Port Arthur

Hurry Up, Says Sticky... Let's get on with the tour.

His first question to the tour guide - (Tony, pictured here) was "So they had a cricket pitch in the convict days?"


The ruins of the church ... apparently every religion was allowed services here. Except the Catholics. No one liked the Catholics. Even the Convicts.
The above photo is the ruin of the old hospital. the lighter coloured wall is where the flagellations happened. The whole community had to come out and watch the cat 'o' nine tails being administered. The poor naughty person was revived if he/she passed out whilst being whipped.
And that's the asylum. Right next to the solitary confinement prison.
They carried out the worst kind of psychological torture here. Including the panoptic gaze. Maggie knows all about this, so you can ask her about it.
Port Arthur from the water. The day's entry includes a boat trip. So you can check out the Isle of the Dead where everyone was buried. Of course the more well-to-do were buried above those naughty convicts and paupers.



This piano was in the Commandants house and was built to the same specifications and Beethoven's piano.

Lets walk to the Church!
Very airy.
Finally got him down the aisle!

Extraordinary garden. Just beautiful.

Sticky at the flagellation wall.
Me trying out the old toilet system.