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  Tasmania's midlands and central highlands
The midlands of Tasmania are famed for their agricultural and heritage values, while the central highlands is renowned for its beautiful isolated wilderness value.
Midlands sheep grazing properties are famous for superfine Merino wool, often attracting world-record bids at auction.
The Tasmanian midlands are traversed by the Midlands Highway, the main road artery connecting the cities of Hobart and Launceston.
tourtasmania.com /central/index.html   (306 words)

  
 Midlands Seed Limited - New Zealand Producers and Exporters of Arable Seeds and Grains
Midlands Seed Ltd (Tasmania) was established in 2004, with the appointment of Andrew Doyle as a full time Field Representative based in Launceston.
Its parent company, Midlands Seed Ltd (NZ) was established in 1990, and a combination of technical expertise, innovation and a confidence in R and D investment has contributed to a highly successful business venture.
Midlands Seed Ltd (Tasmania) is first and foremost a seed production company, with the majority of its contracted area being in high performing pea varieties and proprietary white clover cultivars.
www.midlands.co.nz /page.aspx?pri=40   (240 words)

  
 A brief description, photos and links
Your discovery of Tasmania should be measured less by distance and more by time; by experiences immensely varied, yet always close at hand.With less than one per cent of the land surface of Australia and nowhere more than 115 kilometres from the sea, Tasmania's varied landscape is unrestrained by size.
These are Tasmania's midlands, legacy of a British colonial heritage and a green-belt of history stretching from north to south.
It is Tasmania's sun coast, edged by crystal blue waters and clusters of holiday homes that have tied generations of families to annual bouts of rest and recreation.
www.tasgreetings.com /tasmania.htm   (361 words)

  
 Tasmania - Midlands, Lakes and Highlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The central plateau of Tasmania is noted for its breathtaking scenery and trout-filled lakes.
The Northern Midland’s relaxed country lifestyle, in close proximity to Launceston, attracts many residents to the towns of Longford, Evandale and Perth.
West of Tarraleah in the midlands of Tasmania.
www.tchange.com.au /regions/midlands.html   (456 words)

  
 Tasmania travel guide - Wikitravel
Tasmania [1], once known as the "Apple Isle", is the smallest of Australia's states and is located off the south eastern tip of the mainland.
Tasmania was settled by the British as a penal colony and convicts were first transported to what was then called Van Diemen's Land, in 1804.
Tasmania is served by several boats from mainland Australia, departing from Sydney and Melbourne.
wikitravel.org /en/Tasmania   (818 words)

  
 INCOSE2001 - Tasmania
Tasmania is also one of the best freshwater fishing places in the world - grab your rod and stalk the wily trout.
Tasmania's colonial heritage is also evident in the gracious Georgian and Victorian architecture throughout the state.
Tasmania's midlands offers historic towns and villages, many dating back to the State's days as a penal settlement.
www.incose.org /symp2001/archive/tourism/tas.html   (1125 words)

  
 Tasmania's South: Did you know?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Tasmania has the oldest live theatre (Theatre Royal in Hobart), the oldest continually licensed pub (The Bush Inn at New Norfolk), the longest established brewery (Cascade in Hobart) and the greatest complement of historic buildings in Australia.
Tasmania’s central plateau region is one of the world’s few wild trout fisheries still freely accessible to the public.
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.
www.tasmaniasouth.com /tassouth/didyouknow.html   (686 words)

  
 Tasmania has a wealth of attractions.
Tasmania Attractions - Things to Do Whether you are a tourist or a local there are many Tasmania attractions to keep you busy at any time of the year.
Experience the rural ambience and heritage of Tasmania's Midlands on a journey along the Heritage Highway, the main road that connects Hobart and Launceston.
Established on the banks of the Tamar River,Launceston is Tasmania's northern capital city and the epicentre of the diverse and picturesque Tamar Valley.
www.thisweekinaustralia.com /tasmania-attractions.php   (339 words)

  
 Brushtail Possums and Dieback in the Midlands of Tasmania
This is a project of the Midlands Tree Committee, the local Landcare group for the Oatlands area.
The study conclusively demonstrated that brush possum browsing is a significant cause of Midlands tree decline.
The Midlands Tree Committee are very pleased with the recognition that their work has received both in Tasmania and nationally.
members.ozemail.com.au /~sdgeard/possums.html   (1113 words)

  
 Southern Midlands Council - Attractions - Tasmania, Georgian Architecture
Tasmania South also has a listing of attractions along the Heriage Highway and can be access for using the following link:http://www.tasmaniasouth.com/heritage/.
Used by Tasmanian Aboriginal tribes before European settlement, and as a refuge from bushrangers, it was also the home of the  children's author, Nan Chauncy.  The cottage is open to the public  and located in the secluded bush valleys you will find sandstone caves, picnic areas, bushwalking and birdwatching.
The farming properties of the district run 12% of the state's total sheep population, produce 15% of the wool exports and 20% of the live sheep exports.
www.southernmidlands.tas.gov.au /site/page.cfm?u=246   (857 words)

