The one historical site Norfolk Island s extensive and dramatic British seaside penal ruins form part of the Unesco World Heritage Australian Convict Sites listing. Rivalling Port Arthur, Tasmania, for breadth and being relatively intact, the Kingston and Arthur s Vale Historic Area includes the beautifully-preserved Government House. The 1829 Georgian mansion opens to the public and visitors on select days. See norfolkisland.com.au
LAWRENCE SMITH
Norfolk Island s cemetery in Kingston houses dozens of sunken tombstones belonging to convicts and early settlers, many of whom are descendants off the HMS Bounty. The one stay Norfolk Island, unlike Lord Howe Island to which it s often compared, lacks the distinctive luxury lodge-style accommodation found on the latter isle. Some glamour wouldn t go astray on Norfolk but you won t be slumming it either at secluded King Tide House, a luxury home perched between a forest of pines and a cliff-face overlooking a bluer-than-blue Pacif
THE ONE ARTWORK
Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia, is home to descendants of Fletcher Christian s 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty. Discover their story at the Fletcher s Mutiny Cyclorama, a 360 degree painting, as it brings to life this extraordinary affair and how, with the acquiescence of Queen Victoria, early mutineer descendants eventually found their way to Norfolk Island after abandoning their original Pitcairn Island home. See norfolkcyclorama.com
THE ONE VIEW
Popular Mount Pitt, at 320 metres, provides sublime panoramic views of the island and the Pacific Ocean. Special too, are the vistas and setting afforded from the Captain Cook Memorial clifftop lookout inside Norfolk Island National Park. From here, where Cook and his officers landed in 1774, a series of karsts, a Great Ocean Road in miniature, emerge from the crashing sea as migratory birds swirl above. See parksaustralia.gov.au