29 Oct 2024
A great day out. Lovely professional driver, Kieran, with modest, sense of humour. Bus left and arrived on time there and back in Hobart. Good service in my book plus organised our entry tickets, Site ID playing card and booklet to keep.
Port Arthur site - well set up with great tour guide and opportunity to explore on your own. Thanks for the opportunity to learn more about the thinking in 1800s-early 20th century around prison reform, impact of rising cost of living (yes even then), and class systems. Alongside proponents of the system, it was to nice to discover there were a few heroes/heroines who quitely or loudly fought the authorities.
I would like to thank the Port Arthur site committee in acknowledging the Port Arthur 1996 tragedy by establishing the memorial garden - a quiet place of reflection.