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General information

• All bookings are subject to guide availability
• Bookings must be made at least seven (7) days in advance of the tour date.

COVID-19 Safe check-in

As a registered COVID Safe business, we require ticketholders to use the Service NSW app to scan a QR code and ensure a COVID Safe check-in at Cockatoo Island. Ahead of your tour, please ensure you have downloaded the app to your mobile device
Note: When you check using the app, only Cockatoo Island’s location and time of visit is recorded. This information is stored for 28 days and only for the purpose of contact tracing, if necessary.

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COVID – conditions of participation

To comply with the NSW Government’s COVID-19 public health orders, we are currently only accepting tour bookings for groups of up to 20 people plus a guide. Further, members of each group must ensure they 

• maintain a physical distance of 1.5 metres from others;
• have not travelled overseas within the last 14 days;
• have not had contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case within the last 14 days; and
• are not unwell and have not had any COVID-19 symptoms in the last 14 days.

Cost: $16 per adult, $12 per child, $12 per senior | Duration: 60 to 90 mins

Embark on a a guided journey through the complex and layered history of Cockatoo Island, formerly a prison, navy dockyard and major ship-building site. Available in a a 60-minute or 90-minute format, this tour is a great sightseeing activity for Probus and other groups, including families, seniors, tourists and historical societies. The 60-minute tour is suitable for groups with less mobile members as it is tailored to only cover the lower island. Meanwhile, the 90-minute tour expands the experience to include a walk to – and exploration of – the upper island.

Cost: $16 per adult, $12 per child, $12 per senior | Duration: 45 mins

Discover Cockatoo Island’s UNESCO World Heritage listed Convict Precinct with this tour of the upper island. Our guide will lead you through the turbulent history of the former penal establishment, stopping at iconic landmarks.

Cost: $25 per adult, $15 per child | Duration: 90 mins

Secrets. Scandals. Skeletons... Cockatoo Island has its fair share of all three. Discover for yourself with our all-ages Haunted History Tour. As you explore atmospheric landmarks, our guide will blend mystery with history to captivate your imagination.

• The easiest way to get to Cockatoo Island is by public ferry. The F3 and F8 services operate to Cockatoo Island daily, departing from Circular Quay, Darling Harbour and Barangaroo as well as from wharves along Parramatta River. For further information, including timetables, visit the Transport NSW website.
• Alternatively, we can arrange private transfer to and from Cockatoo Island at a cost of $16 per person. Email education@harbourtrust.gov.au for details.
  The booking price excludes the cost of ferry travel.
• If your group is travelling to Cockatoo Island by ferry, each person will need to be in possession of an Opal Card with sufficient funds. Alternatively, you can pre-purchase Opal One Day Travel Passes for their entire group. To arrange Opal One Day Travel Passes for your group, visit opaldaypass.transport.nsw.gov.au.
• If you are catching a ferry to Cockatoo Island with a large group, we encourage you to notify Harbour City Ferries by email. Please ensure they are made aware of the size of your group, the ferry service you intend to use (e.g. F3 Parramatta Service @ 10am on 17 July) and where you are travelling to and from (e.g. Circular Quay to Cockatoo Island).
• On-street parking is available for cars near the ferry wharves at Woolwich, Greenwich, Chiswick, Huntleys Point, Drummoyne, Birchgrove and Balmain.
  The Lark Carpark at the Hunters Hill Sailing Club (access via Clarke Road, Woolwich) offers parking for coaches and is a short walk from the Woolwich ferry wharf. [Note: Please use the designated Harbour Trust parking spaces to avoid fines.]