Port Arthur and surrounds

We all went and did the Port Arthur tour today , one of the first penal colonies in Australia ,which appeared expensive but it turned out to be a great experience , which took most of the day and still didn’t see it all , but enough. The ticket allows you to come back the next day if you want to see more. Those were tough days back then for sure, but some how some of them survived the brutality and injustice to go on and prosper while others just fell prey to the system for their life, albeit a short one. The buildings they built back then were magnificent and high, when you think about what they had to build them with. A lot of them still standing today and the mortar lines are still dead straight today even with the weight they put on them, (the boys in Sydney building those high rises could learn something from these guys). We did a little bit of driving around and saw some beautiful coast and farming land which had their own beaches. We spent the last day with Nik’s and Andy’s down in front of their B&B fishing off a jetty and doing a little kayaking (until Andy tipped over, and according to Andy it was a near death experience) which put paid to the kayaking. We had a very pleasant day. Bess caught a leather jacket fish and Nik’s caught a small flathead. I collected oysters off the rocks and we ate the leather jacket and the oysters that night after I shucked them with my new shucking knife. We crumbed the oysters and the fish, both were delicious. What a great day!!😁😁
Thanks for a great time Nik’s and Andy and we must do it again sometime 👍😄Read more