Isle of the Dead?

On a tiny island off Tasmania's historic Port Arthur, lie the bodies of 1,000 people

Well, timing is everything in life ... and death ... it seems, as I saw this story at the ABC news site this morning about the new pathway around the Isle of the Dead, so tourists don't have to walk over any unmarked graves like I did back in 2016 when I visited the island on a very cold, wet and windy day ... which made for great atmosphere to be honest, and which I wrote about in this old post -

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Boggo Road Gaol 

The synchronicity is that my youngest son and I did a Jail tour of Boggo Road Gaol in my hometown of Brisbane at the end of last month, and at the start of the tour our tour guide asked the group if any of us had done any other prison tours -

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Boggo Road Gaol

I put my hand up and told the guide and the group that I had done Port Arthur in Tasmania back in 2016 and about the Isle of the Dead and walking across unmarked graves on the island.

Above-ground walkways and viewing platforms have been installed on the Isle of the Dead

Waiting to be ferried to 'The Isle of the Dead' on June 21st, 2016

Landing on 'The Isle of the Dead' with my fellow shipmates

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