A new Quarantine experience
The Quarantine Station at North Head near Manly is an important heritage icon of Sydney harbour, as the first port for ships arriving in Sydney between 1830 to 1984. Ghost stories surrounding the Quarantine Station has been its main attraction, where the station holds ghost tours of the site, telling stories of those arriving from the sea when the passangers had been infected with small pox and dying in masses at the Quarantine Station due to the wide spread of the disease.
The Quarantine Station, recently re-named to Q Station, has undergone major reconstruction and wants to establish itself as a contemporary historical resort where conference facilities are available and accommodation provided for visitors to open later this year.
A new type of experience has just started, where smaller boats such as the size of a water taxi will start to unload visitors on the exact point where those small pox victims were unloaded all those years ago. They will walk the steps of the earlier passengers, learn the stories and myths of those times.
It's meant to create a different venues for visitors of Sydney to hangout. "This is something that is missing in Sydney, in fact, Australia generally - a terrific night time experience, rather than just eating out." said Simon McArthur, general manager of the Q Station, in a local interview.
As Q Station is still a national heritage site, and owned by the National Parks and Wildlife Services, twenty cents of every dollar paid for the tours and accommodation at Q Station will go towards the conservation of the area or the Sydney Harbour National Park.
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