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Some Interesting Facts About Tasmania

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• The Bush Inn....

  The Bush Inn at New Norfolk (1825) is the oldest continually licensed public house in Australia.

• The Theatre Royal....

  The Theatre Royal in Hobart is Australia's oldest operative live theatre.

• Tasmania has Australia's oldest....

  Tasmania has Australia's oldest brewery, the Cascade brewery in Hobart.

• Tasmania has Australia's most complete....

  Tasmania has Australia's most complete ruins of a convict settlement at Port Arthur.

• Tasmania has a higher....

  Tasmania has a higher proportion of its land area (22.6 per cent) reserved for recreation and conservation purposes than any other State.

• Western Tasmania's World Heritage Area....

  Western Tasmania's World Heritage Area is one of the last great unspoilt temperate wilderness areas in the world.

• Tasmania possesses the finest....

  Tasmania possesses the finest brown trout angling in the southern hemisphere and is the source of all brown trout stocks in Australia and New Zealand.

• Tasmania has the longest and deepest....

  Tasmania has the longest and deepest caves and the deepest natural freshwater lake in Australia.

• Launceston's Cataract Gorge....

  Launceston's Cataract Gorge Chairlift is the longest single-span chairlift in the world.

• Tasmania has the fastest growing....

  Tasmania has the fastest growing farmed Atlantic salmon in the world and one of the world's largest and most modern hatcheries.

• The reputation of Tasmania's premium wines....

  The reputation of Tasmania's premium wines is protected by the only legislated apellation scheme in Australia.

• Tasmania has the largest....

  Tasmania has the largest lavender farm in the world and it is the only commercial lavender producer in the southern hemisphere.

• The dominant rainforest species are....

  The dominant rainforest species are eucalypts, including the tallest stands of hardwood in the southern Hemisphere and the biggest white gum (89 metres tall and 10 metres around) in the world.

• The forests also include a unique range....

  The forests also include a unique range of minor species, including myrtle, blackwood, sassafras, leatherwood, celery top pine, Huon pine and King Billy pine. These timbers are used extensively in the craft and quality furniture industries.

• A Huon pine tree in the south-west wilderness....

  A Huon pine tree in the south-west wilderness is estimated to be 4,000 years old, making it the oldest living thing on earth.

• Tasmania has 68....

  Tasmania has 68 golf courses - more per capita than any other state in Australia.

• Tasmania is closer to....

  Tasmania is closer to the equator than Rome, Chicago or the Azores.

• Tasmania has the cleanest....

  Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world and its rainwater is so pure that quantities have been shipped to Australian Olympic Athletes competing overseas.

• Tasmania is the most....

  Tasmania is the most decentralised State and Tasmanians travel the shortest distances of any Australian workers between their homes and their jobs.

• Tasmania is the....

  Tasmania is the southern-most State and lies 240km south of the Australian mainland, on a latitude of 40 degrees south.

• Its territory includes....

  Its territory includes Macquarie Island, halfway between the Australian mainland and the Antarctic continent, but the capital, Hobart is no further from the equator than New York or Madrid.

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