Monday 5th March
What a day! I sit here at night time trying to remember all
that we did! It was an incredible day that’s for sure.
It started with us getting ready and heading out at 9am, first stop Eastlands
shopping centre, dad needed new walking shoes. After a quick run around we found
some and we were off on our big adventure.
We first stopped off at the Tessellated Pavement. What an
incredible thing to see. The rock had become like pavement with the waves
eroding at them. It was also terribly cold and windy so the boys were the only
ones game enough to actually head down to the beach and they took photos and
video’s for us.
We then hopped back in the car for a 5 min drive to a café for
some coffee/tea’s to warm our insides, and then off again.
This time we stopped at the ‘Devils kitchen’ and Tasman
arch. WOW! A complete stomach flop when looking down, and then pure awe at the
beauty of the cliff and arch formation. A few of us went for the 15 min rtn
walk, to see the cliff edge and also to go to the kitchen. Truly spectacular.
We then drove a further up the road to the blowholes. We
were able to watch as water came in from the sea, under the cliff then crashed
against the cliff. Amazing!
Then off we went to our main attraction for the day! Port
Arthur! When we arrived it started to pour down with rain, and then wind picked
up, great we thought since we would be walking all afternoon. We first had some
lunch and once we packed the esky’s into the car the sun came out (and stayed
out for the rest of the 5 hours that we were there!) Well Port Arthur how does
one capture its magnificence and beauty in words? We walked from old church’s
to old headquarters, to the penitentiary to the governors house. Nearly
everything we were able to walk in , and some of the houses even had ‘setups’
in rooms so you were able to see how it would have been ‘back in the day.’ We
also caught a ferry that departed from port Arthur and did a loop, showing Port
Arthur from a distance and giving a commentary. We also passed the isle of the
dead where convicts were buried. (A ghost tour was available at 8.30pm, which
would have been quiet good, a thing to do next time :P) Once back on dry land,
we continued our walk, stopped for a family photo, and basking in the beauty.
Around 5 we decided to stop in the Port Arthur café for a quick
drink and snack (girls bottles) before heading off to the Remarkable Cave. When
we got there, there was a small path off to the side, so we all bundled up
against the cold and started our walk down, down, down quite a number of
stairs. Before finally ending up at the ‘remarkable’ cave. A cliff which the
waves had eroded over time. We were able to stand on this viewing platform
(which at high tide would be covered) and watch the waves rolling in. Chris +
Alex being the boys that they are decided to climb down and stand on rock about
2 meters from where the waves ended. Then Alex went off to the side, walking on
the rocks, so we all thought would be fun to scare him. So after a little while
Chris started screaming that a HUGE wave was coming and started running towards
us, the rest of us on a viewing platform ducked, Well Alex didn’t know were to
turn, ive never seen anyone try to climb up a cliff wall so fast. But the look
on his face was priceless, and of course we all forgot to video for this
moment. (well done alex for being a good sport about it later though.)
From the remarkable cave, we drove to Sorrell for some
takeaway dinner, then off to Hobart for bedtime (kylie + Sophie) Chris, Dad,
Alex + Lee, Des + Sue, went to view a
cruise ship that was in the harbor and went for a drive about.
What a day! I sit here at night time trying to remember all
that we did! It was an incredible day that’s for sure.
It started with us getting ready and heading out at 9am, first stop Eastlands
shopping centre, dad needed new walking shoes. After a quick run around we found
some and we were off on our big adventure.
We first stopped off at the Tessellated Pavement. What an
incredible thing to see. The rock had become like pavement with the waves
eroding at them. It was also terribly cold and windy so the boys were the only
ones game enough to actually head down to the beach and they took photos and
video’s for us.
We then hopped back in the car for a 5 min drive to a café for
some coffee/tea’s to warm our insides, and then off again.
This time we stopped at the ‘Devils kitchen’ and Tasman
arch. WOW! A complete stomach flop when looking down, and then pure awe at the
beauty of the cliff and arch formation. A few of us went for the 15 min rtn
walk, to see the cliff edge and also to go to the kitchen. Truly spectacular.
We then drove a further up the road to the blowholes. We
were able to watch as water came in from the sea, under the cliff then crashed
against the cliff. Amazing!
Then off we went to our main attraction for the day! Port
Arthur! When we arrived it started to pour down with rain, and then wind picked
up, great we thought since we would be walking all afternoon. We first had some
lunch and once we packed the esky’s into the car the sun came out (and stayed
out for the rest of the 5 hours that we were there!) Well Port Arthur how does
one capture its magnificence and beauty in words? We walked from old church’s
to old headquarters, to the penitentiary to the governors house. Nearly
everything we were able to walk in , and some of the houses even had ‘setups’
in rooms so you were able to see how it would have been ‘back in the day.’ We
also caught a ferry that departed from port Arthur and did a loop, showing Port
Arthur from a distance and giving a commentary. We also passed the isle of the
dead where convicts were buried. (A ghost tour was available at 8.30pm, which
would have been quiet good, a thing to do next time :P) Once back on dry land,
we continued our walk, stopped for a family photo, and basking in the beauty.
Around 5 we decided to stop in the Port Arthur café for a quick
drink and snack (girls bottles) before heading off to the Remarkable Cave. When
we got there, there was a small path off to the side, so we all bundled up
against the cold and started our walk down, down, down quite a number of
stairs. Before finally ending up at the ‘remarkable’ cave. A cliff which the
waves had eroded over time. We were able to stand on this viewing platform
(which at high tide would be covered) and watch the waves rolling in. Chris +
Alex being the boys that they are decided to climb down and stand on rock about
2 meters from where the waves ended. Then Alex went off to the side, walking on
the rocks, so we all thought would be fun to scare him. So after a little while
Chris started screaming that a HUGE wave was coming and started running towards
us, the rest of us on a viewing platform ducked, Well Alex didn’t know were to
turn, ive never seen anyone try to climb up a cliff wall so fast. But the look
on his face was priceless, and of course we all forgot to video for this
moment. (well done alex for being a good sport about it later though.)
From the remarkable cave, we drove to Sorrell for some
takeaway dinner, then off to Hobart for bedtime (kylie + Sophie) Chris, Dad,
Alex + Lee, Des + Sue, went to view a
cruise ship that was in the harbor and went for a drive about.
No comments:
Post a Comment