Convict, Castles & Champagne Tour. Goat Island.
1300 266 842. Sydney Harbour, Australia.
Goat Island. Sydney Harbour.
Goat Island. Sydney Harbour. 2013. Me-mel
Goat Island, west of the Harbour Bridge, was once the fledgling colony's gunpowder store and the source of the sandstone used in some of Sydney's finest buildings. This 13 hectare island was also the headquarters for the Sydney Water Police who kept an eye out for smugglers and escaped convicts.
Quarried by convict labour, the stone was also used in the island's own structures, including the superb magazine with walls so thick the temperature inside remained steady, whatever the season. Grisly relics of Goat Island's convict origins remain, including a seat carved out of stone by Charles Anderson, who was sentenced to be tied to the rock for two years.
Foo Fighters My Hero Live @ Goat Island, Sydney, Australia, 24 03 2011 480p
Foo Fighters - Aurora.Live Goat Island, Sydney, Australia
Aurora
Goat Island - Sydney Harbour Kingfish
After hearing numerous reports of kingfish being caught around Sydney Harbour, I thought why not? let's take the kayak down to new territories and see if I can catch one...it has been pretty quiet everywhere so desperate times called for desperate measures. After some recon, I launched at Mort Bay and was able to catch squid around the ferry wharves. The trip out to Goat Island was a short and it wasn't long before I hooked onto my maiden Sydney Harbour Kingfish (approx. 70cm)..I'm aware much bigger kings are also lurking but that's another chapter yet to be written...get out there folks, what an amazing backdrop while enjoying our favourite past-time.
Attack of the Birds on Goat Island, Sydney, Australia
Attack of the Birds on Goat Island, Sydney, Australia. So many Seagulls nesting while our tour of Goat Island continues. Nice views of Sydney Harbour Bridge along the way.
Green Day - Warning [Live @ Goat Island, Sydney 2000]
Green Day playing Warning Live at Goat Island, Sydney, Australia, 19th Oct 2000
Sydney Harbour Islands
The Harbour Islands are Sydney's best kept secret. There are several in the harbour that you can visit to explore, for a picnic, or just to take in the history and the view. These include Fort Denison, Cockatoo, Garden, Shark, Clark and Rodd Islands. Goat island is currently closed. These are all distinct and beautiful islands and have magnificent views of sailing boats on the harbour and of Sydney's harbourside buildings. At most times of the year they can be nearly deserted. Wherever you go, expect specular views, interesting history, and somewhere just a little off that well beaten track.
To get to the islands you will need some form of water transport. To some islands you can catch a scheduled ferry services, either on either Sydney Ferries or Captain Cook/Matilda Ferries. Some tours are offered to the islands, including water transport, either scheduled or private. You can also catch a water taxi, or impose on a friend with a boat to drop you off.
Fort Denison is a popular island on the harbour. You can't miss seeing it, it is right in front of the Opera House. The island was used as a convict prison during the early days of Sydney's settlement. The island was then known as Pinchgut. In 1857 the entire area became a large fort, built to defend Sydney against Russian attack. Today the island is managed by National Parks. There is a museum that you can visit just by catching the ferry, or you can take a complete tour of the fort and tower by taking the National Parks tour.
Cockatoo Island was used for convicts in the early days of the colony, but later it was developed for shipbuilding and industry. There is no industry remaining on the island, and the space is now parkland and many of the buildings open to explore.
Garden island was the navy headquarters, shipyards and dock for much of its history. It is no longer an island, with the area between the mainland and the island being filled with dry-docks, ship building and other boat and navy facilities. However the only access is still by ferry, since the remaining naval base is on the strip of land between the mainland and the island.
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Views of Sydney Skyline Cruise back from Goat Island
Views of Sydney Skyline and the mouth of Darling Harbour on Cruise back from Goat Island
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Sydney - April 2017
Sydney Harbour - looking west to Peacock Point and Goat Island
22nd June- Goat Island V1 Quick Session
Am solo around Goat Island in Sydney Harbour. 1st try using Timewarp on the GoPro Hero 7. Super impressed by video quality and stabilisation.
Getting Towed 100m by a Sydney Kingfish on Sydney Harbour Kingies
This King towed me 100m to Goat Island hand had well and truly done!
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Green Day Live @ Goat Island
Setlist:
Nice Guys Finish Last
Minority
Blood, Sex and Booze
Longview
Welcome to Paradise
Castaway
Warning
Hitchin' a Ride
Brain Stew
Jaded
2000 Light Years Away
Basket Case
King for a Day
Waiting
When I Come Around
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
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Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly.Live @ Goat Island, Sydney, Aust.flv
Trust list Goat Island crane
The National Trust listed Goat Island crane on its Register, a rare surviving example of an early Twentieth Century dockside tower crane of the type which was characteristically installed in shipyards around the world. It is the only known surviving example of its age and type in Australia and would be a rare survivor world-wide.
This video shows the magnificence of the crane from all angles on Sydney Harbour.
Goat island visit July 2014
Photos and video from July 2014 visit.
Foo Fighters - Dear Rosemary - Live at Goat Island, Sydney ,Australia.
Wasting Light on Sydney Harbour 2011-03-24 Goat Island, Sydney Australia.I do not own any rights of this song or video.
Foo Fighters - Bridge Burning - Live at Goat Island, Sydney ,Australia.
Wasting Light on Sydney Harbour 2011-03-24 Goat Island, Sydney Australia.I do not own any rights of this song or video.
Kings of Leon - Sydney 2013
Kings of Leon at Goat Island, Sydney, Australia (November 19, 2013).
1. Supersoaker 0:45
2. The Bucket 4:42
3. Notion 7:53
4. Family Tree 11:01
5. Four Kicks 15:07
6. Beautiful War 17:22
7. Closer 22:31
8. Back Down South 27:02
9. Pyro 31:00
10. Wait For Me 35:34
11. Temple 39:04
12. Be Somebody 43:17
13. Use Somebody 47:23
14. Sex On Fire 51:34
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