Blogs from Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania - page 3

We drove down to Port Arthur, and I for one was expecting a town with a historical settlement on the outskirts….as it happens the town is on the outskirts of the settlement, the town consisting of one bakery and one shop. After paying for our orientation tour and boat cruise, you are given a Port Arthur booklet and a playing card that corresponds to one of the former inmates. Mine, the Seven of Hearts, turned out to belong to George Hunt who was originally transported from London at an unknown age for the crime of stealing a handkerchief. The original punishment was transportation to Van Diemen’s Land, however if you re-offended whilst serving your sentence you were transferred to Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula, so chosen because the only way on or off was through ... read more

We drove down to Tasman Peninsula and the scenery is absolutely amazing. Every five minutes you are hit with a beautiful inlet or lake or view of a mountain. We went for a drive down the coast and stopped at a little carpark where you can walk along the sea front towards the tessellated pavement - because of earth movements the rocks forming the sea front appear tessellated - as if they are tiled - by a giant! The flatness of the pavement is due to erosion by waves and by chemical action of sea water. Tasman's Arch further down the road is a natural arch which is really a cave that broke into a tunnel due to the waves. The roof at the landward end of the tunnel has collapsed but the hole is too ... read more