Tasmania, Day 4

Today was another important part of our trip to Tasmania, when we went to the Port Arthur Historic Site, the location of the infamous Port Arthur convict Penitentiary, where our great great grandfather spent 14 years of his life, after which, he moved to the Northwest coast area of Tasmania, where he married and raised the first “Steven” family of Australians in the 1850’s …

At entrance of the historic site… and firstly we went on a cruise around Carnarvon Bay leaving from Mason Cove

The cruise crew, Terri, Maureen, Lee, Jeff, and Nola … Mason Cove and the Penitentiary

The grim looking Penitentiary building

Reading some of the stark history and the bleakness of the 4-storer building

The cells were only 4’ wide ….

The Penitentiary was devastated by fire in 1897 leaving only the masonry walls and barred windows … the exercise yard

The penal colony covered a huge area … whoops … “we are behind bars”

Maureen and Nola up above the Guard Tower

That concludes a nostalgic look into the often unmentioned part of our family’s intriguing history

Ivor Steven (c). April 2023

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

23 thoughts on “Tasmania, Day 4”

  6. Fun galore! It’s Day 4!!!! 🙂

    What an interesting place to visit!
    And that you all are visiting places with family history is such a bonding experience.

    You all are behind bars! 😮 Yikes!
    Want me to come break you out?!?! 😉
    (((HUGS))) ❤️🤗

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