Interesting tour of one family’s history of settlement on Norfolk Island.
Pitcairn Settlers Village的点评
点评:The Pitcairn settlers village consists of an original family home and several outbuildings acting as museums. First you have an introductory chat by the guide a small auditorium. The group then walks from old building to old building with the guide telling us about the history of items in each building e.g one covered whaling, another was a blacksmiths forge, another included household items. Our guide one of the younger descendants was very entertaining and informative. You are on your feet for a fair while on this tour but there are a number of chairs at each building allowing you to sit if needed. The last stop is in the front room of the old homestead but you don’t get to go any further through the old house. At the end of the walking tour the group gets on the old 1928 Ford truck which was converted by the family into an open sided tour bus in the early days of tourism. The bus takes you around the gardens for a few minutes. The group then gets dropped off at the auditorium and watches a documentary on the history of the Pitcairn settlers and their relocation to Norfolk Island with a special focus of this particular family and their role in the history, life and original tourism enterprises of Norfolk Island. After this we were served either tea or coffee and a biscuit with guava jam. Overall interesting and lasts a couple of hours. Worth doing.
翻译:皮特凯恩岛定居者村由一座原始的家族住宅和几座用作博物馆的附属建筑组成。首先,导游会在一个小礼堂进行介绍性讲解。之后,大家会步行参观各个老建筑,导游会讲解每座建筑内物品的历史,例如,有的展示的是捕鲸活动,有的曾是铁匠铺,还有的则陈列着一些生活用品。我们的导游是家族后裔中的年轻一代,他风趣幽默,知识渊博。参观过程中需要长时间站立,但每座建筑旁都设有椅子,方便游客随时休息。最后一站是老宅的前厅,但游客无法进入老宅内部更深处。步行参观结束后,大家会登上1928年的福特老卡车,这辆卡车在旅游业兴起之初被家族成员改装成了一辆敞篷观光巴士。巴士会载着游客在花园里游览几分钟。随后,一行人被送到礼堂,观看了一部关于皮特凯恩岛定居者历史及其迁徙至诺福克岛的纪录片,重点讲述了这个特定家庭及其在诺福克岛历史、生活和早期旅游业中所扮演的角色。之后,我们享用了茶或咖啡,以及一块涂有番石榴酱的饼干。整个过程很有趣,大约持续几个小时。值得一去。