Tasmania Trip - March 2005 - Page 3

Coal Mines

Here you can wander freely among the ruins of the Saltwater River convict station, with its cramped and gloomy underground cells. Nearby there are walks on the beaches and through the coastal heath lands of Lime Bay, where wildflowers are prolific in summer.

This an area were convicts ran a coal mine in the early 1800's

Old quarry were the stone was cut to construct the buildings in the area

Ruins of one of the cottages

Nice view across the bay

Ruins of the convict cells

Another view.....

Ruins of the Officers quarters.....

More of the ruins

Undercut sandstone....

Strange line in the stone??

100's of native plants (acacia?) in the area

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