TASMANIA | |||||||||||||||||
Tasmania in relation to the rest of Australia. |
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Bass Strait separates Tasmania from mainland Australia. It is a stretch of water 150 miles wide. |
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Access to Tasmania is by air or by sea. A passenger/ vehicle ferry crosses 12 months of the year and travel time is about 14 hours. |
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From December to April, the catamaran, called the Devil Cat, crosses in 6 hours from Georgetown, Tasmania to Melbourne. | |||||||||||||||||