Very typical old house
Very typical old house
Chapel Booths for prisoners in solitary confinement so they couldn't see neighbors
Chapel Booths for prisoners in solitary confinement so they couldn't see neighbors

View from Commandant's House
View from Commandant's House





Monday 16 January 2006

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

I woke up early but went back to sleep and barely left myself enough time to ge t ready. I had decided to skip the conference first day events as they were really not too relevant. Instead I took a Grey Line tour to Port Arthur. This is a national historic site on the Tasman peninsula, 100 kilometers south of Hobart. During the 1800's it was a huge penal colony. The setting was gorgeous and the stories very interesting. I went with Joe and Linda.Interesting pods
Interesting pods
View from boat looking back at Port Arthur Prison Complex
View from boat looking back at Port Arthur Prison Complex

The bus stopped at a national park site with beautiful rugged coastal scenery near Eaglehawk Neck -- the narrow isthmus that kept prisoners from escaping the penal colony.

Devil's Arch in Tasman National Park

Devil's Arch in Tasman National Park

We got back to the hotel just in time for the conference reception.




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Ruin of barracks for prisoners at Port Arthur -- former flour mill
Ruin of barracks for prisoners at Port Arthur -- former flour mill

Building on left was insanse asylum. On right is solitary confinement jail. Quaker idea of contemplation as reform
Building on left was insanse asylum. On right is solitary confinement jail. Quaker idea of contemplation as reform



Me trying out shackels
Me trying out shackels



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