Off to Tasmania

The next morning or the same morning, I guess, We rode in the taxi for 30 minutes to the Melbourne airport. Our plane left at 7:00 for an hour flight to Hobart, Tasmania. We picked up our rental car and with our trip mapped out, thanks to Rob and Steve who did the planning. Our first few stops were along the coast. We saw the Tessellated Pavement that was caused by the earth's cooling. the next stop was the Tasman Blowhole , Tasman arch and the Devils Kitchen which were magnificent natural rock formations. The guys had planned the Convict Driving Tour which included going to Port Arthur and the Penal colony ruins. This was the prison for the worst offenders of Australia in the early days of the country's foundation. It was very harsh. The guided tour was very interesting and we got to go out on the tour boat to Death Island where hundreds of prisoners were buried. We could have spent a lot longer here but we wanted to go see other sites. For lunch we found a small bakery where we ordered fresh meat pies and pastries. Next we drove back to a small town named Richmond where the first Catholic Church and bridge was built by prisoners in 1834. After that we stopped by one of the local vineyards, The Puddleduck. We were through in time to turn in our car and catch our plane back to Melbourne. We got back in time to go to bed and get a good nights sleep.