SV1K wrote:So, after completing my exhaust yesterday (8 hours) woke up today and said to Lyn that I wanted to go find this place that I have seen on google maps many times but never been able to find it... but today it was different I wasn't going home till I had found it and I can now tick it off my bucket list... some photos of the place.
Then we went looking else where and found this old building that is no longer used... big waste of money really and I bet they could bring it back into use ...
If you are looking for interesting history, Miramar Peninsula has it in truck loads.
Before you get to Massey, stop off at Shelly Bay, they is a film prop place that you can go into, $10, way better than any museum because you can play with the props!
Massey Memorial is where they buried all the tractors after the War… Nah, it’s a mausoleum for PM William Massey. Awesome spot, all very Roman and Marble. Interesting fact, it used to be a gun pit, walk up the hill and you have all the WW2 AA gun sites, great view. A bit further up and you have the old woman’s prison grounds, no buildings left but worth a look. This is also where they do a lot of sets for LOTR, Hobbit and where they had the set for “By Kingdom Come” which was a God botherer movie they built a Roman city set for but never used. It was lots of fun to run around inside pretending you were Jesus, until the teenagers moved in then it was a ancient roman city filled with tagging, condoms and empty cruiser bottles. BTW, security won’t let you get close to it now.
Further up the hill is the old prison, not a great deal to see except an old prison…but if you have a poke around you can see the out buildings including the vegetable patches, lots of walking trails, hand built. You can also find the old hut for a “dero” that lived in the bush up there, the story goes that he was released from prison but couldn’t move away so just lived in the bush.
Further round towards Seatoun is Fort Howard, up on the hill, very very interesting Fort, built to repel the Russians in the late 1800’s. Most of it is still intact and looks like it will be restored. They recently pulled one of the original cannons up and that is now being restored by a certain movie maker.
Keep going further round is Fort Dorset, they have recently opened up a walking track that goes up over the hills past all the gun pits, a good walk
Me and the dog walk them all, there’s lots more but thats enough
