Port Arthur Tasmania - Introduction

Last Updated on Monday, 12 March 2012 21:48 Written by PA Admin Saturday, 26 June 2010 00:00

Port Arthur Tasmania is a unique Tasmanian tourist and history experience located on the Tasman Peninsula located just over an hours drive South East of Hobart. The collection of Historic buildings along with the opportunity to learn about the early European occupation of Australia make Port Arthur the one place in Tasmania which should be visited by every Australian.

At Port Arthur you can take a tour of the Old Prison (The Penitentiary), visit The Model Prison where solitary confinement was the new treatment of convicts, Cruise to the Isle of the Dead or Point Puer (the boys prison) or visit the many old homes and buildings. Your adventure does not end at Sunset with some wonderful dining options and not to be missed the Ghost Tour that takes in Tasmania’s most haunted house.

You can easily lose several days at Port Arthur and on the Tasman Peninsula

Port Arthur Tasmania is a magnificently preserved penal colony is a powerful reminder of Australia's early history. For just a moment forget the beautiful English trees, the neat paths and the manicured lawns and try to imagine what it must have been like to have lived in the teeming slums of London's East End, to have stolen a bolt of cotton, or some foodstuffs or been involved in some petty crime and, having been sentenced to seven years transportation, to have found yourself at the other end of the world in this god-forsaken institution.

The scale of the punishment seems so out of proportion to the crimes which were committed.

It is extraordinary to contemplate that 12 500 convicts served their time at Port Arthur between 1830 and 1877.

On the Tasman Peninsula there are a large number of Scenic and Geographic wonders including the famous Blowhole, Tasman Arch and Tesselated Pavement. alternately you can marvel at the wild beauty and windswept beaches

Laste edited March 12, 2012