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Jason Dodge on the beach, Swan Island, Australia
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Swan Island (206) Swan Island, 230 spectacular acres off Tasmanian coast in Australia, has eight private beaches. The unspoiled beauty of this remote island attracted an American couple, Jason and Dana, to travel to the end of the Earth to celebrate his 40
th birthday. Together they will learn the truth behind the real Tasmanian Devil, meet the fairy penguins, try the island sport of sand surfing and tempt the spirit of the island's ghost.
Swan Island
- Rooms at the Calstock Country Guest House in Deloraine start at $130 per night including breakfast.
- Liffey Falls is one of Tasmania's many state parks.
- The head lighthouse keeper's quarters on Swan Island were built in 1907, and have four bedrooms and two baths.
- The Island rents for $80 per night including all meals.
- The 70-foot lighthouse, built by convicts in 1845, became fully automated in 1986.
- Fairy penguins are the smallest of the species and live in burrows near the shore.
- Summer months in Tasmania are December through February. Average temperature: 70 degrees F.
- Winter months are June, July and August. Average temperature: 52 degrees F.
- Qantas Airways flies from the US to Tasmania with stopovers in Sydney or Melbourne.
- A charter flight to Swan Island costs around $250 per person.
- Over a third of Tasmania is dedicated national parkland and forests.
Island Booking
Vladi Island Travel
travel@vladi.de
www.vladi-private-islands.de
Travel
Qantas Airways
800-227-4500
http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/home
Calstock Country Guest House
Contact: Remi & Ginette Bancal
Lake Highway
Deloraine, Tasmania 7304
011 61 3 63622642
calstock@start.com.au
www.lanierbb.com
Attractions
Trowunna Wildlife Park
Mole Creek, Tasmania
011 3 63636162
info@trowunna.com.au
www.trowunna.com.au
Resources
Tasmania WorldWeb Travel GuideTM
www.tasmania/worldweb.com
Online travel guide for Tasmania
Discover Tasmania
www.discover-tasmania.com.au
Things to do and see, links to service providers
Tourism Tasmania
www.tourismtasmania.com.au
Travel information and links
Australian Tourist Commission
www.australia.com
Fairy Penguins
www.australianfauna.com
Species information and photographs
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