Tasman Peninsula

Dunalley - who landed here and when?	Monument to Abel Tasman - 1642, 130 years before Cook	Pirates Bay Lookout	A perfect stop for a coffee
This wonderful little caravan sells the best coffee and snacks - a telescope and Persian rug & cushions to chill out on	Check out those cliffs	Tasman National Park	At the Northern end of Pirates Bay...
...is the Tessellated Pavement	Cool formations	Pete on the Tessellated Pavement	Tessellated Pavement
Sea-life in between the rocks	Tessellated Pavement	Tasman NP coastline	Devil's Kitchen
Tasman Arch	Tasman NP	Powerful waves	Blowhole
Blowhole	Port Arthur Historic Site	Cell inside the Separate Prison...	...To punish prisoners through isolation and sensory deprivation
Inside the Separate Prison	Prisoners were put in separate cubicles during religious sermons	Separate Prison - central hall where the guard could watch all three wings	One of the Commandants took photos of all of the prisoners
The Asylum	The Penitentiary Building	Isle of the Dead	Smith O'Brien's Cottage - an Irish political prisoner
Guard Tower	Looking out from the Guard Tower	A cell at the Penitentiary	Looking out to the water
Jackie got locked up!	The Penitentiary	The Penitentiary - it looks quite a nice building...	The Commandant's House
Maingon Lookout	Or Main Lookout	Walking down to Remarkable Cave	Remarkable Cave
Remarkable Cave - the water gushes through	Lookout for Remarkable Cave	Coal Mines Historic Site	Excavated in 1833 - the coal mines were used to punish the worst of the convicts
Underground cells	The site was abandoned in 1858 - buildings were demolished, fire & weather continued to ravage them	Crumbling away	Underground cell
The Main Mine Shaft	The Semaphore operated from Mt. Lupus	Wild echidna	We unexpectedly came across him or her - pretty cute
The Eaglehawk Neck Dogline	Port Arthur Lavender	Our campsite at Port Arthur	This cheeky chap dropped by
Is he wanting some diet coke?	No, one of Peter's nuts	Another colourful little bird in camp - green rosella?	A pademelon comes to visit
He's brave	He's cute	We want to take him home