Stargaze from magnificent mountains, lose yourself in exciting events or test your bravery on a nighttime ghost tour. Dark Mofo takes place annually in June, with a new program of exciting events and installations introduced each year. World-heritage listed Port Arthur has a fascinating history of convicts, prisons and peculiar happenings. Bring along a warm jacket, comfortable walking shoes - and steady nerves. For an even spookier tour, embark on the adult-only Paranormal Investigation experience, which involves not only ghost stories but also ghost hunting. The Cradle Mountain region, a two-hour drive from Launceston , is one of the best places to spot the Southern Cross constellation, only visible in the Southern Hemisphere. The Southern Lights Aurora Australis , which illuminate the sky with flickering shades of green, blue, purple and pink can sometimes be seen when looking southwards. Head to Bruny Island , home to seal colonies and clifftop trails, for a magnificently starry sky. Just 30 minutes from Hobart by car, Bruny Island is free from light and city pollution, making it the perfect place to enjoy a memorable night under the Milky Way.
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Dark Mofo winter solstice nude swim sees record numbers flock to Hobart's Long Beach. Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic. The annual custom of skinny-dipping at a public beach in the middle of Hobart's winter has seen just under 2, people take the plunge this year. A record crowd of more than 1, swimmers braved the chilly waters off Long Beach in Sandy Bay, throwing off their clothes and jumping in just as the sun came up. While you have to be 18 to take part, this morning's oldest swimmer was year-old Joy Walters from St Helens on Tasmania's east coast. Some hardy souls took the longest option, swimming 15 metres out to a pontoon, while others took the quick "in-and-out" option. Dark Mofo executive director Kate Gould said the event had grown from participants in to nearly 2, today. Ms Gould said around 60 per cent of those who took the plunge came from outside Tasmania and that there were plenty of interesting stories among those on the beach.
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Nudism in Tasmania is not widespread. However, there are still possibilities to go nude in Tasmania. Tasmania is an island state, part of Australia Commonwealth, It is located kilometres south of the Australian continent.
Even by Australian standards, Tasmania feels strange and remote. Its colonial history verges on the gothic. By the s, settlers were embarking on a brutal frontier war with the Tasmanian Aborigines, whose last members were rounded up and removed to a smaller island, Flinders, where they died of disease and despair in one of the most shameful chapters in British history.
