Lovely sunrise to start the day and lovely sunset to finish the day. Deb and I headed out early and did the bushwalk up to Captain Cook Memorial- lots of ups and downs so our quads got a work out.
This is our hire car for the week- you leave your keys in the car all the time and don't lock the house!
We headed up the Bridle Track from Red Rock Road and walked up to the Captain Cook Monument. Lovely coastal views, cliff top walks and lots of steep up and downs!
Then it was time for a Devonshire tea at the Hilli Cafe
We had a Convict Tour which took us down to the Kingston area where we learnt a lot about life for the convicts and the history of the area. Some pretty horrific treatment was metered out, with the occasional commandant that tried to be reformist but they were few and far between.
We had an Island Fish Fry booked for another night but that was cancelled so had to head out to On Da Cliff not long after we got back from our Convict Tour- it was a full day.
Lovely sunset shots from Kerrie.
We had Island Dancers and an abundance of food. The local fish- trumpeter was delicious.
The next morning we took Kerrie on our morning walk, we drove out to a few places including Two Chimneys Reserve, then Kerrie drove into town for a coffee and we walked home.
Ball Bay- Kerrie drove her but Deb and I walked up and down the windy road a couple of times it was a lovely spot- walking distance from Whalers Watch.
We headed into town to check out the weavers at the Golden Orb and to check out some of the shops.
We then had a Glass Bottom Boat tour down at Emily Bay but it was cancelled as it was too rough and rather windy.
So instead we did a bit more exploring . We climbed up the 200 steps to Flagstaff Hill and got a lovely view up the valley of Arthursville.
Drove over Bloody Bridge built by convicts
Final stop before it got dark was the Cascade Wharf
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