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How hikers in the Tarkine Rainforest can help save the endangered Tasmanian devil
Feb 6th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Visitors to the Tarkine Rainforest in Tasmania, Australia, can now help save the endangered Tasmanian devil. Scientists have set up 45 motion-sensitive cameras along the trails and are asking hikers to help them to collect data and track local populations of the marsupials.
Right on the Tarkine Devil Project's mission, it states they would like to "actively engage the broader community ...
Photo of the day - Tasmanian autumn
May 20th, 2011 at 5:30PM:
Today's Photo of the Day captures the Tasmanian autumn with this stark, black-and-white image of the road between Hobart and Mount Wellington. The rising steam and the clumps of snow along the roadside speak to a chilly autumn morning, a place one million emotional miles from the impatient anticipation felt by those in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of May.
Check out photographer ...Gas stations: then and now
Mar 1st, 2011 at 3:00PM: Once upon a time, gas stations gave away all kinds of cool stuff, most of it targeted at kids. As a child of the 70's, I clearly recall of our Exxon "NFL Helmets" drinking glass collection, and my miniature Noah's Ark collectible series (What genius ad team decided that was the perfect gas station promo?). The point is, these giveaways worked. My parents would bribe me not to annoy my older ...Teen sailor Jessica Watson barred from race
Nov 30th, 2010 at 9:00AM: Jessica Watson, the Australian teenager who made headlines earlier this year by becoming the youngest person to ever circumnavigate the globe, has been barred from sailing in an upcoming yacht race because she doesn't meet the age requirements for the event.
Watson, who completed her round-the-world voyage back in May, had hoped to compete in the Sydney to Hobart sailing race that will get ...Stonehenge, Machu Picchu top 'most threatened' wonders list
Jan 15th, 2010 at 8:00AM: U.K. travel magazine Wanderlust has released their second annual list of the world's most threatened wonders, with eight very popular attractions earning this dubious distinction for 2010.
Perhaps the two most eye catching destinations on the list are Stone Henge in the U.K. and Machu Picchu in Peru. The magazine actually describes Stonehenge as a "national disgrace" and rips the stone monument ...Australia's Macquarie Island
Dec 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Have you ever had an obese, wild baby elephant seal drop its head in your lap and slobber nose love all over you? It melts a heart faster than a Snickers in a microwave, really.
Macquarie Island (pronounced mak-worry) is Australia's southernmost point, a tiny spit of an island some 940 miles (1,500 km) southeast of Tasmania. For you mariners out there that's a three-day sail from Hobart-past ...Get out and go: Events around the world (December 2-5)
Dec 2nd, 2009 at 10:30AM: It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Alaska - The Talkeetna Winterfest will take place in Talkeetna, Alaska throughout the month of December. The month long celebration features various activities, including Taste ...Two Floridians win Tasmania leg of travel contest
Oct 31st, 2009 at 4:00PM:
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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 ...
Classic Trek: The Overland Track, Australia
Sep 17th, 2009 at 8:30AM: Australia is a country with plenty of remote backcountry and an abundance of good hiking trails as well. It is an adventure travelers paradise, with opportunities to backpack your way through unique environments that include deserts, mountains, rain forests, and more. Perhaps the most famous of all of the Aussie trails is the Overland Track, located in the southern most state of Tasmania. The 40 ...Gadlinks for Monday 8.17.09
Aug 17th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Another week of summer has come and gone, and we're just hanging on to those last few certain days of warmth before fall kicks in! Last week we had some great travel reads, and this week will likely be no different. But you'll have to wait until tomorrow to catch our normal Gadlinks, for today's links are in keeping with the "scenic" theme we have going here on Gadling today. Check these out for ...Tasmania: Roadkill capital of the world
Apr 2nd, 2009 at 10:00AM: Several weeks ago I was exploring Tasmania with my best friend, Sarah. We had a loose itinerary consisting of hikes at Cradle Mountain, exploring Freycinet National Park and a look at the prison in Port Arthur. Before we departed Sydney for Hobart, everyone warned us about two things that we'd encounter in Tasmania: dismal weather and more roadkill than we'd ever seen. Now, the weather ...Bring mom to flowers for Mother's Day
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May 9th, 2008 at 12:30PM:
Several botanical gardens are having Mother's Day events this Sunday. One of the advantages of going to a botanical garden, I've found, is that they usually have wonderful gift shops that are perfect places for picking up that last minute present.
If you've forgotten to buy your mother a gift, when she's not looking, perhaps, when she's basking in the fragrance of a floral paradise, slip into ...Give this man his own TV show now
Nov 30th, 2007 at 7:58AM: Celebrity TV chefs are all the rage, but I reckon I've found the next big foodie star way down in Tasmania. Forget Mr Angry Gordon Ramsay or uber-Cockney Jamie Oliver. The next big star shoud be Craig Williams, a former butcher who now runs Pepperbush Adventures in Tasmania. Craig's preferred culinary gig is Aussie bush tucker and a few hours bouncing around by 4WD in the north Tasmanian bush with ...South Seas mountain biking in the snow
Nov 29th, 2007 at 11:14PM: If you sign up for a morning's mountain biking on a South Seas island, the last thing you expect is a rogue snowfall, right? Well if you're on Australia's southernmost (and only island) state you'd better be ready to literally experience four seasons in one day. Especially if you journey to the summit of Mt Wellington, huddled above the Tasmanian capital of Hobart in spring.
A few weeks back we ...Tasmanian Devils Being Relocated to Maria Island
Apr 11th, 2007 at 6:30AM: Tasmania -- famous for its unspoiled, snarling vistas -- may soon lose its most famous snarling mascot: the Tasmanian Devil. Devil Facial Tumor Disease is sweeping through Tasmania's devil population. It's already killed more than 90% of adults in high density areas and it's devastated half the population in medium-low density areas. Now, some of the marsupials made famous by Taz are being ...Is The Tasmanian Tiger Really Extinct?
Mar 2nd, 2007 at 3:32PM: In 1936, the last of the Tasmanian Tigers -- wolf-like mammals that were over-hunted by European settlers -- died in a zoo, rendering the species extinct.
Or did it?
According to German tourists Klaus Emmerichs and Birgit Jansen, the answer is no. The two claim to have captured digital photos of the tiger while on vacation in 2005. But after initial speculation by experts that the photos were ...
