Saturday 22 February 2014

Port Arthur Tasmania

The first view a convict would have seen of Port Arthur

Lucky for us the rain held off

The start of our Harbour cruise








Island of the dead

Port Arthur

The Prison





Convict Built Fireplace





Prison Windows

Handmade bricks and Hand cut stone

Back view of prison










Beautiful Floor/ceiling beams



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Inside a convict built fireplace

I love these

Amazing workmanship

Commandants Vegetable patch

Commandants Toilet

Commandants Bedroom

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Foyer of Commandants House

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Parlor

Sewing machine

Lunch, sweet potato and corn soup and damper

Put down the rabbit and nobody gets hurt !!!

Maggie and Daddy


Love the hand stitched buttonholes

Hand carved wooden shoes, cute heal

The Seperate Prison ( where speaking was forbidden)

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Working cell/ broom making

prisoners room

Cell block

Exercise Yards ?

The silent church

Outside view of prison

Medical officers home

sitting room

Bedroom

Hexagon Quilt

walkway from main house to Kitchen/laundry

The Church Ruins

Inside

Breathtaking

The stone was cut by boy convicts

Thats one big window

Rose petals on the ground, there had been a wedding earlier

Bells

Oak Walk

Entry



Goverment Gardens

The heart of the garden





Port Arthur was Amazing !! We spent 8 hours there and only saw just under half to find out more go to www.portarthur.org.au 

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