Near Port Arthur, Tasmania

Down Port Arthur way there is a little walk as well as big ones, this one was a little one whereby you can see the Great Southern Ocean and of course it goes beyond.  What is known as the Pillar in the second photo with many of them, only a couple can be seen here. The sea washes and roars as you watch it on a calm day as it was when these photos were taken.  I remember standing there in awe at these sea photos.

There were boats sailing along in this area above, but I missed them as they were going fast.

The Penitentiary at Port Arthur. This building was constructed as a flour mill and granary in 1845 in an effort towards a self-sustainable settlement, the area where the bad convicts were sent.

Tasmania with the red icon and Antartica at the bottom of the map.

Geraldton, Western Australia.

A few years ago we visited Geraldton in Western Australia after travelling many km across the top end of Australia and partly down the West Coast.  It was cooler of course, and instead of sandals I had been wearing, shoes were required. The heels had to be cleaned due to the red bull dust (red extremely fine soil/dust), so many hours of soaking and scrubbing finally cleaned the area.

We had to stay at Geraldton longer than intended due to the strong wind and it was a good time to rest.
It's an area of mining, sheep, growing wheat, and of course fishing.

This building was once part of the Victoria District Hospital, now the Visitors Center.

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral one of  Monsignor John Cyril Hawes finest works.

Earlier post of a church by the same person is in: Mullewa. WA

Inside the unusual orange in the church, Geraldton WA.

The Edge of the World

Brian Inder b 1930, a Tasmanian wrote a poem called 'The Edge of the World', the plaque of this poem is located on the North West Coast of Tasmania, Australia not that far from Arthur River which flows into the Great Southern Ocean.
Wonderful place to visit to see the logs which come down the river then into the sea and back up on the small beaches.  The sea roars and is the longest uninterrupted expanse of ocean on the globe. From Argentina the currents sweep unimpeded more than halfway around the planet until they hit this point.

For me to visit the North West Coast of this area, Arthur River it would be about 4 hours away.