Tasmania

Antoine's view

The mysterious island of Tasmania was one of first regions of Australia visited by European explorers, among whom several French discoverers :
Their names are frequently found here, as in the Park Freycinet, a magnificent natural reserve, or on Bruny Island, discovered byBruni d'Entrecasteaux. Hobart, the main city, was made famous by a famous sailing regatta: Sydney-Hobart.

Although the island's legendary animal , the "Tasmanian Tiger " is probably extinct, do not miss, in the North of the island to go to discover the platypus, a strange animal covered in fur, but with the paws of an itter and the beak of a duck..