March 2010

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Asbestos Range National Park

The only constant thing about this park has been change. Over thirty thousand years even the shape of the coastline has changed many times.

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Asbestos Range National Park
Autumn in Tasmania
Bruny Island National Park
Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park and World Heritage Area
Douglas-Apsley National Park
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park & World Heritage Area
Freycinet National Park
Maria Island National Park
Mole Creek Karst National Park
Mt Field National Park
Mt William National Park
Rainfall in Tasmania
Size of Tasmania
South West National Park and World Heritage Area
Spring in Tasmania
Strzelecki National Park
Summer in Tasmania
TASMANIA - Australia's Island State
Tasmania's Location
Tasmania's Wilderness Gateway

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Tasmania's Location
Rainfall in Tasmania
Summer in Tasmania
Winter in Tasmania
Spring in Tasmania
Autumn in Tasmania
Size of Tasmania
Wildlife in Tasmania
Vegetation in Tasmania
World Heritage Areas
Tasmania's Wilderness Gateway
TASMANIA - Australia's Island State

Northern Midlands

Asbestos Range National Park

Meander Valley

Mole Creek Karst National Park

Kingborough

Bruny Island National Park

Glamorgan-Spring Bay

Freycinet National Park
Maria Island National Park

West Coast

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park & World Heritage Area

Dorset

Mt William National Park

Flinders

Strzelecki National Park

Central North & Midlands

Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park and World Heritage Area

Central Highlands

Mt Field National Park

Huon Valley, West Coast

South West National Park and World Heritage Area

East Coast

Douglas-Apsley National Park
Size of Tasmania (view)

By virtue that Tasmania is an island about the same size as Switzerland, the Irish Republic and West Virginia, surrounded by sea, the climate is a maritime one, rarely extremely hot or extremely cold.

TASMANIA - Australia's Island State (view)

Tasmania is the smallest and most southerly of Australia's six states. It has a population of 480,000 and lies about 200km (124 miles) south of the state of Victoria.

Tasmania's Location (view)

Tasmania is located at latitude 40° South, longitude 144° East, right in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe.

Tasmania's Wilderness Gateway (view)

North Western Tasmania is an ever changing landscape.

Vegetation in Tasmania (view)

Tasmania produces vegetation which is extremely diverse, from tall open eucalypt forest, alpine heathlands and large areas of cool temperate rainforests and moorlands.

Wildlife in Tasmania (view)

Tasmania is the last home of several mammals that once roamed the Australian continent.

World Heritage Areas (view)

More than 20% of Tasmania has been listed with UNESCO as World Heritage Area, and the state has a total of 15 National Parks, with "Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park" the most well known.

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