Friday the 24th and the weather is starting to get really overcast, cold and wet. We drove from Cambridge to Port Arthur. We stopped off to see the tessellated rocks at Pirates bay. This rock formation has evolved as the sea water washes over the rocks, faults form in straight lines and the salt erodes the faults ending up looking like cobblestones.
We then stopped off at Eaglehawk neck and looked at a few of the guards quarters and the dog line that protected the convict settlement of Port Arthur. The dogs were kept half fed, and staked just far enough apart not to attack the other dogs but close enough that no man could get through the gap without being savaged.
We then arrived at Port Arthur in the rain so we donned raincoats and headed in. The rain came and went throughout the day, It was towards the last hour that we got pretty wet. We left the centre at 5:30 and headed off to the caravan park to book in and then we headed back to Port Arthur for the ghost tour and dinner at the restaurant. It rained for the first 15 mins on the ghost tour but stopped for most of the rest of the tour. I was one of the lantern bearers on the tour but unfortunately didn’t see any ghosts.
Saturday 25th. We headed back towards Hobart, stopping on the way to see the coalfields that were mined by the convicts. There was a small barracks and prison on the site but mostly in ruins. You could get down to some of the solitary cells used in the prison here.
Then we went to Dogers Ferry to see a friend of Alex’s. Danny and Helen. They are currently building a straw bale house on top of the hill. Great views of the harbour and looking towards Hobart and Mt Wellington.
We then went to Richmond for a look at the bridge, the church and the gaol. It was raining for some of the time. It was getting colder by the minute.
Today Mt Wellington was covered in cloud. I think I have only seen it once all the way to the top. Tomorrow they are predicting snow on top the mountain, windy, gale force winds and rain. Great day for the markets at Salamander cove. The markets are usually on Saturdays but because it was Anzac day the markets are being held on Sunday.
We then stopped off at Eaglehawk neck and looked at a few of the guards quarters and the dog line that protected the convict settlement of Port Arthur. The dogs were kept half fed, and staked just far enough apart not to attack the other dogs but close enough that no man could get through the gap without being savaged.
We then arrived at Port Arthur in the rain so we donned raincoats and headed in. The rain came and went throughout the day, It was towards the last hour that we got pretty wet. We left the centre at 5:30 and headed off to the caravan park to book in and then we headed back to Port Arthur for the ghost tour and dinner at the restaurant. It rained for the first 15 mins on the ghost tour but stopped for most of the rest of the tour. I was one of the lantern bearers on the tour but unfortunately didn’t see any ghosts.
Saturday 25th. We headed back towards Hobart, stopping on the way to see the coalfields that were mined by the convicts. There was a small barracks and prison on the site but mostly in ruins. You could get down to some of the solitary cells used in the prison here.
Then we went to Dogers Ferry to see a friend of Alex’s. Danny and Helen. They are currently building a straw bale house on top of the hill. Great views of the harbour and looking towards Hobart and Mt Wellington.
We then went to Richmond for a look at the bridge, the church and the gaol. It was raining for some of the time. It was getting colder by the minute.
Today Mt Wellington was covered in cloud. I think I have only seen it once all the way to the top. Tomorrow they are predicting snow on top the mountain, windy, gale force winds and rain. Great day for the markets at Salamander cove. The markets are usually on Saturdays but because it was Anzac day the markets are being held on Sunday.
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Oh Jay... you were so close to dropping in for a cuppa... we live next to Hadspen, in the bush/hill between Hadspen & Launceston :o) Hope you get to visit Tasmania again some day as there's lots more to see... loved seeing where you'd been. Fabulous photos...
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