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| | Bruny Island |
 | | A steep grassy slope led to the lookout and when we climbed to the top, spread beneath us on both sides of isthmus were two magnificent beaches, biscuit-coloured parentheses enclosing an emerald saddle of woodland. |
 | | On the windswept hilltop, a plaque on a modest stone monument read: `They roam no more upon this isle, so stay and meditate awhile.' This touching memorial was to Trugannini, Tasmania's last full-blooded Aborigine, whose ashes were scattered in the sea in 1976, one hundred years after her death. |
 | | Mutton birds and fairy penguins nest in the sand dunes of the Neck Beach Game Reserve, but as warm evenings were the best time to see them, we drove on. |
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