NA ="Emita, Whitemark, Lady Barron, Cape Barren Island, Bass Strait, Furneaux Group";
FE1[0]=" Flinders Island is off the northeast tip of Tasmania, the biggest of a group of islands that thousands of years ago were part of a landbridge connecting Tasmania to mainland Australia. The main town is Whitemark, on the west coast";
FE2[0]=". This is an island of dramatic and varied landscapes, from the pink and grey granite cliffs of Strzelecki and Killiecrankie to the gentle, green farmland that rolls through the northern part of the island. Flinders is an island o";
FE3[0]="f prolific bird life and wildlife. By the eastern lagoons and inlets, thousands of migratory birds rest on their long flights to breeding areas north of the Arctic Circle. It’s an island of cosy beachside cottages, cheery pubs and";
FE4[0]=" friendly B&B's. You’ll find the welcome is as warm as the mellow sun on the beach at Trousers Point (ask a Flinders Islander how it came by its name!). This is only one winery on the Island   ";
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LA1[0]=" Flinders Island  is located off the north-east tip of Tasmania in the Furneaux Group of islands. It is the largest of the Bass Strait Islands. Whitemark  is the major town, with other smaller communities including Lady Barron and ";
LA2[0]="Emita. There are great fishing and diving areas on the island. In fact, fishing is one of the main economic activities, along with grazing and tourism. Scuba diving will take you close to some of the old shipwrecks which dot the a";
LA3[0]="rea. Mt. Strzelecki  (in background of picture), named after the Polish explorer, is a challenge for rock climbers. The mountain, which rises to 760m (2280 ft), lies in the Strzelecki National Park, to the south of Whitemark.     ";
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CL1[0]=" The climate is generally similar to that for Pipers Brook, which is repeated below. The climate is relatively even and mild throughout the year, without the temperature extremes in winter and summer found in other parts of Austral";
CL2[0]="ia. Temperatures are cool in winter but frosts are infrequent. While the heat summation is perilously low, sunshine hours are generous (8-10 hours Dec to March) and high sugar levels are achieved in years in which late season rain";
CL3[0]="s (peaking in June-August) do not intervene. Pipers River has relatively high humidity, which promotes and accelerates physiological ripening. The climate data shown is for Launceston, at sea level, whereas Pipers Brook vineyards ";
CL4[0]="are at 200-400 m elevation and the climate of the coastal vineyards is cooler than the Tamar Valley estuary vineyards. Grapes of a given variety ripen approximately 10 to 14 days earlier on the Tamar sites than at Pipers Brook or ";
CL5[0]="Pipers River.";
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HI1[0]=" The Bowman History Room on Flinders Island was created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Bowman Family business, E M Bowman & Co Pty Ltd, established in 1921. This amazing collection of shop items, photographs and account b";
HI2[0]="ooks from 1921 onwards traces both the development of one family and their business and also the growth of the town of Whitemark and Flinders Island as a whole. The island was first identified by Europeans when Tobias Furneaux, th";
HI3[0]="e commander of Captain Cook's support ship, became separated from the Endeavour in fog and discovered the Furneaux group of islands on 19 march 1773. The first settlers in the Furneaux group were sealers. The sealing industry star";
HI4[0]="ted after the survivors of the Sydney Cove (wrecked at Preservation island) reported large numbers of fur seal in the area. The sealers that were left behind to harvest seals while the boats transported products from the seals bac";
HI5[0]="k to markets. In 1833 the remnants of the Tasmanian Aboriginal population ( a mere 160 people) were exiled to live at Settlement Point (named by the aboriginals as Wybalenna- black mans house's) on Flinders Island, with the misgui";
HI6[0]="ded belief that they would be protected from the rape and abuses of the white settlers in Tasmania. By 1847 the settlement had been deemed as a failure and was abandoned the remaining 45 Aborigines were sent to Oyster Cove on the ";
HI7[0]="east coast of Tasmania. The first freehold land was selected in 1888 by George Boyes (31 acres at Palana) prior to this Flinders Island was leased to individual persons. The first council was elected in 1908 after which there was ";
HI8[0]="an increase in population mainly based on agricultural and fishing industries. In the early 1950s a solider settlement scheme was initiated clearing and draining land on the east coast of Flinders Island, (approximately 33,559 hec";
HI9[0]="tares).";