2. Sources Of Information Tourism tasmania -www.discovertasmania.com.auwww.discovertasmania.com.au -www.tourismtasmania.com.auwww.tourismtasmania.com.au -www.tas.gov.auwww.tas.gov.au Tasmanian events calendar -http://www.eventstasmania.com.auhttp://www.eventstasmania.com.au -http://events.discovertasmania.com.auhttp://events.discovertasmania.com.au

3. Features Of Tasmania Climate - Temperate, Pleasant, Size - Easy to drive around, Doesn’t take hours of driving to get from place to place Diverse - Various, wide range of things to do

4. Features Of Tasmania Heritage - Early Settlement as a Convict Colony - Food and Wine Cultures Food and Wine -Wineries -Breweries -Cheese

5. Map/Geographical position Located 250 km south of Victoria across ‘Bass Straight’ 350 km west-east 286 km north-south

6. Man-Made Tourist Attractions Cadbury Chocolate Factory - Established in 1922 - Claremont - Originally ‘Cadbury- Fry and Pascall’ Cascade Brewery - Founded in 1824 - Hobart - 48 Breweries

7. Man-Made Tourist Attractions Boags Brewery - Lauceston - Founded by James Boags - Established 1883

8. Major Gateways for Transport Networks Four Domestic Airports - Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Wynyard Ships - Spirit Of Tasmania 1 and 11

9. History First explored in 1642 by Tasman Named Van Diemens Land Again in 1772 by the French Explorer ‘Dufresne’ Settled in 1803 by the British Originally only settled by Convicts and Military Guards

10. State Holidays Public Holidays - Australia Day: 26 th January - Royal Hobart Regatta: 2 nd Monday of February - Eight Hours Day: 2 nd Monday of March - ANZAC Day: 25 th March - Recreation Day: 1 st Monday of November

11. Economy 1. Processed Metal - Contributes over $1.3 billion 2. Tourism - Approximately $1.2 billion 3. Manufactured Goods - Textiles, Machinery, Automotive Components, Mining Equipment

12. Economy 4. Woods and Paper - Woodchips, Newsprint, Writing Paper 5. Ores - Minerals such as Zinc, Copper, Lead

13. Events Taste of Tasmania - December-January - Hobart Chocolate Winterfest - Latrobe - July 10th Tasmania Unbottled - Tours Australian Major Capital Cities - September

14. Natural Tourist Attractions Cradle Mountain - 2 hours from Launceston; 11/2 from Hobart Wineglass bay -northern end of Freycinet National Park Lake St Clair - features Cradle Mountain

15. Web Links http://www.tchange.com.au http://travelmedia.tourismtasmania.com.au http://www.auinfo.com.au http://www.cadbury.com.au http://www.discovertasmania.com.au http://cascadebreweryco.com.au http://www.boags.com.au