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Between June 2022 and November 2023, the Harbour Trust – with the aid of specialist volunteers, including ex-servicepeople – undertook work to faithfully restore the Counter-Bombardment Observation Post and its sister facility, the Close Defence Battery Observation Post. These remnant observation posts were part of North Fort, the former Defence complex and artillery battery established at North Head in 1936.
On Wednesday 24 April, the Harbour Trust took ownership of the Fitzroy ferry and relocated it Cockatoo Island from Pittwater, where it had been in private use for decades. Measuring 3 metres (9 feet 8 inches), the wooden vessel once played a vital role in the island's maritime operations.
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.
In this article, North Head Sanctuary Foundation Founding President, Judy Lambert, shares interesting facts you might not know about echidnas.
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.
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.
On 15 January 2024, vandalism which involved the illegal removal of trees occurred on Harbour Trust land at the Goat Paddock in Woolwich.
The North Head Sanctuary Master Plan was finalised to incorporate the feedback received from the public consultation and endorsed by the Members of the Trust at their 14 February 2024 meeting. The North Head Sanctuary Master Plan has now been published on the Harbour Trust website.
The Harbour Trust has created a draft master plan for North Head Sanctuary and released it for public exhibition. The North Head Sanctuary Draft Master Plan is available for feedback until 5pm AEDT on Tuesday 31 October 2023. Have your say and register to attend an online information session on Thursday 21 September.
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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