Our trip to Norfolk Island

Our trip to Norfolk was fantastic....I loved every bit of it :) 
We did a few night themed dinner tours, the first was a Ghost tour where we had a lovely dinner in one of the old convict built houses at Kingston & the ghost of Elizabeth Robertson who died in 1847 at the age of 24, visited us and told us a few stories about her family & her death...along with lots of other ghost stories.  We then went on a ghost walk thru some of the old ruins....and the cemetary :-0

Here are a few pics....

The ghost of Elizabeth Robertson

The gorgeous old house where we had dinner.

Our next themed dinner night was a Tahitian sunset cliff top fish fry (try saying that real fast 10 times...lol).

The food was super yummy & then we were entertained by Tahitian dancers while the sun set - just glorious.

The beautiful sunset

Most things on the island were VERY exxy....just to do the 2 themed dinners was just over $550 for the 4 of us...hence the reason we only did 2!  lol.  Everything is so expensive because most stuff has to be shipped in, plus electricity there is ridiculously expensive - to compare, here in Aus we pay around 17cents per unit & at Norfolk, they pay 75 cents per unit :-0.  To buy fresh milk, it's about $7.50 per litre!!!  So, everyone just uses the long-life milk, which is still expensive compared to Australia.  Another example - a box of 4 cornetto ice creams was $10 - and I noticed in Woollies the other day, that I could buy 2 boxes of 4 for $8....so that's less for double the amount.

It is a very beautiful picturesque island.....full of fascinating history - from the convict settlements to the Pitcairn Islanders (who are descendants from the Mutiny on the Bounty) who came to live there in 1856.  All the kind of stuff that I just love!  The kids didn't find it all too interesting though....go figure!  lol

I took around 1,000 pics, but will only add a few here....dont'think I could cope with how slow blogger is at uploading! But I have uploaded 100+ on facebook, so if anyone is interested just let me know & I will add you!

Anson Bay

View from Mt Pitt

Moreton Bay Fig trees - these just looked amazing. (I think I took probably 50 odd photos of them...lol)

A cow - there were hundreds of cows on Norfolk that just roam along the roadside & they have right of way

View from Puppies Point

Ross's point

View through a hole in a rock to Philip Island

One of the old lighters - that are used to unload ships of their cargo.

 cemetary

Kingston

View over the old convict area of Kingston - including the gaol.

Ball Bay

all of us standing above Anson Bay

A baby Norfolk pine

One of our walks through the bush

4 of us goofing around

Tail end Charlie & the whipping constable

some hungry geese!

Crowned queen of Tahitian dancing

Ball Bay

A few family shots using the trusty self time.....and tripod :-)

 

Holiday is over & it's time to fly home

Ooops, a bit more than a few there - sorry about that, but it's hard to pick just a few out of 1,000 or so...lol.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing just a little of our trip to Norfolk!