titch.org • Port Arthur, Tasmania
After leaving the Freycinet Peninsula I drove to Hobart and stayed in the Adelphi Court YHA, which had a real 1950s feel about it.

The next day I drove to the former convict settlement at Port Arthur. This was an incredible place which, if it wasn`t for the odd penitentiary, asylum, isolation cell and dark history, would make a the perfect setting for a Miss Marple book. Much of it was like a chocolate box English village.

After my far-too-short-but-well-worth-it trip to Tasmania, I flew to Melbourne.

Back to the Freycinet Peninsula. On to Melbourne.

The Tesselated Pavement near Port Arthur. A natural formation.
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The Tesselated Pavement.
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Port Arthur.
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The Penitentiary.
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Looking towards the civilian staff`s houses.
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The Asylum.
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The Separate Prison (solitary confinement).
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A cell in the separate prison.
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A cell in the separate prison. I scared a woman while I was in here. She thought I was a dummy.
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Looking towards the Magistrate`s and Surgeon`s house.
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The Roman Catholic Chapel and the Church.
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The Penitentiary.
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The Penitentiary.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark. Of course they couldn`t escape this way in the 19th century.
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Point Puer on the Port Arthur cruise.
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Looking out to sea.
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Back towards Mason Cove and the prison settlement.
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The Isle of the Dead.
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The Isle of the Dead.
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Back at the settlement.
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Looking along the leat.
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The Penitentiary.
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The Commandant`s House.
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The Penitentiary seen from the Commandant`s garden.
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Government Gardens and the Church.
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Back to the Freycinet Peninsula. On to Melbourne.

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