Piermont Retreat Swansea

... more-so obviously for the worse offending convicts, some of whom were locked away for 23 hours a day in the Separate Prison and only allowed outside for an hour a day in a small segmented exercise yard to walk around for exercise). The rain had stopped for the tour, so although windy, it was reasonably pleasant, no ghosts spotted tonight! Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be clear enough for us to have a decent look around.

PS Liz later finds an "orb" on two photos (see photo)

We've enjoyed the two warmest days since arriving in Tassie and the biggest bonus is that our van site is as close as you can get to the ocean without falling in! We're all pretty tired, but Freycinet National Park is just across the waterway, so we jumped back in the car and headed over. Wineglass Bay is a standout in spectacular coastal scenery and the sun stayed out long enough for us to see the gorgeous blue of the water against the sandy white strip of beach. Lozzie wasn ...

... two bottles of Tooheys, the veg is chopped, the rice is ready, the meat is on the side and the waves are crashing in the background, about first class grading for the test at this time until.........Ads looks at the meat he has prepared and it is off and out off date!! By now the test grade is moving more towards a pass on the husband stakes........Ha-Ha! Settling for a 'veggie ...

... It's supposed to be pretty with lots of parkland. But, since Entertainment there seems to be watching laundry dry...we drove right passed it. Am ersten Tag sind wir nur gefahren. Von Melbourne, an Sydney vorbei bis nach Swansea. Dort haben wir in einem Motel übernachtet, daß von einem Spanier geführt wurde, der von 1,000 Jahren, oder so, nach Australien ausgewandert ist. Was allerdings erstaunlich ist, ist wie verdammt groß Australien ist. Wir ...

... stunning and much more beautiful than we'd expected Tasmania to be. In the evening we headed to St Helens where we parked up by the harbour. A nice surprise in the morning were the hot showers - we were expecting them to be cold as they were public toilets so we all smelt of roses again. We headed a little further north to the Bay of Fires and took a walk along the beautiful beaches. They were gorgeous with white powdery sand and amazing ...

... stalls had pretty similar goods. It seemed like local stores just moved their storefront out onto the street. Nice stuff, just expensive. The time wasn't a total waste though. I got myself a brat with some onions at 9:00 am. Frankly, it's the perfect breakfast. I washed that down with two steaming hot cinnamon donuts. It was going to be a good day. We headed to the east coast after that. Freycinet National Park was a 2 hour drive from ...

... trip to Swansea, the townspeople turned off all - YES ALL of the lights in the town for our romantic arrival. We entered the Swansea cottages and all was dark. The streetlights were also dark. Rob and a friend, hosts of the cottages, met us and provided candles and a lantern to our room. They suggested dinner across the street at the Bark Mill and we went. With lights out, the restaurant and tavern was lit with candles, a ...

... molting process takes place during the feeding of their young, the baby penguins are abandoned in order for the parent to feed enough in order to molt successfully - survival of the fittest, I guess.Told there were several 100 nesting pairs in this particular penguin rookery. Fair enjoyed my introduction to the world of the little blue penguins. Stayed in another backpackers - 'Bicheno Backpackers' - a lovely, clean, friendly place which for around 10 ...

... the peninsula, as well as some unique and amazing rock formations. Eaglehawk Neck is a good place from which to see the beautiful coastal rock formations of the Blowhole, Devils Kitchen, Tasmans Arch, Tessellated Pavement and Waterfall Bay. It is situated at the entrance point to the Tasman Peninsula. The view of Pirates Bay and the coastline from the lookout just before Eagle Hawk Neck is stunning. There is a beautiful ...