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Encyclopedia: Bruny Island Bruny Island is large island off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, from which it is separated by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Bruny Island was originally inhabited by the Aboriginals until European arrival. The complete Online Information Guide to Bruny Island http://www.brunyisland.net www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bruny-Island   (718 words)

Bruny Island, Tasmania - Travelmate Named after the French Admiral, Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, Bruny Island lies in Storm Bay, across the d’Entrecasteaux Channel from the mainland. North Bruny Island is flat grazing land interspersed with open woodland. Bruny is about the size of Singapore and is home to around 500 Tasmanians. www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=239   (367 words)

Bruny Island Ferry, DIER - Transport Division , Tasmania These can be purchased from the Bruny D'Entrecasteaux Visitor Centre between 9am and 5pm 7days a week including public holidays. The Bruny D'Entrecasteaux Visitor Centre can be contacted on freecall 1800 676 740. Islander status applies to all permanent residents and ratepayers of Bruny Island and their spouses. www.transport.tas.gov.au /marine/bruny_island_ferry/island_status_stickers.html   (391 words)

Bruny Island - TheBestLinks.com - Abel Tasman, Tasmania, 1642, 1792, ... Bruny Island is large island, elongated in shape, off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, separated from the mainland of Tasmania by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Bruny Island was originally inhabited by the Aboriginals until European arrival. Bruny Island, Abel Tasman, Tasmania, 1642, 1792, South Bruny National Park... www.thebestlinks.com /Bruny_Island.html   (283 words)

Bruny Island The Bruny D’Entrecasteaux Visitor Centre at the Kettering ferry terminal (daily 9am–5pm, may be closed Mon and Tues July–Oct; tel 03/6267 4494) books accommodation on the island, much of which is in self-catering cottages and must be arranged in advance. Bruny Island has always been linked with early explorers, for whom it provided a safe refuge after the arduous journey across the Southern Ocean, and the museum displays maps, documents, paintings and artefacts relating to landings there. On South Bruny, ADVENTURE BAY is the main centre on the east coast; its waters are safe for swimming, and there’s a general store and the Bligh Museum of Pacific Discovery (daily 10am–3pm; $3). www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/tasmania/brunyisland.asp   (750 words)

Bruny Island map location, population and ferry timetable Drive to the town of Kettering beside the D'Entrecasteaux Channel where you join a vehicular ferry for a 15 minute crossing to Roberts Point on North Bruny Island. The approx latitude of Bruny Island is 43.20.00 and the approx longitude is 147.15.00. Bruny Island is less than an hour's drive on a high quality sealed highway from Hobart, Tasmania's capital city. www.bruny.com.au /bruny-island-info.htm   (300 words)

TAS Bruny Island Bruny Island is 55 km long and almost two distinct islands, North and South Bruny, joined by a narrow strip of sand hills. The island's Aboriginal name, Lunawanna­alonna, is retained in the names of two settlements on South Bruny, Alonnah and Lunawanna. Name origin: Named after Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, who surveyed the channel between the island and the mainland in 1792. www.allsydney.com /tas/Brunyisl.htm   (314 words)

Bruny Island Online Access Centre Bruny Island is separated from 'mainland' Tasmania by a body of water called the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Bruny Island is not so much one island but two - North Bruny and South Bruny, which are connected by a narrow neck of land, called (surprisingly!) 'The Neck'. Even with its relative isolation, Bruny Island is home to approximately 600 permanent residents, but the population can reach up to 2,000 people in summer, as Bruny Island is a popular tourist destination. www.tco.asn.au /oac/community_overview.cgi?oacID=63   (115 words)

Bruny Island Tasmania - Travel - MyNRMA Several years later, Matthew Flinders arrived on the island too, but it was French explorer Bruny d"Entrecasteaux after whom the island and channel were named, who actually proved that it was separate from Tasmania. We headed for Cape Bruny Lighthouse, the third oldest lighthouse in Australia whose tower was built in 1836 by convict labour. As I browsed around this small museum, I realised that from a historical point of view, Bruny Island was remarkable. www.mynrma.com.au /tasmania_brunyisland.asp   (982 words)

The Tree House  Bruny Island Tasmania AAAT rated We had left the big island of Australia for the smaller island State of Tasmania and then left it’s shores for the littlest island of Bruny. Hardly little though, for Bruny is made up of two islands stretching over 100 kilometres north to south and joined by a narrow ‘neck’ of land no more than 100 meters wide. We look forward to returning to the big island on which we live, enlivened with memories of a littler island called Bruny -keen to visit its shores again in anticipation of a mixture of both solitude and stimulation. www.thetreehouse.com.au /lonely_planet.htm   (1584 words)

