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protection against falling down it. To 
the westward of the Blowhole, the 
Remarkable Cave is situated. The 
Tourist Department has recently open¬ 
ed up the track to this cave, and it is 
easily accessible. Following along the 
track one comes to a bowl-shaped open¬ 
ing in the earth, down the sides of 
which a ladder has been provided. De¬ 
scending the ladder, you are able to ex¬ 
amine the cave, but the tide must he 
low if you wish to do so thoroughly. At 
low ride you can walk right through to 
the ocean beach At high tide even the 
sandy floor of the opening is awash. 
At the time of our visit the tide was 
fairly low, and wc were able to explore 
the cave thoroughly. After descending 
the ladder, wo found ourselves in a 
large, well-shaped hole, and in the shore 
side of this the opening of the Re¬ 
markable Cave immediately attracted 
attention. As we entered the cave, we 
found that about half-way to the sea 
it forked, and became V-shaped, two 
distinct tunnels leading to the beach. 
We were able to go right through both 
of these. The best part of the day was 
spent in the vicinity of the cave, and 
camp was reached on return about 5 
p.m. 
On Saturday most of the campers 
went to Carnarvon, three miles away, 
in order to inspect the old convict 
buildings there. Others arranged col¬ 
lecting excursions, or spent the day 
sketching some of the charming scenery 
by which we were surrounded. The 
settlement of Port Arthur has been so 
much written about that there is no 
need for further mention here, except 
this: To my mind the best way to see 
the settlement is to visit Scorpion 
Rock, the knoll immediately behind the 
old church. From here the old build¬ 
ings are set out as a map. Looking at 
it, as we did on this beautiful 
autumn day, one could not but recall 
the past, and regret to think that such 
a beautiful spot, as Carnarvon appears 
from Scorpion Rock, or any other view¬ 
point, should he associated with such 
a very dark page in history. The next 
day a large party visited Brown Moun¬ 
tain, and amused themselves while 
there by droppiing stones over the ver¬ 
tical cliffs straight into the water many 
hundreds of feet below. The view from 
Brown Mountain is very pretty, em¬ 
bracing the coast from The Friars to 
Tasman Island, while Port Arthur was 
set out at our feet, backed by range 
upon range of mountains, extending 
into the northern distance. A return to 
camp was made by way of Half Moon 
Bay, and some exciting scenes were wit¬ 
nessed in tlie way of “go as you please” 
races down the immense sand hills that 
line the back of this beach. Here 
another party from the camp were met 
with, busy photographing the shore life 
in the rock pools at tho end of the 
beach, while on a jutting point the 
camp artist could be oDserved as busily 
engaged in plying his brush as his con¬ 
frere the cartoonist had been shortly 
before with his pencil. Monday was 
spent in further excursions to places of 
interest, each party belling the others 
of places that should not lie missed, 
and all endeavouring to see as much as 
possible in the short time that remained 
at our disposal. 
Mention should be made of the even¬ 
ings in camp. We were fortunate in 
possessing considerable musical talent, 
and in the evenings it was usual to 
build a large damp fire, around which 
the whole camp would gather. In addi¬ 
tion to .songs and choruses, there were 
also two zonophones to supply addition¬ 
al music when required. One evening 
Mr. J. W. Tarleton told of his experi¬ 
ences with tlie Kelly gang of bush¬ 
rangers. when he was a bank manager 
on tlie mainland. These camp fire so¬ 
cials were much enjoyed, and greatly 
assisted the success of the camp from 
a social point of view. Mention must 
also be made of the fancy dross dinner 
party held on the last evening in camp. 
Although the event was quite an im¬ 
promptu one, it was very successful, 
and some splendid decorative effects 
were seen, from Turkish ladies to 
Maoris, and from wild men of the woods 
to a bride and bridegroom, the latter’s 
top hat, by the way, being made from 
a. cardboard rim and an inverted 
“billy.” 
Then there was the fishing. We were 
fortunate in having an expert among 
the campers, who so played his nets 
among the kelp that fringed the shore 
that trumpeter could nearly always he 
lqul for breakfast. But, "tempos fugit,” 
and Tuesday morning arrived all too 
soon. Some of tho members who had 
to be in town early were up at day¬ 
light, and walked to Pert Arthur, from 
whence a motor-car whisked them back 
to Hobart, 'fhe rest set to work and 
struck camp, and when most of the 
work had been done the majority, de- 
