Heritage Motor Launches | Jacaranda Cruises

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EVENT DETAILS:

Every spring our Heritage Motor Launch Harman cruises the lower Lane Cove River so that you can view the purple tide of Jacaranda trees blooming in the gardens of Hunters Hill and the North Shore. These gardens seen from the water give you an uninterrupted view of the shoreline as it was envisaged by some of the founding fathers of Hunters Hill, the Joubert's, who handed out trees in the 1860’s for the early inhabitants to plant in their gardens to enhance the new suburb.

Highlights:

• Discover the hidden winding entrance to the Lane Cove River and the Humbug.
• We pass Northwood Bay a favourite subject of Lloyd Rees paintings.
• Hear about the ongoing conflict between convict sawmillers and farmers and the Aboriginal resistance fighters.
• We visit Woolwich where the change from a heavily industrialised harbour shoreline to public parks and premier residential areas has left sites such as Mort’s Dock cut into the sandstone cliffs.

EVENT INFORMATION:

Morning Check-In: 9.45am for a 10.15am start

Afternoon Check-In: 12.00pm for a 12.30pm start

Meeting Point: Sydney Heritage Fleet Shipyard.

The tour finishes back at Sydney Heritage Fleet Shipyard.

Where to arrive: Sydney Heritage Fleet's Heritage Docks and Workshop, Gate 4, 13 James Craig Road, Rozelle, NSW 2039.

The SHF gate is located on the right-hand side of the first roundabout on James Craig Road (look out for the signs). Come through the wire gate.

Note: You will not be able to view the boats from the street. Also, this is not…