The Huon Trail and Bruny Island Cross the D'Entrecasteaux Channel by vehicular ferry (15 minutes) to explore the 100km of Bruny Island with its wild seascapes and sweeping surf beaches, rich maritime history, abundant birdlife and wildlife, tall forests and historic lighthouse. Bruny Island has thousand-year old 'blackboy' rainforests and the spring months of September and October reveal spectacular native flowers. Bruny Island has an abundance of indigeneous birdlife, marsupials and marine life. www.tasmaniasouth.com /huon/bruny.html   (305 words)

NZ supermaxi Konica Minolta breaks historic Bruny Island Race record in Tasmania The Bruny Island Race was first sailed for in March 1898 over the same course that the fleet will still sail when they line up off Hobart’s Castray Esplanade at 9.30 this coming Saturday, 19 January. Thwaites decided to contest the Bruny Island because of its historic significance and to give his crew a chance to work up the 98-footer before returning to major ocean racing. While there were a number of times in the early years when the race was not sailed, notably during the war years, the Bruny Island Race has been sailed continously since 1946, with the exception of 1959. www.yachting.org.au /?page=15346&   (325 words)

Travelinfodownunder - Free quality Travel Information & Travel Tips, ... In 1835 three ships were wrecked in D'Entrecasteaux Channel and consequently it was recommended to build a lighthouse at Cape Bruny. The Cape Bruny lighthouse has kept vigil on the south-western edge of the cape on South Bruny Island since 1838 and was the third tower to be built, at a cost of 2,500 pounds, by convicts in Tasmania. Access to Bruny Island is by a 15 minute crossing on a vehicle ferry from Kettering, south of Hobart. travelinfodownunder.com.au /bruny.php   (1486 words)

Mandala Bruny Island Holiday Home - About Mandala Mandala is located 3 kms north of Alonnah on South Bruny Island, overlooking the D'Entrecasteaux channel between the island and Tasmania's mainland. Access is via the Bruny Island car ferry from Kettering (30 minutes from Hobart) to Roberts Point on North Bruny Island (Alonnah is 35 minutes from Roberts Point). Mandala is a charming 3-4 bedroom characterful house in an idyllic waterfront setting on Bruny Island, Southern Tasmania. www.mandalabrunyisland.com.au /AboutMandala.htm   (536 words)

Media Release Few small islands around the Australian continent have been mentioned so often in the logs of early navigators than Bruny Island off the south-east coast of Tasmania- the English captains Cook, Bligh, Flinders and Bass, the Frenchmen d'Entrecasteaux, Baudin and Furneaux all dropped anchor in Adventure Bay or sailed past across Storm Bay. First sailed in 1898, the 90 nautical mile Bruny Island Race is said to be the oldest offshore race in Australian waters and while some years were missed, it has been conducted every year since 1936, with the exception of the War years. The Bruny Island Race is said to be Australia's oldest continuous offshore yacht race, being first sailed in 1898. www.boatingoz.com.au /news01/010209a.htm   (568 words)

Bruny Island by Lonely Planet Bruny Island is not an overdeveloped tourist destination, instead it is a peaceful place with an interesting past, and many unpopulated and unpolluted beaches. The South Bruny National Park is renowned for its varied wildlife, including fairy penguins and many species of reptile. Access to Bruny Island is by a modern car ferry from Kettering to Roberts Point on North Bruny and takes only 15 minutes. www.brunyisland.com.au /lonely-planet.htm   (434 words)

Tasmania Lighthouses It was built to mark the entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, the protected passage between Bruny Island and the Tasmanian mainland. The Australian Bush Heritage Fund and Friends of the Kent Group National Park worked for restoration and preservation of the lighthouse, and the Tasmanian Conservation Trust has helped restore and maintain the superintendents's house. Original 1° Chance Brothers lens on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney; original lantern in storage for display at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania in Hobart. www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/tas.htm   (2860 words)

The Huon Trail and Bruny Island Cross the D'Entrecasteaux Channel by vehicular ferry (15 minutes) to explore the 100km of Bruny Island with its wild seascapes and sweeping surf beaches, rich maritime history, abundant birdlife and wildlife, tall forests and historic lighthouse. Bruny Island has thousand-year old 'blackboy' rainforests and the spring months of September and October reveal spectacular native flowers. Take the road to the Cape Bruny Lighthouse at the southern end of the South Bruny National Park to see spectacular views of the Southern Ocean from this 'bottom of Australia' lookout. www.tasmaniasouth.com /huon/bruny.html   (297 words)

Kettering - Tasmania - Kettering (37 km south of Hobart) and Woodbridge nestle into the coast on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel opposite Bruny Island - two tiny settlements gazing across the narrow channel at the island's low lying hills. She died in 1876 but it was not until 1976 that her ashes were thrown to the winds on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Woodbridge Hill, which rises 580 m above sea level, is part of the mountain range which runs between the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and the Huon River. www.theage.com.au /news/Tasmania/Kettering/2005/02/17/1108500205823.html   (479 words)

