Goat Island

The challenge for this weeks wide Wednesday was sea or water.  Now if I were in Newie, the sea would be a piece of cake but where I am in Sydney it is a bit of drive to get there.  The harbour and river system however is on my doorstep and so here you have Goat Island.  This is where we went for NYE this/last year.  It is part of Sydney harbour National Parks.  I go past it twice a day on the Ferry approaching and leaving Barangaroo.  The ferry has to slow as it is a no wash zone.

Here is what National Parks on their webpage say about it:

Goat Island has long been a significant place in Port Jackson. The island, known as Me-mel by the local Cadigal people, was once inhabited by Bennelong and Barangaroo.
Since European settlement, Goat Island played an important and fascinating role in the development of Sydney’s cityscape. In the 1800s, the island was used as a home for convict work gangs and as a gunpowder storage depot.
The Queen's Magazine, which stands on Goat Island, was built in the 1830s by convicts using sandstone quarried from the eastern side of the island. It was used to store explosives, and beside it there's a barracks, cooperage and kitchen.
Later, Goat Island was the site of the first water police station and harbour fire brigade. Following this, the island served as a shipyard, and in more recent years it has been a location for filming and concerts, including the television series Water Rats.