2. The World Heritage-listed Port Arthur Historic Site
90 minutes drive from Hobart, Tasmania
Cascades Female Factory
Coal Mines Historic Site
Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania
14. Ghost Tours at Port Arthur
Ghost Tours (90 minutes) are available for the brave souls after sunset
Take the After Dark Package to include a 2-course meal
before your Ghost Tour at 1830 Restaurant & Bar
15. Our other World Heritage Sites
Cascades Female Factory Coal Mines Historic Site
The World Heritage-listed Cascade Female Factory is
Australia’s most significant site associated with female
convicts.
Women were incarcerated here as punishment, to be
reformed, or while waiting to be assigned. Tours and The
Proud and Punished dramatised walking tour bring its
history to life.
The Coal Mines Historic Site is an outstanding example of the
19th-century European global strategy of using the forced
labour of convicts. Illustrating the importance of labour and
production, classification, punishment and surveillance in the
penal system and the role of the convict in the establishment
of colonial economies.
Entry to the site is free.
16. We are COVID Safe
We have detailed COVID-Safe Plans which include:
Increased cleaning & sanitising of high-touch surfaces and spaces
Reducing the number of people in our indoor spaces, and providing
directions for everyone to adhere to social distancing guidelines
Reducing the number of customers per tour
Ensuring our staff exercise best practice personal hygiene
Hand-sanitiser stations
A full refund of your ticket purchase will be made if:
border restrictions or other government policy relevant to your origin of travel
directly impacts your capacity to visit Port Arthur Historic Site or Cascades
Female Factory.
A customer is diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to departure date; or are feeling
unwell with any symptom(s) consistent with COVID-19, including any flu or
cold-like symptom(s);
A customer is directed to self-isolate due to a close, casual or secondary contact
with a known or suspected case of COVID-19.
17. We look forward to welcoming you
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