- In the 1800s Tasmania was the site of Britain’s largest penal colony and in total 70% of British convicts were sent to Tasmania
- Tasmania is similar in size to Sri Lanka or Ireland and is closer to the equator than Rome or Chicago
- More than a third of Tasmania is World Heritage Area, national park, and marine or forest reserves
- Tasmania has water so pure it produces the only bottled rain water approved by health departments around the world
- Huon pine trees in Western Tasmania are more than 10,000 years old
- One of Tasmania’s nicknames is “Apple Isle” for the many apples grown there
- The average temperature is Tasmania is 70° in summer and 52° in winter