  
 NEWS TASMANIA TASMANIAN TOURISM FORESTRY - JANUARY 2004
Tasmania is home to a growing number of marine aliens and they are wreaking havoc in our ports.
Tasmania is the only state still proposing to burn ancient forests in the guise of renewable energy.
As Tasmania's wilderness emerges as a key election issue, Labor leader Mark Latham is preparing to unveil policies to phase out clear-felling in old-growth forests, but still guarantee jobs.
www.news-tasmania.com /jan04.html   (6753 words)

  
 Maria Fletcher portfolio
Maria Fletcher was born in Manchester and migrated to Tasmania with her family in 1982.
In 1996, Maria moved to the rural isolation of Yarlington in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania.
She is currently working on a photographic exploration of the cultural landscape of the Coal River Valley in Tasmania’s Southern Midlands.
www.leatherwoodonline.com /history/2005/maria-fletcher/index.htm   (369 words)

  
 Southern Midlands Council - Home - Tasmania, Georgian Architecture
The Southern Midlands Council was created on the 2
April 1993 through the merging of the Municipalities of Oatlands, Green Ponds, the Northern ward of Brighton and Central and Northern wards of Richmond.
Click on the icon above and follow the installation instructions.
www.southernmidlands.tas.gov.au   (137 words)

  
 Tour of Tasmania copyright and disclaimer
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Where this is done, an acknowledgement to the Tour of Tasmania as the source of the text or graphic (and which incorporates the Tour of Tasmania's URL, http://www.tourtasmania.com) must accompany the quoted or reproduced segment.
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www.tourtasmania.com /content.php?id=copyright   (625 words)

  
 Bushfires burn close to Hobart - theage.com.au
Bushfires in Tasmania's southern Midlands continued to burn within 10km to 15km of Hobart on Friday, with thick smoke enveloping much of the island state's capital.
It is feared fires at New Brighton and Broadmarsh, about 15km east of the city, may join over the weekend with close to 30 fire crews battling the blazes which have now burnt more than 10,000ha.
The Broadmarsh fire, Tasmania's biggest, has been burning with a front 27km long by three to four kilometres wide.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/01/25/1042911586679.html   (359 words)

  
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Structural Ageing: Approximately 11.5 per cent of the Southern Midlands population is currently aged 65+ years, and this is projected to grow to 16.9 per cent by 2021 (see Table 1).
By comparison the entry/exit ratio for Tasmania is currently 1.2 and will decline to 0.8, the crossover to more exits than entrants coming around 2012.
Figure 3 illustrates the trend for Southern Midlands by plotting the underlying numbers of 15-24 and 55-64 year olds separately; the imminent crossover to more labour market exits than entrants is clear.
www.taspop.tasbis.com /uploads/588/attachments/Southern_Midlands.doc   (629 words)

  
 8 Midlands at Local.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Midlands MESAS Fall Workshop 2005 Sponsored by the South Carolina Academy of Science and South Carolina State University...
Tasmania: mountainous island separated from Australia by the...
Brought to you by Newsquest Midlands South Ltd...
www.local.co.uk /Midlands/8   (273 words)

  
 Tasmania Central Portal - Welcome
The Tasmania Central Portal is a joint initiative of the Central Highlands Council, the Northern Midlands Council and the Southern Midlands Council.
It covers the region of Tasmania, Australia, indicated on the map below.
This Site is maintained by the united Councils of Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands and Central Highlands.
www.tasmaniacentral.tas.gov.au   (79 words)

  
 A Method for Assessing the Potential Biodiversity Benefits of the Bushweb Project in the Northern Midlands, Tasmania - ...
A Method for Assessing the Potential Biodiversity Benefits of the Bushweb Project in the Northern Midlands, Tasmania - Contents
A Method for Assessing the Potential Biodiversity Benefits of the Bushweb Project in the Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Download A Method for Assessing the potential Biodiversity Benefits of the Bushweb Project in the Northern Midlands, Tasmania (bushweb.pdf - 523 KB)
www.deh.gov.au /land/publications/bushweb   (100 words)

  
 Kempton Tasmania
situated in Kempton Tasmania Australia, a coaching inn from Tasmania's colonial past, is now a boutique heritage guesthouse and bed and breakfast accommodation where visitors enjoy elegant country living.
It is the perfect base from which to visit historic villages, to go for long bushwalks or to depart on a fishing trip to the lakes.
Bypassed by highways, towns such as Kempton in Tasmania's' southern Midlands, is one such town.
www.kemptalk.com /kempton_tasmania.htm   (744 words)

  
 The Heritage Highway
To journey from Launceston to Hobart is to journey through Tasmania’s colonial history.
Adorning the side-roads of the Heritage Highway, amongst hedgerows, stone walls and copses are the villages of the rural midlands, standing much as they were a century ago.
Stop at the regional visitor centre at Fingal in the original Tasmania Hotel, built in 1856, to learn about the region’s mining and rural history and buy local arts and crafts.
www.angelfire.com /de/juztaspage/hertghw.html   (577 words)

