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Tasmania

Tasmania

Postcard from the streets of Hobart

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A small-town capital, Hobart is a city that shuts down squarely at 5 p.m.  The crisp peak of Mount Wellington overlooks the city's sparkling harbour, with the tidy streets of the CBD propped in neat squares and right angles in...
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Postcard from the walls of Hobart

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The details of a place have always interested me more than a sweeping panorama: those are the rewards for paying attention, for actively searching your surroundings instead of complacently heading toward the next scenic vista. Hobart was full of the...
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Postcard from Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

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This is my perfect spring afternoon: sun shining, flowers blooming, an endless park of green lawns and ponds with ducks to feed and countless varieties of flowers and trees and ferns. My camera in hand, fully-charged iPod earbuds tucked in, good book...
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Thank you, David Walsh: The MONA experience

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As I left the Museum of Old and New Art, cruising down the Derwent River in the sunshine, the first thought to cross my mind: even if the rest of Hobart is absolutely awful (thankfully, it had its highlights), this was totally worth it. When's...
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Postcard from Mount Wellington

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On a clear day, you can see half of Tasmania from the peak of Mount Wellington. But, as my guide joked, if you don't like the weather in Tasmania, just wait 10 minutes. If you're wearing comfortable shoes, packed some extra layers and want to...
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C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.

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