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Received by NSD/<strong>FARA</strong> Registration Unit 05/01/2012 4:09:43 PM<br />

WHAT:<br />

WHEN:<br />

WHERE:<br />

HOW:<br />

WHY:<br />

Tasmania<br />

*** PHOTO ALERT ***<br />

Tasmania Breaks World Record For<br />

Number of Water Skiers Towed Behind One Vessel<br />

In the year ofthe 30 th anniversary ofthe UNESCO World<br />

Heritage status, World Heritage Cruises' vessel Eagle towed 145<br />

water skiers behind a single vessel, securing another world<br />

record.<br />

Australia Day: Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7:20am AEDT<br />

(Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 11:20pm EDT)<br />

The gateway to the South West Wilderness portion of the<br />

UNESCO World Heritage Tasmanian Wilderness, Macquarie<br />

Harbour in Strahan, Tasmania - Australia's only island state.<br />

Tasmania's Horsehead skiers broke their own record of 114<br />

skiers towed behind a single vessel, set in 2010 at the same<br />

location. World Heritage Cruises' Eagle, one of only a few<br />

commercial vessels allowed into the World Heritage Area, is the<br />

only vessel in Tasmania capable of pulling this number of<br />

skiers. Special propellers were fitted to the craft to provide<br />

enough power to lift 154 skiers. After one nautical mile, 145<br />

skiers remained and the new world record was secured. The<br />

record attempt was able to be viewed on a live webcam at<br />

www.strahanholidays.com.au.<br />

This record breaking moment was co-incidental with the 30 th<br />

anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage status ofthe<br />

adjacent South West Tasmanian Wilderness. The protection of<br />

the Franklin and Gordon Rivers in the South West Wilderness<br />

portion ofthe Tasmanian Wilderness is considered the<br />

momentous occurrence that awakened the world to the need for<br />

conservation and started Australia's Green Movement. Strahan<br />

and Tasmania's south west temperate rainforest remains<br />

preserved, www.discovertasmania.com<br />

CONTACT: Gaye Jacobs, Tourism Tasmania<br />

(310) 541-5661 Gaye.Jacobs@aboutdci.com<br />

Received by NSD/<strong>FARA</strong> Registration Unit 05/01/2012 4:09:43 PM<br />

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