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Tasmania Sites
to See, Attractions and Things To Do
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Cascade
Brewery Tours: The Cascade Brewery Company Pty Ltd is
Australia's oldest brewery. Nestled in the rolling hills
of South Hobart, the Historic buildings are set against
the majestic backdrop of Mount Wellington and offer brewery
tours, fine gardens and Historic buildings to the curious
tourist. As the headquarters for the Cascade brewery, The
Cascade Beverage Company and Carlton & United Breweries
in Tasmania, the brewery is of great interest to both beer
lovers and history buffs alike.
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Cradle
Mountain: Cradle Mountain boasts a variety of
fine bushwalks, varying in difficulty from simple to rigorous.
A good beginners walk circles Dove Lake (foreground of below
pictures) and takes approximately 1½ hours (prepared paths,
mostly flat). For the more experienced, the Overland Track
to Lake St. Clair is one of Australia's best-known bushwalks,
and covers 85 km (53 mi).
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- Eagelhawk
Neck: The Eaglehawk Neck Historic Site offers
visitors a unique perspective upon the security system which
operated throughout the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas
during the convict period. The infamous dogline which ran
across the Neck was devised to prevent the escape of prisoners
from Port Arthur, while a semaphore station provided communication
with the rest of the peninsula.
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Freycinet
Peninsula: This peninsula extend south into the Tasman
Sea from east-central Tasmania, Australia. Measuring about
14 miles (23 km) by 4 miles (6.5 km), with an area of 25
square miles (65 square km), it rises to a high point at
Mount Freycinet (2,011 feet [613 m]), one of the peaks along
a high central granite ridge known as the Hazards. The peninsula
is joined to the mainland by twin sandspits. Off its southern
tip lie the Schouten Passage and Island and, to the west,
Oyster Bay. The promontory was surveyed in 1802 by the French
captain Nicolas Baudin and was named after his lieutenant,
Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. In 1916 part of the
peninsula was made a national park, which is entered via
the resort town of Coles Bay, 70 miles (115 km) northeast
of Hobart.
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