Tasmania is a small island just south of Australia. A very remote island when you look at a world map, but an island that certainly has it’s beauties. Let’s take you on a photo tour of an island that is not so well known:
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT TASMANIA:
Tasmania may be Australia’s smallest state but it’s the world’s 26th largest island. It measures 68,332 square kilometres and is about the same size as Ireland or Switzerland. It takes just two and a half hours to drive from Hobart (south) to Launceston (north), providing more time for exploration and less time transiting!
The Tasmanian Devil is only found in Tasmania and is the world’s largest surviving carnivorous marsupial. If you’re really lucky, you might spot them in the wild or you can head to Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary and get up close and personal with these cheeky little devils.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT TASMANIA:
The Tasmanian Wilderness is a World Heritage Site that covers one and half million hectares, making up 24% of Tasmania’s total land mass. It was listed as a World Heritage area as it is one of the last areas of cool-temperature rainforests in the world. It’s also one of the richest archaeological sites in Australia with evidence that humans occupied the area at least 20,000 years ago.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT TASMANIA:
Tasmania is also the most mountainous state in Australia. You’ll find the highest mountain in Tasmania, Mount Ossa, located in the heart of Cradle Mountain and Lake St Claire National Park. Mount Ossa stands at 1617 metres tall.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT TASMANIA:
Tasmania is also known as the Apple Isle due to the commercial success of the state’s apple industry. William Bligh planted the first apple tree in the 1700’s during early colonial settlement and by the 1800’s the industry was thriving up until it started to decline in the 1970’s. Today, the state only exports around 8% of Australia’s apples.
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INTERESTING FACT ABOUT TASMANIA:
A seafood lover’s paradise, Tasmania is famous for its exceptional seafood. A very popular foodie choice is the famous Tassie Scallop pie, found in bakeries all over the state.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT TASMANIA:
When it comes to rude, baffling and hilarious place names, Tasmania has it all. There’s Eggs and Bacon Bay, Trousers Point, Penguin, Milkshake Hills, Stinkhole, Granny’s Gut, Awesome Wells, Satan’s Lair and errm, Lovely Bottom..
