Newsroom

Couple admiring the Hanging Swamp at North Head Sanctuary in Manly.
Welcome to our newsroom – your source of news items, blogs, media releases and other updates about our organisation and the places we protect on Sydney Harbour.

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6 May 2024

Harbour Trust shortlisted for two categories in the 2024 National Trust Heritage Awards

We can proudly reveal that the Harbour Trust has been shortlisted for two awards in two separate categories in the 2024 National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards.

15 April 2024

Spiky secrets: Things you might not know about echidnas (blog)

In this article, North Head Sanctuary Foundation Founding President, Judy Lambert, shares interesting facts you might not know about echidnas. 

2 April 2024

Tunnel 1 reopens for public access on Cockatoo Island / Wareamah

Following the successful completion of the Tunnel 1 re-lining project on Cockatoo Island / Wareamah, the Harbour Trust is proud to reopen the tunnel for public access from 28 March 2024.

26 March 2024

Wirra Birra Park at Sub Base Platypus in North Sydney set to open this Easter

Following the opening of the rejuvenated Torpedo Factory Precinct at Sub Base Platypus, North Sydney, the Harbor Trust is proud to unveil Wirra Birra Park, which will be open to the public from Good Friday, 29 March 2024.

29 February 2024

Tree vandalism on Harbour Trust land at Goat Paddock, Woolwich

On 15 January 2024, vandalism which involved the illegal removal of trees occurred on Harbour Trust land at the Goat Paddock in Woolwich.

24 August 2023

Revised Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan available for feedback

From 14 March 2023 until 9 May 2023, the Harbour Trust’s Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan was on public exhibition. Following this consultation and review of comments and community feedback, the Revised Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan is now available for further feedback.

24 August 2023

Harbour Trust releases Revised Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan (media release)

The Harbour Trust has released its revised Draft Master Plan for Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh, which outlines the proposed revitalisation and long-term vision for the nationally significant headland in Mosman that overlooks the entrance to Sydney Harbour

22 June 2023

See a WWII era torpedo at Cockatoo Island (media release)

For a limited time only, visitors to the Industrial Precinct can marvel at a WWII era submarine torpedo. The decommissioned Mark VIII torpedo was today transferred to Cockatoo Island from Spectacle Island’s military base. The Harbour Trust will eventually relocate the torpedo to Sub Base Platypus, its community recreation and work hub in North Sydney.

 

9 June 2023

Consultation Outcomes Report available regarding Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan

From 14 March 2023 until 9 May 2023 the Harbour Trust’s Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh Draft Master Plan was on public exhibition. The Harbour Trust has reviewed all feedback received during initial exhibition and created a Consultation Outcomes Report.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians and Owners of the lands, waters and sky of Sydney Harbour, including the extraordinary places we manage and protect. Today, the homelands of the Borogegal, Birrabirragal, Cammeraygal, Gadigal, Gayamagal, Wallumedegal and Wangal peoples host destinations under our stewardship. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

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