with ...
More hitch drama's today
Today we moved on to Triabunna on the east coast and have decided to free camp behind the pub there. On route we encountered some of the steepest longest hills so far, one is called Bust Me Gall and is apparently named so because in the coach days it ...
Stop for TV and shower
Wed 20th - Having spent the day looking round Port Arthur, we then drove north, up the east coast to Triabunna to stay the night in a caravan park, finally have a hot shower AND, after 3 weeks, watch a TV programme (a kind of house makeover ...
Hobart to Orford to Dodges Ferry and Two Penguins
... and the road is generally quite straight but there are several sections of twisties either going uphill or downhill and riding into Orford presents with a very narrow road with rock cliffs on one side rising upwards and a stone wall barrier to keep us ...
Lisa Millegan: Kangaroos and convict settlements
This week, I got my first close-up look at kangaroos and Tasmanian devils. I saw both at the aptly named Tasmanian Devil Park. They let visitors feed kangaroos right out of their hands! They are such cool creatures- a cross between deer and rabbits. I ...
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