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(Click the picture to get full size version) After we said goodbye to Chris, Kristann and Madeline Sandra and I took off for Tasmania. We landed in Lanceston and then rented a car and drove around the island. We drove south to Hobart, visited Port Arthur and then drove through the mountains to Queenstown before heading back to Lanceston. We had expected an extremely lush island with lots of sheep. It turned out to be quite varied. Some parts were quite brown and dry. In the mountains it rains most of the year and have some beautiful rain forests, and by Queenstown you can see the ravishes of mining in the stripped mountainsides. |
 Our first hotel in Lanceston |
 Yummy restaurant |
 Cataracts gorge |
 Suspension Bridge |
 Yay, made it! |
 Hobart |
 Excellent restaurant |
 Old district of Hobart |
 Southern coast |
 Natural pavement |
 Port Arthur |
 Legs in Irons |
 Church pews for solitary confinement |
We visited Port Arthur which was the former prison. Many convicts were sent to Australia in the 19th century. That alone was considered punishment enough. But if someone continued to cause problems they were sent to Port Arthur. |
 Sandra in the English gardens | ||
 Church at Port Arthur |
 Country Hotel |
 In the rain forest |
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 Ravages of strip mining |
 Walking through the rain forest |
 Driving through the mountains |