Convicts & Castles: Goat Island Walking Tour Including Sydney Harbour Cruise

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Prior to sailing time we will board at Campbell’s Cove, The Rocks or Ives Steps Wharf

  15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• (Pass by)

  Discover Sydney’s colorful convict history with Sydney Harbour Tall Ships and take in the sites of Sydney Harbour aboard a traditional vessel. Travel to Goat Island, where you'll learn about Australia's convict history on a guided walking tour before returning to the vessel for lunch and a 1.5 hour cruise on Sydney Harbour.

  Admission ticket free
• 2

  Experience a Historic Tour of Goat Island and see the sights where the first convicts lived in the past. Goat Island, which has restricted, limited access, is the largest of the islands in Sydney Harbour. Over the years, Goat Island has served as a quarry, convict stockade, explosives store, police station and fire station. Today the island forms part of the Sydney Harbour National Park. On a 1-mile (1.5-km) guided walking tour, learn about Goat Island’s colorful past and visit some of Australia's most important and intact convict-built structures. Take in the historic surroundings, and visit the early-1800s military gun-powder magazine, the soldiers’ barracks complex and Sydney’s oldest water police station. You’ll learn what convict life was like on Goat Island, from their punishments to their cramped sleeping quarters and food.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Sydney Harbour

  After your guided walking tour receive a complimentary drink before re-boarding the ferry. Then it’s time to relax and enjoy a cold buffet feast with a complimentary glass of sparkling wine! As you eat, enjoy the surrounding views of Sydney Harbour before returning back to Campbell's Cove.

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Disembark at Campbell's Cove, The Rocks or Ives Steps Wharf

  15 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Sydney Harbour Tall Ships reserves the right to add, withdraw, substitute and/or vary advertised routes, prices, departure times and locations without notice if considered necessary for the safety and welfare of the tall ship, its passengers and crew. However, reasonable effort will be made to maintain arrangements as advertised.
• Sydney Harbour Tall Ships will not be liable for any loss or expense incurred by a passenger as a result.

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