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Video: If Australia doesn't cut it, try Tasmania
Posted by: Sean O'Neill, Monday, Dec 1, 2008, 5:06 PM

The clever tourism officials who are promoting travel to Tasmania have created a trailer for an imaginary new movie, Tasmania. (In case you need a refresher, Tasmania is an island that's part of the Australian Commonwealth.)

While this spoof of the movie Australia isn't trying to be laugh-out loud funny like, say, the Simpsons' spoof of Apple, it's one of the more clever things we've seen from a tourism office this season. Enjoy:

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Filed Under: australia, tasmania
Reader Comments

Ha! I loved the "bendy rivers." The voiceover reminded me of this funny Poykpac video about a family of voiceover actors, "The Voice Talkers":
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/07/voice-talkers.html

Posted By Marilyn Terrell on December 1, 2008, 10:57 PM

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