View from Arthur Highway
par Klaus Mayer
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Panoramic views from Arthur Highway. Arthur Highway A9 connects Sorell with Port Arthur. After Sorell the highway offers great views over Pitt Water towards Hobart and Mount Wellington.
Panorama of the Pitt Water Nature Reserve and Tasman Highway. The Pitt Water Nature Reserve is a wetl...
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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.
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