Convict Lake

... do internet before Dave goes for a #1 haircut (yes you read correctly) for less than $1. I am strangely getting used to his convict style hair or lack of. Back to the hotel we sit on the balcony overlooking the lake and read and then drink some ...

... by the convicts in fearful anticipation of the dreadful life that awaited them at Sarah Island, established in 1822 as a convict settlement with boat building as the principal occupation. Boat tours involve cruises down the Gordon River and Sarah Island ...

... museum!  Port Macquarie is one of the oldest coastal towns in the country, so contains lots of heritage houses, convict relics and archaeological sites... just like the colonial museum really.  Here, the tourist was fascinated to see the ...

... a cat of nine tails that had as many as three or four knots in each tail, each causing one open wound.  If a convict fainted or collapsed during a punishment their wounds were allowed heal and 6 to 8 weeks later the remaining lashes were given. ...

... !  The north end of D.V is hairy!!!  However, we saw Mt. Whitney!!!!  We set the Tom Tom (gps) for Convict Lake.  A quaint little secluded snow fed pond @8000 ft.  that fisherman flock to.  Traveling the 395 (scenic hwy) we ...

... we passed through as it is really an historic little town famous for its miniature town built to look like the real town in the convict days. We had also called into the lolly shop on the way down to the river and Peter ate a bag of hot macadamias whilst ...

... we’ve seen so far on our trip.  It was designed by a colonial architect John Lee Archer and two skilled convict stonemasons James Colbeck and Daniel Herbert were hired to build it.  In total 186 carvings decorate the arches and well we ...

... several acres (includes penitentiary, asylum, church, watch towers, gardens etc). We spent a solid day there learning about convict life, the legal procedures at that time and enjoying its beautiful estate location. Upon entering the premises (and ...

... up until the late 1800s was a penal colony. This was a fantastic day out. After a tour and following the history of the convict we'd be given we wandered the buildings. As an aside, my convict didn't do too well and was shot trying to escape. ...

... the site in the early 20th century.   We wandered throughout the historic site looking at restored houses and other convict buildings until we reached the solitary confinement block, or the 'Separate Building'. The cells in this building were ...

... , he was given privileges such as extra blankets, he was also allowed to wear trousers, our guide was an ex convict so telling us the stories became interesting in parts, although at times his voice started to stay at the same level so some ...

... and got some nice fish and chips on the harbour front. On Wednesday I drove to Port Arthur which is an old Convict site. It's a really interesting place to visit and you can spend anything up to 2 days exploring all the buildings and exhibitions. ...

... seaside town of Strahan and camped for free in a forest. It was beautiful there, and we watched a play in town about some convict shipwrights who escaped on a ship that they had built themselves. It was called "The Ship That Never Was". We all really ...

... enough to get a room next door to the spa room so had an enjoyable last night of our travels before heading back to Launceston for our work conference. Footnote: The Tasmanian Wilderness and Australian Convict Sites are UNESCO World Heritage listed. ...

... nbsp; Everyone from Tasmania is weird and generally not too bright... I guess after the rest of Australia ceased to be a convict destination and became a proper country they continued to ship convicts to Tasmania. Between this and few women, the gene pool ...

... a room for the night & shopping for dinner. Back at the historic site, I discovered an Alfred Hayward & a William Churchill in the convict record, any relation mum & dad? There was also a Reverend Rowland Hayward here too. It is said that the ghost of ...

... . It was a beautiful place and really interesting to see all the history. Found a couple of Mclaughlin, Conroy and Manson's on the convict list but no Uytmans, Fraser asked if they wanted me but they said I'd be too much to handle. We then drove up the ...

... After the animal rescue place we passed over the Greenough River which, in February 2006, flooded badly and took out an old bridge built by convict labour (called the "Convict Bridge" .  There was a huge amount of damage done due to the cyclone and ...

... greener pastures. Strahan is so pretty it almost seems unreal; it is set on the harbour and has a very famous convict history. Macquarie Island was the cruellest of convict colonies and this is where the Huon pine forests were first plundered for ...

... that leads to the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, called Hell's Gates (by the convicts who came through them to go to the convict settlement on Sarah Island). Funnily enough we had driven through a town called Paradise just a couple of days before on the ...