Today a number of volunteers from the Friends of Willow Court had a training day at Port Arthur. We looked at the booking systems that the site uses to handle the 250,000 visitors per year, website integration, staff training in tour guiding and retaining  staff in regional Tasmania. There was much discussed and then we were offered to tag along with some of the Port Arthur tour guides through the thematic introduction tour and a tour of the isle of the dead. We were invited back to continue the ongoing co-relationship between Willow Court and Port Arthur. The Friends of Willow Court would like to thank the Port Arthur staff for their generous support and thank Graham McLean for offering his 12 seater bus for free (except fuel). No volunteer was paid for being at the training day. This is an ongoing part of the preparation that is going on in the background preparing for the opening of Tasmania’s newest tourist attraction.