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| DEVILS KITCHEN |
TUESDAY 3.1.2012: On our way to Port Arthur we ventured out to all the traditional tourist haunts. 'Devils Kitchen' is a geological feature probably started as a sea cave, then a tunnel, and developed into its modern form after the collapse of the cave roof. It is one of several such coastal landforms in the Tasman National Park that have developed in the Permian-age siltstone.
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| TASMANS ARCH |
Tasmans Arch is what is left of the roof of a large sea cave, or tunnel, that was created by wave action over many thousands of years. The pressure of water and compressed air, sand and stones acted on vertical cracks (joints), in the cliff, dislodging slabs and boulders. This arch will eventually collapse and another 'Devils Kitchen' will be formed.
The 'Blowhole' a former sea cave and tunnel, is an old blowhole. The roof at the rear of the tunnel collapsed to create a broad arch with a blowhole behind it. The Blowhole point was originally an unbroken line of cliffs of siltstone. This flat lying rock was formed like a giant layer cake when mud and silt were deposited on the sea floor about 270 million years ago and compacted under the load of later sediment. Earth movement cracked the rock, creating vertical joints which enabled the sea to cut caves and tunnels into the cliffs.
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| BLOWHOLE |
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| DUNALLEY HUMOUR - BOAT READS 'HIGH TIDE' |
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| DUNALLEY FREEDOM CAMP |
Spent the night at the Freedom Camp behind the Dunalley Hotel, but not before travelling through the village of "DOO TOWN". Residents homes are named in accordance "Doo Drop In, Doo Little, Just Doo It, Make Doo, Gunna Doo and Doo Me" - just to name a few!
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