Thankyou Tania for taking the time out to take us around the three yards and bringing the history of the Female Factory alive. It is still a work in progress in restoration but well worth a look. One day it will be up there with Port Arthur.

Visited the Cascades Female Factory after a very pleasant stroll along the Hobart Rivulet walk. Highly recommend the guided tour - fantastic amount of detail and info from the knowledgeable guide, who was also able to trace her ancestry back to two of the convicts, bringing a real sense of connection and immediacy to the tour. We finished off with... More

We visited the Cascades Female Factory second week of May and took the guided tour. There were only 6 of us so we had the tour guide all to ourselves. The site is still being redeveloped so there is not much to see yet but yet what is there comes to life when the tour guide starts telling you the... More

Make sure you book in with a guide so that they can tell you all about the history of this place. If you wander around on your own you will be disappointed. Don't expect to see the ruins you see on the website or brochures because they aren't there. Having said that I was happy to listen to the guide... More

This is a decent place best visited as a part of the Louisa's walk. it's the stories that make it interesting , otherwise it's just a bunch of stone walls.

Wow its about time the factory was redeveloped and have sinage for this incriedale world heritage site. I get the impression that it has been a very long time in coming. My family and I have come to site many times over the three years. It has been a very different experence everytime. what we loved were the guides views... More

We visited this during "Louisa's Walk" tour, and found it very interesting. The original photographs in the shop are remarkable and it's not hard to imagine what it would be like. But I found it a little disturbing that although the original stonework etc can be seen in a small excavated area, the rest of the site is covered up... More

This site will be more interesting when the chapel is completed. There is ongoing work here and while it is already a chilling and rather sad place, it is a reminder of our convict past that is to be treasured. Well worth a visit.

I was reading the previous comments on this site and found them very lacking. The site is amazing it is under redevelopment at the moment but if you do tour the whole site is opened up for you. I have been many times in last few years. Have found it better and bvetter the stoies of the women and their... More