Australia's Treasure Island
Tasmania, Australia’s Treasure Island, offers South Islanders their nearest holiday destination abroad and a surprising trove of tourist gems from the sophisticated glitter of casino gambling to the serene splendour of natural wilderness. Tasmania magically manages to be both comfortingly familiar and exotically fascinating.
Tasmanians are as warm and hospitable as neighbours should be. The climate is as changeable as the South Island’s, the cuisine superb, and the scenery of sea-
Photographed and compiled by LES BLOXHAM, travel editor of “The Press.”
scapes, pastoral landscapes and forested wilderness instantly appealing to New Zealanders. Yet beyond the common bonds, an island doubly distinguished as the cradle of Australian history and a unique wildlife laboratory waits to be discovered. To make the round-trip one needs at least 10 days. Whistle-stop tours are out of place on “Treasure Island” which surrenders its full bounty of rewards only to those who take the time to breathe in the view and reflect on the past.
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Press, 14 June 1983, Page 23
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