Port Arthur has it’s start as a penal station in 1830. Initially is was used as a punishment station for problem cases and repeat offenders from all the Australian colonies. The primary product was timber produced and exported by the convicts. I just took one picture of the prison seen below. The house to the right was the commandants home.
This is known as the Island of the Dead. Located a few hundred yards from the mainland in the bay there are 1,100 bodies of prisoners, guards, soldiers and family members buried on it.
We didn’t take any other pictures of Port Arthur. However, when we sailed the Captain went out of our way to sail by Dural Point. This is one of the most scenic and interesting geological sites in the world. Of which we had never heard of. Here are some pictures.
The white area is a seal colony.
The other side
and one with my cutie beauty.
We bid farewell to Tasmania and sail from a lone lighthouse toward Sydney,
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