Goodbye to Hobart.

Well after five enjoyable days I left Hobart and once again set off over the derwent river bridge, this time I wen to my next port of call Port Arthur, I know I am starting to sound like a broken record, however it has to be said, the road to Port Arthur is another typical Tasmanian country road, reasonable surface and great corners. The only problem today was I was stuck behind a mobile road block that was belching thick black smoke from its exhaust as it crawled up the hill, luckily the driver was very courteous and when he could he pulled off to the side of the road and let me pass.

It didn't take long to get to the Caravan park at Port Arthur as it was only 90 something K's from Hobart, I stopped at Sorell for breakfast and then I stopped at this little Museum with a bizarre collection of everything you could imagine. Apparently the old guy that started the collection was a bit of a hoarder, he died some 20 years ago, I have an idea that I went to the same "museum" with mom and dad back when I was 15 years old.

After I arrived at my accommodation in the bunkhouse at the Port Arthur Caravan park I unpacked and went for a walk down to The historical site of port Arthur, I bought a bronze pass and for that you get a cruise around the harbour of Port Arthur which runs for 30 minutes and also a very interesting guided walking tour of the site and tonight at 930 PM I am off to do a 90 minute ghost tour of the site with a guide, all this for only $49.00 also I can go back and do a tour again tomorrow.

Port Arthur is very different than when I was there with mom and dad, there is a modern information center that has a restaurant and the boat that you do the cruise on doesn't look very old.

Tomorrow I am doing a Cruise that goes for 2 hours around the coastline adjacent to Port Arthur, they take you near a seal colony and some of the magnificent coast line, The cruise was recommended to me by a local I met in Hobart. Ordinarily I wouldn't have spent the money however because I only have to pay $20 per night for my accommodation over the next three nights I decided to treat myself.