| In the center south of Tasmania lies the historic town of Richmond, with its original 1819 sandstone block bridge spanning the Exe River |
| All the old masonry work in Tasmania was built with the labor of skilled convicts, and in Richmond they seem to have done a particularly skillful job! |
| Richmond in January, the antipodal summer, is all cottages and flower gardens |
| The church spire seen from town up on the hill was, well.... inspiring! |
| Our last Tasmanian stop was the Tasman Peninsula, south and east of Hobart |
| Below our hotel flanking the beach was this unusual rock formation called "tessellated pavement" which has weathered over eons into square tiles |
| Low tide uncovers the rounded sandstone pillows lying over the flat mudstone squares beneath |
| Differential weathering between the flat surfaces of the relatively solt mudstone and the stress fracture cracks, results in blocky segments |
| The sea and the tide are still wearing away at the strata |
| Tasman Peninsula seen from our hotel at Eagleneck Isthmus, site of the infamous Dog Line: ferocious dogs chained in a line to detect escaping convicts |
| Looking S to the towering cliffs of Tasman Peninsula, where thousands of convicts were imprisoned at the Port Arthur penal colony in the late 1800s |
| The cliffs of dolerite all around Tasman Peninsula weather in a vertical shear, creating effective natural barriers to convict escape |
| We hiked a clifftop trail along the top of Tasman Peninsula |
| We lucked out with a perfect day where bad weather can mean hurricane force winds and enormous seas |
| An arch formation, weathered from above and below |
| A dolerite rock pinnacle rising straight up out of the Tasman Sea, showing the regular square stress fracturing |
| Famous Devil's Kitchen and... |
| It's hard to imagine a sea this calm, raging and weathering anything! |
| ...Devil's Arch on Tasman Peninsula |