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Destination Australia. Touched down in Sydney.
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Sydney in the rearview mirror
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Tasmania, historic English Penal Colony. And so much more.
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Tasmanian tiger (recently declared extinct)
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Arriving in Tasmania!
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Hello Hobart Airport
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Fish 'n' chips 'n' Moo Brew for supper
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Pay with pretty money!
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Hobart Harbor
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Parliament of Tasmania, an "off-shore" Australian State
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Message to Parliament
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Tasmania: a touchstone for "the transportation"
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We visited two of the Tasmania sites.
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The first was the Female Factory on the outskirts of Hobart.
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The matron's cottage.
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Some semblance of normalcy?
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Solitary confinement ...
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... looked like this. But totally dark.
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In the center space, the governor viewed 60 women and their babies, "all completely silent. A marvel!"
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Leaving the Female Factory (our first prison visit in the Tasmanian capital).
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On the walk back to the hotel, strange flower #1
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Strange flower #2
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Familiar flower in the churchyard
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A stone mason who is NOT a prisoner
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Unique windows with landscapes
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Our happy Tasmanian group (-1 Wisconsinite)
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Meet Jeanette, our guide
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Our guide Jenette and Michael, her trainee
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A local guide in the cemetery...
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... that's now a park.