  
 Tasmania: Case Study Bushcare Projects: Implementing the Midlands Vegetation Management Plan 'Midlands Bushweb'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This large devolved grant project is implementing action outlined in the Midlands Vegetation Management Plan, following on from the successful pilot planning project funded by Bushcare - 'Planning Remnant Vegetation Management and Revegetation in the Northern Midlands of Tasmania'.
The project is encouraging large scale revegetation efforts through differential rates of assistance with large blocks of 4 ha receiving up to $5000 per block, including materials for fencing and plants.
Landholders are initially asked to carry the cost of fencing, then are rebated upon inspection and completion of the project.
www.nht.gov.au /nht1/programs/bushcare/tasproj2.html   (425 words)

  
 Ozhorizons - A Travel Guide to Tasmania
In every corner of Tasmania, there are discoveries, attractions and experiences waiting for you to discover.
It’s an island of the extraordinary — Tasmania is home to the world’s rarest fish, oldest trees and tallest flowering plant, as well as Australia’s deepest lake, oldest theatre and longest cave.
Tasmania's wonderful natural produce thrives in clean air, pure water and fertile soil.
www.ozhorizons.com.au /tas.htm   (375 words)

  
 Midlands and the North Tasmania bed and breakfast accommodation listings
Midlands and the North Tasmania bed and breakfast accommodation listings
Midlands and the North - TASMANIA Bed and Breakfasts
The Midlands and North of Tasmania is rich agricultural country, with orchards, vineyards and forested hills dominating the country-side.
www.ozbnbdir.com /midlands_north_tas.htm   (182 words)

  
 Midlands & North Tasmania Travel Australia - Historic towns & villages, Heritage Highway, Local craft & wood furniture
Launceston is a pleasant drive north of Hobart (2 hours along the Midlands Highway - aka Heritage Highway) through lots of historic towns and villages or a good place to begin exploring the Apple Isle.
The Queen Victoria Museum is home to one of Australia’s best collections of colonial art and the National Automobile Museum has one of the country’s best collections of classic and historical cars.
At Beaconsfield, the story of the State’s mining history is told at the Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum — once Tasmania’s largest gold mine and now re-opened as a working mine.
www.smallguide.com.au /tas4.html   (995 words)

  
 About the Tour of Tasmania
The primary mission of the Tour of Tasmania is to provide information which may be useful to prospective visitors to Tasmania.
If your organisation is related to tourism in a specific locality of Tasmania, or if it is mentioned in the Tour of Tasmania, let me know your URL and I will link to your Web page.
The original Tour of Tasmania was written as an exercise to demonstrate the usefulness of the Web, while I was working for the Information Technology Services department of the University of Tasmania in 1993.
www.tourtasmania.com /content.php?id=about   (462 words)

  
 Ben Lomond National Park 
The magnificent mountain of Ben Lomond with its imposing and precipitous cliffs is visible over much of the northern midlands of Tasmania.
The skifield on Ben Lomond is Tasmania's only downhill skiing area which offers some of the facilities expected of a contemporary skifield.
The Ben Lomond National Park is invaluable for the conservation of the flora communities and species diversity of Tasmania's alpine areas.
www.parks.tas.gov.au /natparks/benl   (182 words)

  
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Structural Ageing: Approximately 13.1 per cent of the Northern Midlands population is currently aged 65+ years, and this is projected to grow to 20.2 per cent by 2021 (see Table 1).
Figure 3 illustrates the trend for Northern Midlands by plotting the underlying numbers of 15-24 and 55-64 year olds separately; the imminent shift to more labour market exits than entrants is clear.
Northern Midlands’s total working age population (15-64 years) is projected to decline from its current 66.5 per cent of the population, to around 62.1 per cent by 2021, but to remain approximately the same size (around 7,850) (0.9 per cent).
www.taspop.tasbis.com /uploads/588/attachments/Northern_Midlands.doc   (811 words)

  
 Tasmania Online: Home > Community by name
Tasmania Online is a State Library of Tasmania listing of all Tasmanian web sites.
The page has been produced by Tasmania Online, a service of the State Library of Tasmania.
Tasmania Online inclusion and indexing policies (updated November 2005) are available online.
tas.gov.au /tasmaniaonline/Search/CommunitySearch.asp?...+Midlands   (159 words)

  
 TroutTasmania - Lowland Rivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Northern Midlands of Tasmania is the home of Tasmania's finest river and stream fishing.
Tasmania offers the angler hundreds of kilometers of great river fishing where access to rarely fished waters is ensured through our close relationships with private land owners.
The best time of year to plan your river fishing adventure is from October through to March; November and March offer some of the most exciting river fishing conditions.
www.fishingtasmania.com /FishingPackages/lowlandriverpackage.htm   (353 words)

  
 Eastern Tasmania travel guide - Australian Tourism Net
Situated in the middle of the East Coast, Douglas Apsley National Park is Tasmania's newest park.
Maria Island was Tasmania's second penal settlement and later became a convict probation station, grazing property, the site for vineyards, and a cement works.
Finally the island was declared a National Park and wildlife sanctuary, mainly for the breeding of threatened indigenous wildlife.
www.atn.com.au /tassi/parks-d.htm   (400 words)

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