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Upon arriving in Launceston early this trees, gardens, and fountains enliven the
evening, we’ll check into our hotel. After landscape. We’ll also visit the Platypus House
we’ve settled in, we’ll walk to a local wildlife center for a guided tour of its platypus
restaurant for dinner. ponds—where we’ll witness its duck-billed
Breakfast, Dinner occupants playing and feeding—and we’ll
stop by the echidna (or spiny anteater) room.

Lunch will be on your own. Afterward,
Day 8 Explore Launceston • Visit
you’ll have the afternoon to make your own
Cataract Gorge
discoveries.
After breakfast this morning, we’ll depart
for a half-day tour of Launceston and the Tonight, dinner will be on your own.
surrounding region. Breakfast

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Port Arthur free time to walk around the charming and
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most historical sites. Port Arthur served as
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and 1877 when some 12,000 convicts were
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prisons once dominated the island. Our
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the history of this former penal colony. Then
a guided walking tour will bring us to some
of the restored buildings and ruins that were
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