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Rivers and coastlines, Islands, farms, orchards , wilderness, sandy beaches small communities Huon Pine Atlantic Salmon.
The State Capital - Hobart ,Parliament ,Government House,Heritage.
Huon Valley, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Bruny Island and Far South.
Such is the diversity of Southern Tasmania
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Salamanca Market is a five-minute walk from the city centre.
every Saturday from 8.30 am to 3 pm at Hobarts Salamanca Place.
Tasmanian art & craft hand-worked glass,
innovative design in Tasmanian timbers, stylish clothing, bold ceramics.
hundreds of stalls, friendly people who make or grow what they sell
The Gasworks Distillery in Hobart , trading as
the Tasmanian Distillery welcomes visitors to its Whisky Museum.
The international success of the distillery is due to the quality
of the Franklin barley strain, bred in Tasmania,
and the Tasmanian spring water which is among the purest in the world
Almost all of the whiskey is exported,
ensuring this new industry continues to be worth $20 million
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A Community Environment Park is being sought for Hobart
It was one of four proposals for the Beaumaris Zoo site
,the home of the last known Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine
Meanwhile public consultation continues for future uses of the site
which might include a sculpture park, ensuring the site continues to be
an important part of Tasmania's cultural life.
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Dorans Fine Foods
founded in 1834, is Australias
oldest surviving maker of premium jams, spreads and fruit juices.
Mures Fish House a Tasmanian icon
opened 1973 in Battery Point, Hobart,
by George and William Mure.
In 1986 the family built Mures Fish Centre,
/their restaurant complex at Victoria Dock.
Their daughter Sarah has now succeeded Jill in the kitchen at Mures.
An integral part of this business was a modern fish factory and smokehouse.
The Kiella is the Mures' current fishing operated by their son, William.
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Tasmanian Facts
James Cook came in the Resolution.
At Adventure Bay , the remnant of the tree in which he carved his name
in 1777 can still be seen.
While William Bligh of the Bounty '
is remembered for planting
the southern hemisphere's first apple tree |
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