"Salt River", also known as Salt Creek, is a former penal colony on the Tasman Peninsula 106 km from Hobart and 23 km from Port Arthur. On the territory of "Salty River" once there were two penal settlements. One was agricultural and its inhabitants grew vegetables and fruits, and contained a pigsty. The products of this colony were exported to Port Arthur and other settlements on the Peninsula. And the residents of the second, is known for its inhuman conditions of detention, the coal was mined. In this colony is guarded around the clock was 60 people. Escape from here was almost impossible due to the inventive alarm system.

Today the second colony is included in the National Heritage list of Australia as the location of historic coal mines. And in place of the former colonies remained only ruins and dungeons, restored in 1977. This camera is one of the most horrific examples of the conditions in which prisoners lived throughout Australia. Here you can see the ruins of a large prison with a warning label "Danger!" and "do Not enter! ". In the distance you see an old coal mine, which today is no more than just a hole in the ground, surrounded by a fence. A sign nearby reads: "This huge hole is all that remains of the main shaft Plunkett point. Coal mining began in 1834. For prisoners working in the mine was part of the punishment. At peak production of about 500 tons of coal each year went to Hobart. Coal mining was discontinued in 1848, and the mine for the purposes of public security sealed".

Today the ruins of the "Salt River" - a kind of symbol of the history of Hobart, who tend to visit all the tourists coming to Tasmania. From the ruins you can go down to the Bay Ironton on the banks of which is arranged a variety of picnic areas.