After leaving Port Arthur we took in a few sights along the Tasman Peninsula. The rugged coastline of the peninsula is dotted with sandy bays and soaring cliffs. Although the sea when we were there was calm, it is often rough and stormy and is the site of many shipwrecks.
Even though the seas were pretty calm, the Tasman Blowhole still provided a display. Here the sea has carved a tunnel through the sandstone cliffs to an opening on the inland side. As the waves sweep in from the ocean, they hit the rocks at the far end of the tunnel creating a roar and a spray of water like a whale's blowhole.
Tasman arch is another natural landmark, carved from the soft sandstone cliffs by the action of the waves.
Pirates Bay is a pretty sweep of sandy beach protected from the open ocean. It was much too cold for swimming though so the beach was deserted. 
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