Port Arthur for Michael

The infamous Port Arthur was both beautiful and haunting. So much pain in one place. Our friend Adrian's father was killed in the shootings there and so the remembrance site was particuarly moving. Even though we see so much turmoil around us, after hearing many stories about how they used to 'reform' people (or try to) I'm convinced as a society we've never treated people so well as we are now....and that's an incredible thought. After travelling thru Tassie and hearing lots of stories of convicts and ministers and settlers and housewives, I still believe in our time we are generally understanding of people and their issues. But we aren't even half way there.