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Martin Bryant leaves Hobart at 9.45am and drives the 90 miles to Port Arthur
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Bryant stops at Seascape cottage and kills two people, an elderly couple at 11.00am
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Bryant enter Broad Arrow cafe and eats lunch on the porch at 1.00pm
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After he finishes his lunch, he goes back in with an AR-15 and kills 22 and wounds12 more in five minutes.
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Bryant exits the cafe at 1.30pm to the parking lot where he shoots 5 more.
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Bryant drives to Park entrance at 1.40pm where he shoots 3 more people, a mother and her two children.
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1:45pm Bryant goes to the park entrance, carjacks a BMW, and kills the three occupants.
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1:50 pm Bryant stops at a petrol station, shoots a woman, and kidnaps the man.
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2:00
Bryant takes a hostage and drives back to the cottage
He shoots at cars on the highway injuring more people
He then takes his hostage inside Seascape and sets fire to the BMW. -
2:30pm Two local constables return and surround cottage
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5:30
Special Operations Group Arrives
The Tasmanian special police arrive.
Police surrounded the guesthouse within an hour, and an 18-hour standoff ensued involving two shooters. -
Martin Bryant came out of the building saying not to shoot that he was the hostage.