Day 3 - Port Arthur

A visit to the Salamanca Markets starts our third day then we are off to Avis to pick up our car.  It’s about 98 kilometres to Port Arthur.  We stop at Sorrell for lunch and at other tourist lookouts along the way including Eaglehawk’s Neck.  It’s here we visit Tasman’s Arch and the Blowhole.  There is some stunning views in this part of the world.   As we travel along the road through Dunalley there is just miles of scarred trees and landscape from the dreadful bushfires a few months ago. 

We are staying at the Cascades Colonial accommodation which housed convicts during the 19^th century.  Our room is the “Workshops”  and is a very spacious, self-contained unit.  There is also a small museum housing artifacts and historical documents.   It’s about a 15 minute drive to the Port Arthur Historical site which is huge.  Some cruel and unjust punishment was dealt out over the years for crimes as menial as stealing a handkerchief.  We spend the afternoon walking around this important stage of Australian history, dine at the restaurant “Felons” and then join the ‘Ghost Tour’.  Carrying lanterns we are led around the site and told various stories of ghostly tales.  Not nearly scary enough for GC!