Tours and Events
There are a range of complimentary guide talks as well as additional tours and special events available each day. Scroll down for more information about what’s on today and in coming days.
Guide Talks
Commandant’s House | Penitentiary | Junior Medical Officers | Convict Church | Separate Prison |
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11.00am | 10.30am | |||
12.00pm | 11.45am | 11.30am | ||
1.30pm | 1.00pm | 1.45pm | 1.00pm | |
2.30pm | 2.00pm | |||
3.30pm | 3.00pm |
Junior Medical Officers – Guide talk on the verandah at 1.45pm
On this day: In 1844 at Port Arthur John Chipper was admonished for disorderly conduct.
And please join a Tour Guide in 1830 Bar & Restaurant at 3.30pm today for Happy Hour Histories.
Tours and Events

Kompactus at the Port Arthur Asylum
Festival of Voices special performance by Kompactus and the Tasman Peninsula Singers.

Lightwave Festival: Candela
Lightwave Festival and Port Arthur Historic Site present Candela: a curated dining experience in the depths of Port Arthur Historic Site.

Ghost Tour
As the sun sets, come out to the dark grounds of the Port Arthur Historic Site for your 90-minute, lantern-lit Ghost Tour. Follow your expert guide through some of Port Arthur’s more infamous buildings, ruins and hear vivid stories of unexplained events.

Escape from Port Arthur
Surrender your freedom for 1 hour to take this exciting tour where you will meet cunning criminal character who went to extreme measures to escape from Port Arthur.

Isle of the Dead cemetery tour
Step off the Harbour Cruise for a 40-minute guided tour around the final resting place for many convicts, soldiers and free settlers.

Port Arthur Premium Tour
Delve deeper into the stories behind our fascinating past on this 90-minute small group guided walk through history.