TASMANIA

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50% of Tasmania is clothed in native forest.

You might think that Tasmania is just an Island on the South-Eastern tip of Australia. The state Tasmania actually consists of more than 20 islands, although only ten or so are inhabited.

From the Freycinet Peninsula to the Nut to the wilds of Southwest National Park, Tasmania is a place of unsurpassable natural beauty. The island is a hiker's dream. For time-travellers, convict lore from the state's early days as a penal colony is a stinging contrast to the well-preserved old towns where the rest of us would have lived. But the greatest call comes from the great outdoors. With a nature very much reminding of Canada or far north Scandinavia or perhaps Patagonia, Tasmania is rich with coastal and inland parks, snowcapped (in winter) mountains and unexplored wilderness.

More than 30 per cent of Tasmania is listed with UNESCO as a World Heritage area, this is official recognition that it is one of the planet's great natural and cultural treasures. There are more than 150 national parks, heritage and wildlife reserves and nearly 50 percent of the land is clothed in native forest.

Tasmania can also seem an isolated and forbidding place, lashed by cold winds and rain from the Southern Ocean, but the rain rarely lasts for long, or like the Tassies say, -"You don't like the weather here? Well, come back in ten minutes!"

Hobart
The state capital of Tasmania is Australia's second oldest city.
A riverside city with a busy harbour, by a mountain backdrop with beautiful city views over the cities Georgian buildings and a relaxed atmosphere among numerous parks make Hobart one of the most enjoyable and engaging of Australia's cities.

CLIMATE
The climate is classified as temperate maritime. The State's location on the northern edge of the "Roaring Forties" (a westerly airstream), plus its mountainous terrain, produce marked variations of climate, particularly of rainfall.
Tasmania has the highest average rainfall of any Australian state. Annual rainfall can be as high 3,600mm in the west and as low as 500mm in the east. In the west and north west, maximum rainfall is received in winter. In the east and south east, rainfall is more evenly distributed throughout the year.

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State Capital: Hobart
Population: 473,000

Average Temperatures:
Hobart:
January maximum, 21.5 C
July maximum, 11.5 C.

Average Annual Rainfall - Hobart: 627 mm