Island sights in Sydney
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Shark Island
Little Shark Island off Rose Bay makes a great picnic getaway, but there's not a lot here except for toilets and drinking water – and at 250m by 100m, you'll soon have explored every inch of it. Captain Cook Cruises runs five ferries per day to the island from Circular Quay (jetty 6) and Darling Harbour (pier 26).
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Clark Island
Clark Island off Darling Point makes a great picnic getaway, but you'll need to hire a water taxi or have access to a boat to reach it. Facilities include drinking water, picnic tables and toilets. To visit you will need a permit from Cadmans Cottage in The Rocks.
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Goat Island
Goat Island, west of the Harbour Bridge, has been a shipyard, quarantine station and gunpowder depot in its previous lives. Three-hour heritage tours depart at 10.30am on Sundays from Cadman's Cottage; bookings essential. On the last Sunday of the month the boat departs the island 45 minutes later (and costs $3 more), allowing extra island time for a picnic lunch (bring your own).
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Cockatoo Island
Studded with photogenic industrial relics, convict architecture and art installations, fascinating Cockatoo Island (Wareamah) opened to the public in 2007 and now has regular ferry services, a campground and rental accommodation. Weekly guided tours dig into the island's time as a prison, shipyard and naval base (bookings essential), but information boards and audio tours ($5) make a self-guided wander rewarding.
A spooky tunnel passes clear through the middle of the island and you can also explore the remains of the prison. During WWII most of the old sandstone buildings were stripped of their roofs and converted into bomb shelters. Solitary confinement cells were…
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