Port Arthur was originally founded as a small timber station in 1830. It quickly grew into a sizeable penal colony, holding convicts shipped over from the United Kingdom. You can walk around the site freely or take a guided tour. All the large bricks made to form the buildings were individually made by each of the convicts that had the bad luck to end up here. Each convict made individual patterns to identify their bricks. Although there is an approximately 30 dollar entrance fee.
Port Arthur is a great place to experience the history of Australia and the hardship the convicts had to live through. Port Arthur is an extremely important historical sight with regard to colonization of Tasmania.
About 15 minutes’ drive from Port Arthur is a remarkable cave. You can get right down and look through the cave to the sea, also known as a popular surfing spot, although the paddle through the cave or jumping from the rock is extremely hazardous and only for experienced and fit surfers.
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