Port Arthur

Another nice spring day, which we had allocated to go up to the north western side of the peninsular. This part also falls south of the Dog Line and was turned into a coal mining area. Convicts were forced to work the mine, and the coal was transported to the growing city of Hobart by ship.
The coal was not of great quality, apparently.
After a good walk around the old mining area we drove to Nubeena to find an ice cream and then on into the Tasman National Park to complete a walk to the Cape Raul and the Shipstern Bay lookouts. There was a relentlous climb up to the first lookout, followed by a decline to the bay lookout.
Shipstern Bay is where the big waves come in for the professional surfers, but conditions were relatively calm as we looked down on the coast line.Read more