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People in Hobart

Whilst surfing my backups I found these photos from my trip to Hobart in 2007. The first two are from a trip with Kelly Kilpin, Lisa McClintock and Vicki Argyle on a boat in Hobart. The second two are from dinner that night at Sals restaurant.

Kelly Kilpin and Lisa McClintock on the water in Hobart

Kelly Kilpin and Lisa McClintock on the water in Hobart

Vicki on the water in Hobart

Vicki on the water in Hobart

Vicki at Sals in Hobart

Vicki at Sals in Hobart

Vicki surfing another whale

Vicki surfing another whale

Tasmanian Wildlife

Aside from the occasional near miss with wallabies and possums scampering across the road in front of our car we (me, Lisa and Vicky) also visited a wildlife sanctuary between Port Arthur and Hobart.

Lisa McLintock feed a Wallaby

Violent little Tasmanian Devil

Joey in Kangaroo’s pouch

Tasmanian Devil blobbing out after a big feed

Port Arthur

Vicky, Lisa and I visited the Port Arthur penal colony. This is the site of one of Australia’s most infamous prisons. The old ruins are spectacular and well worth the visit. We also went on a ghost tour around the colony the night before.

Port Arthur viewed from the jetty

The ruins of Port Arthur

An old church built in Port Arthur by child convicts

Cruising in Hobart

Jon, Lisa, Kelly, Vicky and myself all piled onto a little boat and took a cruise around the harbour in Hobart. Vicky’s obsession with taking gagillions of photos went into overdrive during the trip.

Vicky concentrating on taking as many photos in as shorter time as possible

Lisa McClintock and Vicky Argyle posing on the bow of the boat

Kelly and … darn, can’t remember her name now …

Hobart Prison

Lisa, Jon, Vicky and I visited one of the oldest prisons in Hobart. There were lots of creepy things to see including this scary ghost of a beautiful woman, for some reason she looks oddly familiar.

The ghost of Vicky Argyle

Jon Kitchen looked oddly at home inside a locked prison cell.

Jon Kitchen looking oddly at home inside a locked prison cell

The stones in the floor which the prisoners stood on before heading up to the court room showed just how long the prisoners were required to stand down there before sentencing. The stone blocks of the floor had ground out dents in them from the ball and chains the prisoners wore wearing whilst standing down there.

Floor of the corridor underneat the prison in Hobart