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The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere. [2] MONA houses ancient, modern and contemporary art from the David Walsh collection.
Mona Vale is a large heritage listed 1860s country house in Ross, Tasmania. Completed in 1867, it is well known locally as the "Calendar House", for its reportedly 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys and seven entrances. [1] [2] The property is on the Tasmanian Heritage Register and the Register of the National Estate (since 1978). [3]
Hinsby Beach has historically been a popular staple of local activity, used for exercise, beach combing, kayaking, sailing, snorkelling, bodyboarding and swimming.Prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania, the land had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years [4] by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or "South-East tribe". [5]
Maryland Route 402 (MD 402) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Dares Beach Road, the state highway runs 4.33 miles (6.97 km) from MD 2/MD 4 in Prince Frederick east to Chesapeake Avenue in Dares Beach. MD 402 was mostly constructed in 1932.
The body of a 28-year-old hiker is discovered in Tasmania, having been last seen on 29 May 2024 while hiking at Frenchmans Cap. [ 331 ] Three teenagers whose vehicle became bogged are rescued from a remote beach on Western Australia's Mid West Coast after a pilot spots a distress message they had written in the sand prompting him to contact the ...
Little Howrah Beach, is a 200-metre (660 ft) low-energy, low-gradient beach located at the eastern end of the main beach, facing west towards Hobart, which is situated 8.0 kilometres (5 mi) across the Derwent. In 1956, the then-privately owned section of beach came under council scrutiny for the excess removal of beach sand. [5]
By 1934, traffic on MD 253 was dense enough that the Maryland State Roads Commission recommended widening the highway from 16 to 20 feet (4.9 to 6.1 m) from Edgewater to Beverley Beach. MD 253 was resurfaced and widened to 30 feet (9.1 m) from MD 2 to Washington Road in 1948 and to 34 feet (10 m) from Washington Road to Stepneys Lane in 1952.
Tasman Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated in the south-east of the state. Tasman is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 2,404, [1] the region covers both the Tasman and Forestier peninsulas, with Nubeena the principal town.