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Jess and Alex were still not quite at full strength due to Covid, however, thanks to the medication they were feeling better than yesterday. I stayed in the hotel room to catch up on blogs and photos while everyone else went to Marleys for breakfast. They brought me back an avocado toastie which was tasty.
Around 11:30am, we drove to the Highfield Historic Site, which was only a couple of kilometers from our hotel. The weather was very nice, almost perfect: warm but not too warm and not too windy (that’s a change for this area!).
The Highfield Historic Site, part of Tasmania Parks & Wildlife, overlooks Stanley and The Nut and represents a very good example of early colonial architecture from the Regency Period (1811-1820).
The site was built in 1826 by convict labor and originally occupied 350,000 acres of agricultural land, which has been reduced over time and today covers 9.5 acres. Today the site is also a venue for special events.
Main House
The main house can be accessed through a gorgeous garden with a diverse array of beautiful flowers. When we arrived at the site, we were almost the first visitors and the “guardian”’ was watering the garden. We really enjoyed visiting the site starting with the main house, which is very well restored with many artifacts from the actual time period.
We started our visit with the kitchen (see the below photo gallery).
We continued our visit, discovering the many rooms of the house, which included a Gallery Room, Dining Room, Nursery, Master Bedroom, and Kids’ Bedroom.
We enjoyed taking pictures of the various artifacts like clothing, games, luggage, etc.
Adjacent Buildings
The other buildings on the property are also very well restored and some have been modernized to accommodate large events like weddings and other special occasions. The below photo gallery shows the various buildings we explored.
Walking on and around the Site
Outside the site, there are some ruins of older buildings, one being a convict barrack. Only some of the walls remain standing today (see below photo gallery).
The land around the site is owned by the Cape Grim cattle company (the same one that has the big FORBIDDEN sites from yesterday). You can see that Jim was fascinated by the cows… surprised that they didn’t attack them as he took lots of pictures 😊!! But a couple of them got really close to him… probably trying to scare him away. Oh, and there were some sheep too.
This is the road to Highfield. Right across the site, we took this photo of cactus plants growing on top of a roof.
From just about anywhere on and around the site, we had gorgeous views of the farmlands, Stanley, the Nut, and the coastline (see below photo gallery).
We had made dinner reservations for 7:00pm at the Stanley Hotel. The restaurant was quite busy, the service good, and the food good.
I had a Cape Grim Scotch Filet with veggies, which was really nice. For dessert, Jim and Alex has sticky dates and Jess, and I chose a panookie (cookie dough with Nutella and vanilla ice-cream).
Since it was still quite bright outside, Jim, Alex, and Jess decided to walk to the top of the Nut. Jim took great photos from the top of the Nut. A beautiful sunset!
After the hike to the Nut, we all met in the center of the town, and walked over to Godfreys Beach where the Little Penguins (also called Fairy Penguins) come out at night. People had brough some red-light devices to be able to see them more clearly, but we didn’t. Nevertheless, we managed to see quite a few of these funny Little Penguins as it was peak season for them to be “partying” outside by the shore.
Below is a stock photo of the Godfreys Beach Penguin viewing platform
Good night, Little Penguins!
After a very active day it was time to head back to our rooms. Tomorrow, we head back to Hobart.
TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN = 16 miles (25 km)
TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES WALKED = 5.8 miles (9.4 km)
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