Far Side of the World

This is port Arthur Tasmania. Always infamous but even more so in recent years because a man with a gun shot lots of people indiscriminately, 35 actually ,for which he, Martyn Bryant, received 35 life sentences without parole in the Risdon prison.
Perhaps it might have been apt to put him away in one of the dark cells at Port Arthur itself!
Britain had sent some 50,000 convicts to the Americas up till the war of Independence took precedence. Convicts were then sent over a period of time to Australia and van Demen's Land (Tasmania). They did tbis because their jails were overflowing. Tasmania received about 75,000 such, sounds like a lot!
All of the Holts made the claim that they came a "Paying Passengers" although I do see one Holt on the list, a female, for stealing a few Lbs of cheese.
If every one in Australia was locked up, that the general public seems to think should be, we might have to transport a few. The UK might be high on the list of preferences.

An early explorer (sailor) said that he saw giant trees which must have been there since the beginning of time. This particular tree has the first branch at about 36 metres up the trunk, the tree went a long way higher than that, approaching 100 metres.
There are not only high trees in Tasmania but also old sheds. This one has to be right up there


All in all Bruny Island would be a great place to drop out, but be warned, a lot of Ozzies are already there grabbing the prime spots, but it may not be yet, too late!
Here is one of the edges of Bruny Islands many many kilometers of coast line, there are many more spectacular than this but I thought this bit fascinating.
In case you are wondering where to find such a place, it is on the southern tip of Australia




(At the bottom of Tasmania)