There are no cars on the island, bar the Rangers vehicles, and the whole place is a National Park... my words don't really do it justice, though, just look at the photos Ella and I took!
This is a view looking back at Darlington on the way to the Painted Cliffs. You can see the former concrete works (c.1920s) and the old Commissariat Store from the 1830s when the island was a convict station.
The Commissariat Store is now used as the visitor centre - first port of call when we arrived.
The accomodation options are either a campsite or the old penitentiary ... built by the convicts themselves. At $22 for a 6 bed room it was as cheap as chips!
We did a short walk on the evening we got there to the Painted Cliffs and back:
We walked back along the beach.
Then the next day we did a good long walk along a cliff to a high peak (Bishop and Clerk). From here you could see the famous Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island - they looked like they were floating in the sky.
What a great weekend it was!
My Uncle Karen is staying with us now, and we'll be off this weekend for a little trip together ... perhaps Bruny Island this time.
