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#25
Andy Munns

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Andy Munns

1. What is your experience of Cockatoo Island / Wareamah?

Visited within last 2-5 years

2. Which of the following best describes your overall response to the Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Draft Master Plan?

Unsupportive

3. How important to you is each of the following Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Draft Master Plan objectives?

Response breakdown
100%
Very important
Conserve, protect and interpret the World Heritage Values
Very important
Establish Cockatoo Island / Wareamah as a place for tourism, restaurants and cafes, accommodation, events, creativity and employment
Very important
Enhance the access and connection to the island for Greater Sydney
Very important
Rehabilitate the island’s waters and built assets for the use and benefit of future generations
Very important
Establish, conserve and protect First Nations values of place
Very important

4. The Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Draft Master Plan brings together many considerations to create an engaging experience. How satisfied are you that the draft master plan addresses each of the following historical themes?

Response breakdown
75%
Very satisfied
25%
Not at all satisfied
Connecting with Country
Very satisfied
Natural history
Very satisfied
Convicts, prisoners and school children
Very satisfied
Dock working, ship building and defending Australia
Not at all satisfied

Would you like to submit any specific feedback on the proposals within Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Draft Master Plan?

Minimal treatment here for the last and highly culturally significant component of the Island's history
Maintaining Sutherland Dock as a working marina seriously fails to reflect the working maritime history of CI. Is this simply income related?
No mention of the heritage of the Shipwright area and its slipways - Why can't these be utilised by maritime heritage organisations to maintain and repair their vessels? Would be an attraction to tourists.
See Bredalsholmen Dokk in Norway as best case example.
4.4. Public programs and visitor experience
Lip service only - The Fitzroy dock could be a working dock utilised for heritage vessels in Sydney Harbour. The ST Yelta (CID built) could be housed there. Heritage vessels could be docked there. Too late for ST Forceful.
Drained Fitzroy Dock surrounded by working steam cranes showing its past use through the use of technology.
Fitzroy Dock is of critical heritage significance, however, no mention of the utilisation skills that could be preserved through docking of ANMM and SHF heritage vessels - just imagine if vessels like "James Craig" and the "Endeavour" replica were docked from time to time...
Would the FD caisson be restored, or would a piling structure like installed at South Brisbane Dry Dock be installed?
Will there be any one ship docked for tourists to see this technology in action?
No mention of the Fitzroy Slip? ST Waratah was built here and is last surviving CID vessel built here.

Would you like to upload a document or documents?

No