Huonville The two tenuously connected halves of Bruny Island protect the waters of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. South of Huonville, opposite Bruny Island is the fertile and cultivated Huon Valley. The Huon River, discovered by French Admiral D'Entrecasteaux in 1792 provided transport for produce and timber in the early years of settlement. www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/tasmania/huonville.asp   (479 words)

Bulletin - Books: Citizen Labillardière The rescue mission was led by Antoine-Raymond-Joseph Bruny D’Entrecasteaux commanding the vessel Recherche and Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec on the Espérance, together with a handful of naturalist freeloaders, among them Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière. These were names which were to leave a lasting mark on the Australian landscape – the Huon river and pine, the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island with its Labillardiere peninsula. It was about 10.30 on a cool Paris morning when Louis XVI was marched across the cobblestones of the Place de la Revolution towards the guillotine. bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/EdDesk.nsf/All/4397EAADDAAD18A6CA256CFA0018E8AF   (1253 words)

Bruni d'Entrecasteaux Port Esperance, the Huon River, and other features were discovered, named, and charted, the admiral's names being given to the channel (D'Entrecasteaux Channel) and the large island (Bruny Island) separated by it from the mainland. Kermadec had died of phthisis in Balade harbour, and on 21st July 1793, d'Entrecasteaux himself died of scurvy, off the Hermits. Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739–1793) was a French navigator who explored the Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of La Pérouse. www.abitabouteverything.com /files/b/br/bruni_d_entrecasteaux.html   (1568 words)

Luxury Accommodation Tasmania - Anstey Barton > Welcome Page Set on 7 hectares of waterfront land overlooking the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island and only 25 minutes by car from the State Capital City of Hobart, Anstey Barton offers luxury, adventure and complete privacy. Relax with Tasmanian specialty foods and wines and sail to Bruny Island. Huge bedrooms with water views, the fabulous diningroom, the wide verandahs, the billiards room, conservatory, drawingroom and of course a morning or afternoon cruise on our sailing yacht "Beyond" ensures you will enjoy the very best that Tasmania has to offer. www.anstey-barton.com.au   (119 words)

Truganini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Truganini was born around 1812 on Bruny Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel south of today's Tasmanian capital Hobart. In 1873, when Truganini was the sole survivor, she was moved to Hobart, where she died three years later, having requested that her ashes be scattered in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Truganini is the name of a song by Midnight Oil; this song spoke partly of Truganini herself but also of what Midnight Oil saw as Australia's environmental and social problems, including that of the Monarchy. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Truganini   (539 words)

The Huon Trail - Maps: Bruny Island - D'Entrecasteaux Channel Region The Huon Trail - Maps: Bruny Island - D'Entrecasteaux Channel Region To download a print quality map (PDF) of the Bruny Island - D'Entrecasteaux Channel Region click on the link below. A symbol key to the PDF maps is also available, click here to download a copy. www.huontrail.org.au /maps/bruny_channelmap.html   (539 words)

Alibris: Isabel Ollivier by Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Josephy Bruny d', and Duperrey, Louis Isidore, and Ollivier, Isabel Extracts from New Zealand journals written on ships under the command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824 Over 40 years in the making, this remarkable collection is made up of over 5,000 extraordinary pieces, each one selected carefully for its value, significance, and innate beauty. www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Ollivier,Isabel   (539 words)

Bruny Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bruny Island is large island off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, from which it is separated by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. The island itself however is named after the French explorer Bruni d'Entrecasteaux who explored the Channel region in 1792. Abel Tasman, made a landing in the vicinity of Bruny Island in 1642 followed by James Cook who landed at Adventure Bay. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bruny_Island   (377 words)

Anstey Barton - Kettering, Tasmania > Welcome Page Set on 7 hectares of waterfront land overlooking the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island and only 25 minutes by car from the State Capital City of Hobart, Anstey Barton offers luxury, adventure and complete privacy. Relax with Tasmanian specialty foods and wines and sail to Bruny Island. Huge bedrooms with water views, the fabulous diningroom, the wide verandahs, the billiards room, conservatory, drawingroom and of course a morning or afternoon cruise on our sailing yacht "Beyond" ensures you will enjoy the very best that Tasmania has to offer. www.anstey-barton.com.au   (377 words)

About Tulendena - The Garden House Kettering is the ideal place for visiting the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, particularly if you are travelling the Huon Trail, or spending some time on Bruny Island. The property, five acres of landscaped gardens, attracts an abundance of wildlife, including the rare species of bird - the Forty Spotted Pardalote - Why not make TULENDENA your base and take a few days to enjoy some of the great attractions the local area has to offer? www.tulendena.com.au /about.html   (377 words)

134713415.64335 The stand on Penguin Island is protected as part of the South Bruny National Park. Undoubtedly other researchers, with broader intellectual horizons than Mr Scheps, will put d’Entrecasteaux’s journal to other good uses. www.api-network.com /reviews/comments/0522849326/134713415.64335   (356 words)

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