Meet Sylvie at 9:15am at Circular Quay to take the F3 ferry to Cockatoo Island at 9 37 going through Balmain.

We will visit the island and focus on the following themes

- seagulls and their nesting

- industrial buildings, cranes etc...

- abstracts details in buildings

- machinery

- boats (the island is now a marina  for yachts).

Members will move around at leisure and we will meet for lunch on the island.

Cockatoo Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the largest of several islands that were originally heavily timbered. It has a fascinating history, a penal esdtablishment, then a large shipyard and now a landmark harbour attraction with cultural events and heritage interpretation.

It offers endless oppoprtunities for some great photography.