Keeps the riff raff at bay! And the best tourist is a scared tourist- more respectful that way.
There’s also an opportunity to reopen some of the original prisons and whipping posts for sado-maso-tourism, watch out for that in the upcoming recovery. We need more tourists and this has been a sadly overlooked niche. But
@phlebas and I have the expertise to iron out a real plan to do our bit for economic recovery!
The vision is to attract tourists as Guards and convicts. I’m concentrating on the convict aspect - arranging for old fashioned shackles for arrivees with plans to revitalize the Hyde Park Barracks to operational status. Ruins at Port Arthur and Norfolk Island for extended options named for previous convicts and their sentences - eg the John Lane package includes free passage to Norfolk Island chained in the hold of a tall ship with a penalty of 2,000 lashes to be executed across the duration of the package (this encouraging longer term stays- and if you’ve seen nightly rates for accommodation in Australia you understand a long term stay will provide a return on investment of 10s of thousands of dollars!)
For the sight seeing enthusiasts, a walking tour via various convict sites stopping at all known flogging locations like Bulls Camp on the Blue Mountains tour...
Contact me or
@phlebas to be put on the waiting list in anticipation of an exciting new way to visit Australia and really immerse oneself in our unique history!