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Pine Lake

By |2025-08-28T01:36:44+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Launceston, Tamar and The North|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Pencil pine grows only in the Tasmanian highlands, and there are few other places on the island where it can be accessed as at Pine Lake.

Meander Falls

By |2025-08-28T01:36:43+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Launceston, Tamar and The North|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Meander Falls Bushwalk is in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area below the Great Western Tiers. The walk is 5km (one way)

Liffey Falls

By |2025-08-28T01:36:44+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Launceston, Tamar and The North|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The beautiful Liffey Falls, as their name suggests, are situated on the Liffey River which flows out of Great Lake.

Hollybank Forest

By |2025-08-28T01:36:43+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Launceston, Tamar and The North|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Just 19km from Launceston, Hollybank Forest, comprising a mixture of native bush and ash and pine plantations, is a popular picnic spot.

Hartz Peak

By |2025-08-28T01:36:43+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Hobart and Surrounds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Hartz Peak is located in the Hartz Mountains National Park, which is an area famous for views of remote mountain ranges as far as the coast.

Fluted Cape Walk

By |2025-08-28T01:36:43+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Hobart and Surrounds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

South Bruny National Park, the Fluted Cape walk departs from Grass Point and provides trampers with a circuit route offering impressive views

Duckhole Lake

By |2025-08-28T01:36:42+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Hobart and Surrounds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Graded as a Level 2 walk, this means the track is an easy walk and suitable for most fitness levels and all age groups.

Coal Mines Historic Site

By |2025-08-28T01:36:42+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Hobart and Surrounds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Located on the Tasman Peninsula, this site was once home to 600 convicts who had the difficult and dangerous task of extracting the coal.

History of the Maori People

By |2025-08-28T01:36:44+12:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: History & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The arrival of the Maori people to New Zealand is deemed as somewhat of a mystery. Estimated the first Polynesians arrived over 1000 years ago

Central South Island

By |2025-08-28T01:36:44+12:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: Freshwater Fisheries|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Central region extends from the Rakaia River down to Moeraki and contains renowned chinook salmon, brown and rainbow trout fisheries.

West Coast

By |2025-08-28T01:36:44+12:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: Freshwater Fisheries|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This region extends some 800 kms from Karamea to Haast covering 2 million hectares of pristine wilderness.

Wellington

By |2025-08-28T01:36:44+12:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: Freshwater Fisheries|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Wellington our capital city is built on a magnificent harbour surrounded by the rugged Rimutaka and Tararua mountain ranges.

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