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Tammy Van Wisse, from Victoria Australia, started swimming around the age of 11 because she was being teased for being overweight. Now she has swum the equivalent of 1 1/2 times around the world.
- World Record (fastest person) across Cook Strait, New Zealand. March 1999 (6hrs 49mins)
- World Record (fastest person) to swim length of Loch Ness, Scotland. August 1999 (9hrs 6mins)
- World Record (fastest person) to swim 1515 mile length of the Murray River, Australia. 5 November 2000 - 18 February 2001 (106 days)
- World Record (fastest person) to swim Bass Strait, Tasmania to Victoria, Australia. February 1996. (17hrs 46 mins - 97.4kms) (Most treacherous waterway in the world)
- Winner of Manhattan Island 48km Marathon Swim, New York. 1997 (7hrs 13mins)
- Winner of Olympic Games Centenary Marathon Swim, Greece. 1996 (7hrs 13mins)
- Winner of inaugural Melbourne 30km Big Swim, Australia. 1998 (7hrs 18mins)
- Fastest person across the English Channel in 1993, UK. (8hrs 38mins)
- First ever brother/sister combination to cross English Channel together, UK. 1994 (John van Wisse - 8hrs 17mins & Tammy van Wisse - 8hrs32mins)
- Australian Record for the fastest person to swim 50 laps (40kms) of Bondi Beach, Australia. 1998 (9hrs 7mins)
- Represented Australia in over 16 international marathon swims
- Winner of 17 Victorian Royal Lifesaving Ironwoman Titles (without a hint of rust!)
As part of Tammy's objectives to promote Port Phillip Bay, Victoria as an environmentally friendly recreational asset she has also swum:
- Across Port Phillip Bay, Port Arlington to Frankston, 1993 (40kms)
- Length of Port Phillip Bay, Rosebud to Seth Melbourne, 1994 (58.5kms)
- Circumference of Port Phillip Bay, Portsea to Sorrento, 1995 (144kms)
In June of 2004. Tammy Van Wisse swam the Gippsland lakes in frigid waters 24 miles in less than 10 hrs.
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Approximately how far is it across bass strait?
It is approximately 240 km across Bass Strait
What island is located across the Bass Strait to the south of Australia?
Tasmania is located across the Bass Strait and to the south of Australia. Tasmania is still a part of Australia. ie. the same country
Was Arti Pradhan the first woman to cross the Strait of Gibraltar?
In 1987, Arti Pradhan became the youngest female swimmer to swim the English Channel. I can't find any reference to her having swum across the Strait of Gibraltar.
In which direction is Bass Strait from Melbourne?
Bass Strait is South of Melbourne.
What does Bass Strait separate Tasmania from?
Bass Strait separates Tasmania from the mainland Australia.
Which two Australian states are separated by Bass Strait?
Victoria and Tasmania are separated by Bass Strait.
What two states of Australia are separated by bass strait?
Victoria and Tasmania are separated by Bass Strait.
What is the strait between Australia and Tasmania?
Bass Strait.
Where is Bass Strait?
Bass Strait is the body of water between Mainland Australia and Tasmania
He had swum across the lake yesterday?
I assume your question is if this sentence is correct. It's not. :( Correct: He swam across the lake yesterday. Example of "had swum": "Before the day of the race, I had swum two miles every day." "Had swum" (or "had done anything") shows the action happened before a past action or event.
How would you use swum in a sentence?
"Swum" is the past participle of "swim" (I swim today, I swam yesterday, I have swum there before). I couldn't believe he had swum the English Channel at such a young age.
Who sponsored George Bass?
Governor Hunter was the one who sponsored Bass to determine whether a navigable strait existed between Van Diemen's Land and the Australian continent. After Bass discovered the strait south of the Australian mainland, it was Governor Hunter who decided it should be named Bass's Strait, later becoming Bass Strait.
