Blogs from Cockatoo Island , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

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Matilda
July 14th 2012

Ok, this is the last of this weeks uploads and hope you're all not getting too fed up of the blogs but trying to share as much as possible with family and friends:) It is a bit heavier than normal days out but hopefully still worth a read. As the title suggests, Sydney holds this event every other year. This year its running from 27th June -16 September and is titled 'all our relations'. From one write up I saw, the works aim to 'directly address current local and global issues, such as migration, contamination, corruption and coercion' presented 'in a way related to our senses, rather than in the negative and critical way we have become accustomed to'. 100 artists are exhibiting overall with the event being spread over different venues: The Art Gallery of ... read more




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WillandJo
December 24th 2011

We took a ferry across to Cockatoo Island with Andy and Jess, in search of an open air bar that they have on the Island over the summer. Unfortunately we arrived to discover that they had decided to close on Christmas Eve without telling anyone! Fortunately this proved not to be a problem as there was plenty to see. With a cider in hand from the other Island café to cool us down, we set off to explore the Island. It’s quite a spooky place in some areas as it was where they used to send the convicts and the place looks like it has just been deserted with all the prison cells/ cafeteria/ exercise areas/ officers’ quarters/ even a girls school all fully in tact – it looks a bit like all life has ... read more









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