Travels with Aunty B: Back to Hobart

Our last couple of days in Tasmania were back in our lovely hotel in Hobart,

The first destination was the Cascades female factory which basically was a penal colony for women. They came off the ships in Sullivan Bay in Hobart and were paraded up the hill to the factory - many of them didn't even make it as they were snatched in the street never to be seen again. They eventually started to bring them on unmarked ships in the dead of night so that most of them ended up in the factory.. It was a cruel place where women were punished for singing, getting raped, being pregnant and other more minor misdemeanors. Anne, Denise and Amy went on the guided tour, I chose to see a dramatisation of some of the actual characters that had spent time in the factory - it was a one woman show and she was fantastic, it brought everything to life and was quite emotional. I would thoroughly recommend it if you ever go to Tasmania.

As it was next door we also found ourselves in the Cascade Brewery - Amy's favourite tipple so she was in seventh heaven

The following day denise and Amy went to MONA (Museum of old and new art) which was a boat trip away whilst Anne and I went to Bruny Island to go on a jet boat around the coastline ( no I still haven't grown up yet!). We got on a coach at Kettering, which is by the sea and not in the middle of England, where we caught a ferry over to Bruny

Kettering

We then drove through the North Island of Bruny to a narrow spit of land that went to the South

When we reached the south of the south island we jumped on our jet boat to explore the coastline wearing the most delightful, very long, waterproof coats - I felt like one of the 7 dwarves and almost fell in a couple of times as it was about 12 inches too long!