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BND A FOSSIL N SMITHTON SWAMP First... find Smithton. It’s not difficult. Smithton is the administrative centre of Tasmania's Circular Head Municipality on the North-West Coast Along this coastline of sweeping sandy beaches, the scenic Bas's Highway runs an 80km span from Deloraine in the east through the flourishing coastal towns of • Latrobe. Devonport. Ulverstone.. Penguin. Burnie. Somerset and Wynyard. Another ■ 73km on the highway leads to Stanley and Smithton. ' • Smithton is a lively centre of farm and forest lands. It boasts huge sawmills and processing plants. There's plenty of accommodation, shops, restaurants and sports facilities. But if you really want something different, try fossicking for ' fossils in the swamps nearby. They've already found bones of giant Wombat and Kangaroo as big as horses. They’ve even found a prehistoric Rhinocerous. True! What are your chances of finding them? Come to Tasmania and see. You’ll have the time of your life. In surprising Tasmania. Come on over - fly TAA - direct to . Hobart from Christchurch- or from mainland Australia. . TASMANIA Srnithlon'f" | v *. 1- Liuntv-’or; II Will \ I SURPRISE A rt) you V I

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Press, 17 November 1982, Page 33

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Page 33 Advertisements Column 1 Press, 17 November 1982, Page 33

Page 33 Advertisements Column 1 Press, 17 November 1982, Page 33

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