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Two Floridians win Tasmania leg of travel contest

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) on Oct 31st 2009 at 4:00PM

Two American girls from Florida are about to find themselves pretty far from home. Dara Simkin and Catherine Fleming won the Tasmania leg of the WorldNomads.com Van-Tastic Adventure. This is the first time an American team has won the Australia contest. On December 19, 2009, they'll fire up the engine and start to drive through Tasmania for six weeks. On January 30, 2010, they'll arrive in Melbourne, having completed the fourth of seven legs. The seven-part journey begins in Queensland and consists of 10,000 miles of driving in a van named Geoff.

During their journey, Dara and Catherine will report on their experiences kayaking on the Freycinet Peninsula, mountain biking Mt. Wellington and walking through Cradle Moutain. You can keep track of their progress on YouTube or on the Van-Tastic Adventures website.

But, watching might not be enough for some people ... there are still three legs open, so you may want to put your application video together.

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