Spectacle Island is a 36.4-hectare island in the village of Mooney Mooney in the Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Spectacle Island is located on the junction with M
The remains of one of several old shacks on Spectacle Island in 2009
Aboriginal rock art on Spectacle Island
Peat Island
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Peat Island is an island in the village of Mooney Mooney located in the Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Island has approximately eight hectares of land and is
Spectacle Island (Hawkesbury River)
…located on the junction with Mooney Mooney Creek and the Hawkesbury River. Spectacle Island is one of the two islands located in Mooney Mooney along with Peat Island. It is considered a protected nature reserve precinct and is part of the Brisbane Water National Park. The island was originally known as 'Goat Island…
Peat Island
Peat Island c. 1900 before the hospital was built. Photo courtesy State Library of NSW
This series of five ladders provided access to the dam in the gully above the cliffs. Photographed in 1983.
The two walls of the Cascade Creek dam supplied water for Peat and Milson Island. Photographed in 1991.