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Location: Tasmania (Australia (South))
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Tasmania offer some of the world best temperate water diving. In 1999 David Doubilet underwater photographer in residence at National Geographic Magazine said, 'Tasmania is secret garden at the edge of the southern ocean. Every dive in Tasmania displays an exquisite combination of lyrical beauty and the wistfully bizarre. David's article 'Beneath the Tasman Sea' was the cover story of National Geographic in January 1997. In 2005 when asked to list his favorite seven dive sites in the world. Listed at number two, Tasmania was his first choice for temperate water diving.

Tasmania is home to a range of unique marine animals such as Seadragons and Handfish. The Tasman Peninsula has some of the best kelp forest in Tasmania. Above water there is stunning scenery and more bizarre creatures like the Tasmanian Devil, Potaroos, Spotted Quolls.

The best diving is on the East Coast where visibility ranges from 10m to 40m (30ft to 130ft) depending on the time of the year. Apart from the unique marine life the coast line is littered with historic ship wreck sites datintg back to 1779 many of these sites have never located and fully explored.

Hobart the capital city (Pop 180,000) is about one by air from Melbourne and two hour from Sydney. Two vehiclar ferries from Melbourne run daily across Bass Strait and a third boat runs from Sydney three times each week.

Tasmania was colonised by the british in 1803 to stop the French or the Dutch from claiming it. Abel Janszoon Tasman, the Dutch explorer was the first European to visit the island in 1642 naming it Van Diemen’s Land. French explorer Marion du Fresne, came ashore at Marion Bay on the east coast in 1772.

More info from:
www.discovertasmania.com.au
www.portarthur-region.com.au
www.eaglehawkdive.com.au


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Language: English
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More Information: Country Bio from Lonely Planet