Very typical old house
Chapel Booths for prisoners in solitary confinement so they couldn't see neighbors
View from Commandant's House
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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
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
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
Building on left was insanse asylum. On right is solitary confinement jail. Quaker idea of contemplation as reform
Me trying out shackels
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