First day of Spring
par John Hutchison
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First signs of Spring are often the daffodils. These gardens are one of the city's treasures.
Panorama of the conservatory in the botanical gardens of Hobart. Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens ar...
Historic Gardeners Cottage from 1845 with a glimps of the historic heated wall constructed by convict...
The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens are appoximately 2km from Hobart's city center and hold histori...
Large water storage tanks in the Queens Domain offer panoramic views over Derwent River, Tasman Bridg...
The 23.3 metre high Cenotaph was designed by Hobart architects Hutchison and Walker and was unveiled ...
Early morning at the Elizabeth Street Mall in Downtown Hobart, Tasmania: one of the most popular shop...
Panorama of Sullivans Cove and Franklin Wharf on a cloudy spring evening. A number of bronze sculptur...
Victoria dock, pictured here, is part of the Franklin Wharf area in Hobart, Tasmania. Both a working...
Hobart is the capital of Tasmania and the best place for shopping in Tasmania. Collins Street is one ...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.
