NA ="Woodbridge, Birchs Bay, Flowerpot, Lunawanna, Verona Sands, Surveyors Bay, Dover";
FE1[0]=" In the waterways of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel south of Hobart there's art and heritage; apple blossom and vineyards; farmers, foresters and fishers. At the fishing village of Kettering, cruising yachts and fishing boats drop anc";
FE2[0]="hor in the sheltered harbour and the Bruny Island ferry plies across the channel. Charter a yacht and sail around the south's dramatic Bruny Island landscape; drop anchor in a secluded Bruny bay and cast your line for a seafood lu";
FE3[0]="nch.  Take the vehicular ferry from Kettering and walk or drive to the island's beautiful nooks and crannies.  Named Lunawannaalonna by Tasmanian Aborigines, Captain James Cook first visited the island in 1777, landing at Adventur";
FE4[0]="e Bay and tying his vessel to a tree - still standing - and named in his honour. The Huon-Channel-Bruny region is best explored by following one of Australia's finest coastal touring routes, the Huon Trail. From Hobart, the Trail ";
FE5[0]="runs south along the banks of the River Derwent, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and the Huon River, offering dazzling water views for the best part of 160 kilometres. With the Trail being a loop route, you have the option of returnin";
FE6[0]="g to Hobart 'the short way', via Mount Wellington's foothills, with their big-picture outlook over the entire Huon-Channel-Bruny region. Waterfront vineyard cottage accommodation is available amid beautiful gardens at Geebin Viney";
FE7[0]="ard, Birchs Bay - Bed and Breakfast is available. Wine tastings and sales are available.  Accomodation os also available at Wayaree Estate on Bruny Island - just take the ferry.";
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LA1[0]=" The geology of the North West Bay River catchment and other catchments in the Kingborough Municipal Area draining into the west coast of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is predominantly dolerite and sedimentary rock types with small a";
LA2[0]="reas of rock types belonging to the alkaline intrusion group located on the western edge of the catchment inland from Kettering. The Channel is, geologically, an offshoot of the Derwent Valley. The coastline is highly indented and";
LA3[0]=" consists predominantly of Jurassic dolerite or commonly cliffed Permian and Triassic sediments. The gross form of the Channel and the surrounding landscape probably developed around 60 million years ago, during the final break up";
LA4[0]=" of the super continent Gondwana. Associated tension in the earths crust resulted in widescale block faulting, some blocks (Mt Wellington) were forced up and others (the Derwent Valley and the Channel) were forced down. Up until a";
LA5[0]="bout 20 or 30 million years ago the climate was warm and wet and river action further developed the Derwent and Huon Valley's and parts of the Channel. Higher sea levels during this time probably inundated parts of the Channel. Ov";
LA6[0]="er the last two million years the floor of the Channel and the Derwent Estuary have probably been exposed on five or six occasions. The Derwent was the largest River flowing across extensive floodplains and into the ocean south of";
LA7[0]=" Storm Bay while the Huon entered the ocean south of Bruny Island. In the Channel area lower sea levels would have exposed broad undulating plains between Bruny Island and the Tasmanian mainland. Rising sea levels up until 6000 ye";
LA8[0]="ars ago would have drowned the Channel 'valley' and, again, isolated Bruny Island.";
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CL1[0]=" The climate is similar to Hobart, which lying on latitude 43 degrees South, is no further from the equator than New York or Madrid and has a milder climate than these cities. The Climate is described as Temperate maritime. The dai";
CL2[0]="ly average maximum temperatures in Hobart are 12 degrees C in winter and 21.5 in summer. Hobart gets about 630mm (25 inches) of rain a year, making it Australia's second driest capital city. Average wind strength is 11.3 km/hr. Br";
CL3[0]="ight sunshine ranges from an average of 2500 hours per year in the northern Midlands to less than 1750 hours per year on the west coast and western highlands. Hobart receives an average of 2100 hours annually and Launceston around";
CL4[0]=" 2400 hours. The regions around Hobart are coldest and the challenge here is to grow grapes out of the wind. On the banks of the Huon River it is especially cold. The maritime influence and hence aspect and exposure to the sea or ";
CL5[0]="water is second in importance only to the sunshine hours provided in the long autumn. This is not true in all subregions; the Coal River and the upper Derwent Valley are subject to minimal maritime effects. The climate summaries f";
CL6[0]="or the northern part of D'Entrecasteaux Channel show that rainfall is very evenly distributed throughout the year with a slight peak in October. Frosts are infrequent and average maximum and minimum temperatures are lowest in July";
CL7[0]=" (12 and 2 degrees C) and highest in January (21 and 11 degrees C). The mean number of clear days is highest in the ripening period of January to April, and lowest in Spring (September to November).";
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HI1[0]=" The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is an area rich in the history. The French explorer, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, was the first European to discover the channel separating Bruny Is. from the mainland. In 1792 D'Entrecasteaux's expedition sa";
HI2[0]="iled up the channel, charting the coastline& naming features. He named the large bay at the top of the Channel North West Bay. The expedition anchored there to collect fresh water. Many aborigines were observed in the area. It was";
HI3[0]=" not until the opening of the road to Hobart Town, known as Proctor's Road, in 1835, that great impetus was given to the area. In 1830 a Mr Proctor who owned a farm at Brown's River decided to construct a road between Hobart Town ";
HI4[0]="and his property at Brown's River. It took Proctor five long years to complete it.  Ironically, soon after Proctor's Road was finished the Government, having refused to provide any financial assistance to Mr Proctor, declared the ";
HI5[0]="road a public thoroughfare. Kingston developed into a holiday village, a weekend and summer holiday retreat. A number of the early holiday dwellings still exist at Kingston Beach and in the older part of Blackmans Bay. The surroun";
HI6[0]="ding rural area concentrated on timber felling, fishing, fruit production and dairying. The small rivers and streams flowing eastward from the Wellington Ranges, Snug Tiers and Woodbridge Hills provided small pockets of fertile al";
HI7[0]="luvial soils and at the mouths of these streams were reasonable anchorages for small boats. The settlements at the mouths of these locations - Kingston, Margate, Snug, Kettering and Woodbridge, took advantage of their location. Sm";
HI8[0]="all fishing fleets operated out of the settlements exploiting the D'Entrecasteaux Channel fishing grounds and small local timber mills were established. With the clearing of land for timber production, agriculture became establish";
HI9[0]="ed on the lower and flatter land around each of the settlements. Early crops were orchard and stone fruits and berry fruits, and pasture for dairy and meat production. Recently several wineries have established in the area.";