Cockatoo Island rocks! Traditional Cache
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Ministro - Matt
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Cockatoo Island is a World Heritage Site and is located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, in Sydney Harbour. Accessible by Sydney ferries. this is a GREAT place to visit for a few hours, a whole day, or even camp overnight. LOTS of interesting history to read about on your way around the island.
Between 1839 and 1869, Cockatoo Island operated as a convict penal establishment, primarily as a place of secondary punishment for convicts who had re-offended in the colonies. Cockatoo Island was also the site of one of Australia's biggest shipyards, operating between 1857 and 1991. The first of its two dry docks were built by convicts. Listed on the National Heritage List, the island is significant for its demonstration of the characteristics of a long-running dockyard and shipbuilding complex, including evidence of key functions, structures and operational layout. Cockatoo Island contains the nation's most extensive and varied record of shipbuilding, and has the potential to enhance understanding of maritime and heavy industrial processes in Australia from the mid-19th century. In July 2010, Cockatoo Island was listed as a World Heritage Site and has been managed by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust since 2001. Room for travel bugs and small trades. A medal enclosed for FTF. Please be careful as rocks can be slippery. No need to venture very far off the path.
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