Maria Island and Hogarth Falls, Tasmania, 16 October 2023
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Remains of solitary confinement gaol.

The convict past was so horrific on this island that it remains frozen in nineteenth century colour, a kind of distorted sepia.

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At the site of the military barracks

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Bread oven at the back

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Military barracks.

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An old wharf, not from the convict era but not the main current one either.

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Once was a building….

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Ruins of the New Penitentiary

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Potential swim to freedom….

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Nature would like to take over the remains.

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You might think these are the ghosts of convicts dressed in modern clothes but I think not.

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Back on the mainland (a larger island), we are walking towards the Molten Gold Waterfall (Hogarth Falls)

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The bush can be quite dense

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Blue ferns and foam at a quiet stream

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Here we see some of the gold froth washed down from the waterfall.

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Small plants on the bank.

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And here it is.  The Molten Gold Waterfall.

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Colour changes minute by minute according to impurities washed up with the gold.

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And this is just below the waterfall.

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