NA ="Orford, Triabunna, Sorell, Copping, Dunalley, Runnymede, Buckland";
FE1[0]=" The east coast of Tasmania is claimed to have the finest weather in the state, and is often called 'Tasmania's Suncoast'. White sandy beaches line the east coast, and Tasmania's historic Port Arthur and National Parks, on the Fore";
FE2[0]="stier and Tasman Peninsula's are very popular with tourists. The wineries at Sorell, Copping and Dunalley are popular stops for travelers heading for Port Arthur. The area has also become very popular with Hobart folk for holidays";
FE3[0]=" and as a day-trip destination. Bream Creek Vineyard, planted in 1972, is one of the longest established commercial grape production blocks in Tasmania and is definitely one of the most picturesque in Australia. Most of the other ";
FE4[0]="wineries in the area were planted in the late 1980's and early 1990's.  The climate is quite dry as the mountains act as a barrier to the prevailing westerly winds, creating a rain shadow across the east of the island. Mean annual";
FE5[0]=" rainfall of 3,500 mm on the western highlands at Lake Margaret, drops to as little as 681 mm at Orford. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year with a spring dry-period. Irrigation and frost control devices are used at";
FE6[0]=" most wineries. The area has an interesting history. Sorell a small country town 27 Km east of Hobart on the Arthur Highway was named after Lieutenant Governor Sorell who founded the town in 1821. Three years later, the fledgling ";
FE7[0]="settlement was captured by desperado Matthew Brady and Sorell still celebrates its brush with notoriety with a November Bushranger Festival. In the mid 1800's, Sorell was the main grain growing area in Tasmania, and now it is know";
FE8[0]="n for sheep, dairying and mixed farming, along with tourism and wine.";
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LA1[0]=" Soils in the area are mostly brown Chromosols and Brown Dermosols derived from Jurassic dolerites.  These soils are dark brown sandy clay loams over blocky heavy clays, with moderate to imperfect drainage. Similar soils are found ";
LA2[0]="along the slopes of the East Tamar Valley. There are patches of basalt in the area, forming clay soils. There are also patches of Brown Sodosol soils on Triassic Sandstones, similar to those found in the Derwent Valley. There are ";
LA3[0]="Holocene sand and gravels of alluvial, lacustrine and littoral origin on the coastal fringe.";
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CL1[0]=" The east coast of Tasmania is claimed to have the finest weather in the state, and is often called 'Tasmania's Suncoast'. The region is famous for its mild climate throughout the year, with few winter frosts or fogs and mild summe";
CL2[0]="r temperatures.   The climate is quite dry, compared with the rest of Tasmania. The central and western mountains act as a barrier to the prevailing westerly winds, creating a rain shadow across the east of the island. Mean annual";
CL3[0]=" rainfall of 3,500 mm on the western highlands at Lake Margaret, drops to as little as 681 mm at Orford. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year with a summer/autumn dry-period (but the differences are minor). Rainfall ";
CL4[0]="in the Lower East Coast region is lower at Orford than for the Central area (Bicheno). Rainfall is more evenly distributed in the Lower East Coast Region. Maximum mean monthly rainfall is 73 mm in December. Irrigation and frost co";
CL5[0]="ntrol devices are used at most wineries. The mean number of clear days ranges from 3.3 hours in December to 5.5 hours on July. Mean monthly temperatures are lowest in July/August (minimum 3 degrees C, maximum 13 degrees C) and hig";
CL6[0]="hest in January/ February (minimum 12 degrees C, maximum 22 degrees C).";
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HI1[0]=" The East Coast has many beautiful, white sandy beaches, clear turquoise seas, rugged crags, a dramatic history and plenty of wildlife. The place names tell the story of the region's heritage: Freycinet (French), Schouten and Maria";
HI2[0]=" (Dutch), Swansea (Welsh), Ben Lomond (Scottish), and Triabunna and Weilangta (Aboriginal). Sorell a small country town 27 Km east of Hobart on the Arthur Highway was named after Lieutenant Governor Sorell who founded the town in ";
HI3[0]="1821. Three years later, the fledgling settlement was captured by desperado Matthew Brady and Sorell still celebrates its brush with notoriety with a November Bushranger Festival. In the mid 1800's, Sorell was the main grain growi";
HI4[0]="ng area in Tasmania, and now it is known for sheep, dairying and mixed farming, along with tourism and wine. When the Sorell Causeway was completed in 1866 it became even more important as it gave an alternative route to the one t";
HI5[0]="hrough Richmond. An increasing number of Hobartians are setting up weekenders in Sorell. Horse riding is a favourite local recreation and the trails cater for all needs up to two-day treks. Orford is an historical town sited at th";
HI6[0]="e mouth of the Prosser River, 95 Km east of Hobart on the Tasman Highway. It began as a convict settlement in 1825, and later a station for a local garrison and Whalers station. Dunalley was first named East Bay Neck but renamed t";
HI7[0]="o Dunalley after an Irishman called Baron Dunalley. A monument is 5 Km east of Dunalley, and marks the landing of Abel Tasman in December 1642. Bream Creek Vineyard, planted in 1972, is one of the longest established commercial gr";
HI8[0]="ape production blocks in Tasmania and is definitely one of the most picturesque in Australia. Tony and Angela McDermott established Orani Vineyard at Sorell in 1986. Darlington vineyard was planted at Orford in 1993 by Margaret an";
HI9[0]="d Peter Hyland. Yaxley Estate was established back in 1991; it was not until 1998 that it offered the current range of varieties.";