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Orford, Tasmania

Index Orford, Tasmania

Orford is a village on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia 73 kilometres north-east of Hobart. [1]

41 relations: Abalone, Ammophila (plant), Australia, BirdLife International, Buckland, Tasmania, Bureau of Meteorology, Carangidae, Convict era of Western Australia, Division of Lyons, Division of Lyons (state), Earl of Orford, Fairy tern, Flathead (fish), Frost, General Post Office, Melbourne, Golf course, Greg Norman, Hobart, Hooded dotterel, Important Bird Area, Jasus edwardsii, Latridae, Maria Island, Melbourne, Oceanic climate, Pied oystercatcher, Red-capped plover, Red-necked stint, Sandstone, Scuba diving, Snow, Sorell, Tasmania, Spiny lobster, Spit (landform), Swansea, Tasmania, Tasmania, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, Triabunna, Vineyard, Vulnerable species, Wielangta forest.

Abalone

Abalone (or; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae.

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Ammophila (plant)

Ammophila (synonymous with Psamma P. Beauv.) is a genus of flowering plants consisting of two or three very similar species of grasses.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International (formerly the International Council for Bird Preservation) is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

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Buckland, Tasmania

Buckland is a village on the Tasman Highway in Tasmania, Australia.

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Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is an Executive Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.

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Carangidae

The Carangidae are a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, and scads.

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Convict era of Western Australia

The convict era of Western Australia was the period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire.

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Division of Lyons

The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Lyons (state)

The electoral division of Lyons is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is the largest electorate covering most of central and eastern Tasmania.

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Earl of Orford

Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times.

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Fairy tern

The fairy tern (Sternula nereis) is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific.

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Flathead (fish)

A flathead is one of a number of small to medium fish species with notably flat heads, distributed in membership across various genera of the family Platycephalidae.

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Frost

Frost is the coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight.

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General Post Office, Melbourne

The General Post Office, situated on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Streets in Melbourne, is the former General Post Office for Victoria.

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Golf course

A golf course is the grounds where the game of golf is played.

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Greg Norman

Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 Official World Golf Rankings ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Hooded dotterel

The hooded dotterel or hooded plover (Thinornis cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Jasus edwardsii

Jasus edwardsii, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, or spiny rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

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Latridae

Latridae is a family (about 5 species) of perciform fishes known as the trumpeters.

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Maria Island

Maria Island is a mountainous island located in the Tasman Sea, off the east coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Pied oystercatcher

The pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) is a species of oystercatcher.

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Red-capped plover

The red-capped plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), also known as the red-capped dotterel, is a small plover.

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Red-necked stint

The red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.

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Snow

Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface.

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Sorell, Tasmania

Sorell is a town in Tasmania, Australia, north-east of Hobart.

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Spiny lobster

Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia.

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Spit (landform)

A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

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Swansea, Tasmania

Swansea is a town in the heart of Tasmania's east coast, on the north-west shore of Great Oyster Bay and overlooking Freycinet National Park.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service is the government body responsible for protected areas of Tasmania on public land, such as national parks, historic sites and regional reserves.

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Triabunna

Triabunna is the second largest township on the east coast of Tasmania, (after St Helens, population 2049, 2006 Census) the civic and municipal heart of the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council and is 84 kilometres to the north-east of the state capital Hobart.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Wielangta forest

The Wielangta forest is in south-east Tasmania, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orford,_Tasmania

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