h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh puleeez, the odd spot about Tasmania on the BBC home page today was pretty silly. (Ho ho ho, very humorous just wrong). We aren't a bit like the Irish.
For instance: "Tasmania is probably most famous for being the home to the Tasmanian Tiger, but there is much more to see there (or not see, in the case of the more than likely extinct Thylacine." Ummm... no, a Thylacine is the same as a Tasmanian Tiger (you probably meant Tasmanian Devil) and yep the last captive one carked it in Hobart Zoo 07/09/1936. In 1986 the Thylacine (aka Tasmanian Tiger) was declared extinct by international standards. The Tasmanian Devil is now being seriously threatened by a rare facial tumour disease spreading like crazy. Watch this space!
And again: "Apples still feature prominently in the diet of Tasmanians". Ummmm.. no again, the apple industry fell in a heap some time back and many orchards were grubbed out. We eat about the same number of apples as the rest of the world and still grow a few (who doesn't?). Olives, grapes, opium poppies (biggest legal producer outside Afghanistan) are of more interest I should think.
What's clotted cream? Oh, you mean yoghurt?
You are right about logging and conflict. The tree police moved in on long-term protesters camped in the Florentine Valley today and half the State opposes the mega pulp mill planned for the Tamar Valley. I over-look over a giant woodchip pile, constantly being exported and replenished, at the port of Burnie. Want to see some pictures? You betcha there's dissention about ripping out old growth native forests.
Why don't you Google stuff before you shove it on the net. It's all there.