Just a reminder of the National Trust Heritage Festival- Barracks Open Day is fastly approaching. We also hope to have the Ward C exercise Yard open for the event.
Date: Saturday 29 May & Sunday 30 May
Self-guided tours of Australia’s oldest recently operating mental health site. It began as a convict hospital and the original 1830 building remains intact. Consider also a drive to the nearby Back River Chapel, burial site of several First Fleeters including Betty King, the first white woman to set foot in Australia.
Venue: Willow Court, The Avenue, New Norfolk
Time: From 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Admission: Bookings not required. Entry by gold coin donation to restoration funds.
Nick Jarvis