 Bruny Island is almost divided in two with Adventure and Isthmus Bay separated by the smallest isthmus |
Beyond the picturesque bays and sweeping horseshoe shaped beaches, Tasmania's Bruny Island offers much more than just wildlife, beaches and a laid back lifestyle for a few hundred residents. Beyond the penguin nookeries and sea lion caves is an intriguing story of Tasmania's last surviving Aboriginal, Truganini. A native of Bruny Island, whose father was a respected elder, Truganini was finally laid to rest in her homeland when her ashes were scattered in the waters lapping Bruny Island shores many years after her tragic death.
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