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Freycinet Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Tasmania, Australia. It is located north of Schouten Island, encompasses area of Freycinet National Park. It is named after French explorer Louis de Freycinet.
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The Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway spans the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia between Bridgewater and Granton. It consists of a vertical lift bridge and a specially-built causeway connecting the bridge to the east bank of the river. It accommodates a two-lane highway, a single track railway and, on the bridge section, a footpath. As the bridge is the major connector of the Midland Highway on the eastern shore and the Brooker Highway on the western, the lifting of the bridge can cause considerable traffic delays, depending on the time of day and season.
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Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. It, along with the slightly smaller city of Burnie, are the major regional centres of the north-west of the state. To visitors to Tasmania, it is primarily known as the port for the Spirit of Tasmania ferries – Spirit I and II travel to Melbourne, Victoria.
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The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. Of the 17 people who were in the mine at the time, 14 escaped immediately following the collapse, one was killed, and the remaining two were found alive after five days, using a remote controlled device. These two miners were rescued on Tuesday 9 May, a full two weeks after being trapped nearly a kilometre below the surface.
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The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. The Thylacine (also known as the Tasmanian Tiger) became extinct on the Australian mainland thousands of years before European settlement of the continent, but survived on the island of Tasmania along with a number of other endemic species, including the Tasmanian Devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributory factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite being officially classified as extinct, sightings are still reported.
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The Gordon River is one of the major rivers of Tasmania, Australia. It rises in the centre of the island and flows westward. Major tributaries include the Serpentine River and the Franklin River. The Gordon River empties into Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania.
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Mount Ossa is the highest mountain in Tasmania, at 1614 metres. It lies in the heart of Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. The entire mountain is composed of Jurassic dolerite and the peak is named after Mount Ossa in Greece, which features in Greek mythology.
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The Meadow Argus Butterfly (Junonia villida) is a butterfly commonly found in Australia.
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Hell's Gate is the name of the mouth of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania. It is a notoriously shallow and dangerous channel entrance to the harbour. The actual channel is between Cape Sorell on the west and Entrance Island on the east (the harbour is southeast of Hell's Gates). There is a wider area of water between Entrance Island and Macquarie Head, but it is too shallow to get a boat over.
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Freycinet National Park is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania (Australia), 125 km northeast of Hobart. It occupies a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, which was named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet. The closest town to the national park is that of Coles Bay, though the largest close town is Swansea. Freycinet contains part of the rugged Tasmanian coastline and includes the secluded Wineglass Bay, voted by several travel authorities as one of the world's ten best beaches.
