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Top 7 Outdoor Adventures in Southern Tasmania

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Tasmania, also known as Lutruwita in the Aboriginal language, is Australia’s adventurous southern island state. It features rugged coastlines, temperate rainforests, staggering eucalyptus forests, sub-alpine regions, and vast buttongrass moorlands. If you’re looking for a fun outdoors-y time, this is the place to be! If, however, you’re looking for some relaxing activities within Hobart, check […]

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A Day on Tasmania’s Bruny Island

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If you’re looking for a relaxing day to drive down winding island roads with scenic views of forests, meadows, and boundless water, while intermittently stopping to enjoy local gourmet foods and drinks, then a day on Bruny Island is the experience for you! Bruny Island, also known as lunawanna-allonah by its Aboriginal name, is a

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Best Beaches Near Hobart

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In a country know for its endless pristine beaches, here are some suggestions for must-see beaches if you’re spending a few days near Tasmania’s capital city of Hobart. If the weather’s not great (as it sometimes is in temperamental Tasmania) and/or you’re looking to do more than just “beach time”, make sure to also check

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Hobart’s Top 7 Things To Do

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As the capital of Australia’s southern island state of Tasmania (aka Lutruwita in the Aboriginal language of the palawa peope), Hobart is a picturesque city of about 250,000 residents situated on the undulating inlets of the moderate-sized island’s south-eastern edge. Among being coined as Australia’s infamous Antarctic-gateway port city, Hobart is a resoundingly historic place

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Exploring Mainland Australia’s Most Southern Wilderness – Wilson’s Prom

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Wilson’s Promonotory National Park, or Wilson’s Prom, is mainland Australia’s most southern point. It’s about a 3 hour drive from Melbourne, so fairly achievable if you have access to a car. It’s the state of Victoria’s largest coastal wilderness area – so definitely worth checking out if you’re into outdoor adventure, like me! I spent

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Two Days in Adelaide

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I went on a quick jaunt over to Adelaide for two blissful days. I flew from Melbourne, which only took about 1.5 hours. I highly recommend getting a window seat if you ever do the same because it’s really neat seeing the landscapes of western Victoria and South Australia – the land looked so incredibly

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Melbourne’s Top 10 Things To Do

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As Australia’s second biggest city, Melbourne is a sprawling metropolis that offers something for everyone! I visited in February which I think is one of the best times to go since it’s the tail-end of summer, so you’ll have great weather and not quite as many tourists as earlier in the season. Here are my

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Week 5: Alone on Mt. Baden-Powell

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Mt. Baden-Powell is a mountain in southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest which boasts an elevation of 9,407 ft (2,867 m). It’s named after Robert Baden-Powell, a man who’d had a high ranking in the British Army and who later became the founder of the world scouting movement. It’s ironic that

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Week 4: Big Bear & Beyond

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The morning was cast in shades of blue and pink while the moon still had jurisdiction over the sky. I could see the outlines of San Jacinto Peak and the impressive valley down below whenever I turned around to see how far I’d come. The air was chilly and there were some dark, ominous clouds

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Week 3: Up and Over the San Jacintos

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The San Jacinto mountains are the first real mountains of the Pacific Crest Trail, going northbound. Rising up from the desert floor, these mountains reach elevations well-above 8,000 ft, with the pinnacle being San Jacinto Peak at an elevation of 10,834 ft! The unrelenting uphill battle to get over the San Jacintos is difficult not

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