Port Arthur - a place of history

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March 11th 2015

Published: March 12th 2015

Tuesday 10th March 2015 Port Arthur was our destination for today; we have made a reservation for the night at the Port Arthur Motor Inn. A reasonably early start was made and our first stop was at Eaglehawk Neck. This is where the highway narrows down to just a thin stretch of land with the ocean on both sides. It forms a natural gateway to the peninsula that was used in the 1830s, when a lin... Read Full Entry

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Judy and Rags

Weggs

We first backpacked in Eastern Europe in 2001 visiting Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia & Italy. In 2002 we spent the whole 12 months backpacking around the world. This was before blogs so find details here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~weggs/weggs_world/index.htm In 2007 we enjoyed another 6 months. This time we organised some home exchanges to help the budget, meet new people and be able to kick back and relax in a few places. Hawaii, San Francisco, Mexico, Croatia, England, Scotland, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Austria, Netherlands, China & Tibet were all visited either briefly or fo... full info

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Port Arthur

Our final view of the church.

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Memorial Garden for the 1996 massacre

Port Arthur

On Sunday, 28th April 1996, a gunman killed 35 people and wounded 19 others here, in what was then a cafeteria.

Port Arthur

Cruise ships anchor in the harbour for the day bringing in over 1500 tourists on small tenders.

The Church at Port Arthur

Port Arthur

One of the original fences.

Richmond

This model house sits on a pole across the road from a real one. This advertises a model village depicting life in Hobart as it was in the 1820’s.

13th March 2015

Mum
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Tasmania
Thoroughly enjoyed reading your blogs about Tasmania,such lovely country !!! And you certainly had your fill of history at Port Arthur !! I was surprised you never mentioned the the people who died there at the hands of Martin Bryant. Was there no Memorial Plaque there for them ? Your lucky to be out of Perth today !! A Cyclone is coming down the coast from the North and it has just started to bring a little bit of light rain to Perth. The humidity is very high and making conditions very uncomfortable. Storms and rain are forecast for today and tomorrow. With it is coming cooler weather !! Hooray. Looking forward to your next blog. love Mum xx

13th March 2015

Weggs
Judy and Rags

Perth
I hope Perth gets a bit more than light rain- I'm sure our garden needs it. Look to paragraph 3 on Wednesday for reference to the Bryant murders. Love, Jude

14th March 2015

Mum
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Memorial Site
Hi Jude and Rags, don't know how I missed the paragraph about the Bryant Murders, my eyes must have gone from looking at the photo of the Bridge to the following paragraph !! And I completely missed this page with the Memorial Gardens and the Cruise Ship etc. . Silly me !! We haven't had our expected rain yet, but are being told the storm and rain is coming ! I think the humidity is about 2.000. Well that's how it feels to me !!? I have my air-con going so I don't care. Bye now. Love Mum xx

21st March 2015

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Nice
Looks more like a castle than a church.

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