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Family fun day at Hastings Thermal Springs

13/11/2009

Hastings Cave is throwing open the doors to the thermal springs pool for a family fun day on Saturday, 28 November.
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Planned fuel reduction burn in the southwest

29/10/2009

The Parks and Wildlife Service and Forestry Tasmania are conducting a planned burn in the Southwest National Park and on lands managed by Forestry Tasmania today.
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Volunteer Campground Hosts Sought for Cockle Creek

21/10/2009

The Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) is seeking people with a passion for the beautiful Cockle Creek area in Tasmania's far south area to be volunteer campground hosts for several weeks during the coming summer.More
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Maria Island

Virtual Visit

You are about to arrive at Maria Island. The year is 1927. Take a look around...

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Maria Island and the Cement Works 1927. (Parks and Wildlife Service)
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Virtual Tours

Arriving at Maria Island today is a totally different experience to what it would have been when the cement works were in operation. Can you imagine what it would have been like arriving in the 1820s, when the island was a penal settlement?