Entrance Colour:Raw It closed on 28 March

It closed on 28 March 2010 and sat untouched for years

A corrugated iron Nissen hut

The domestic water system of MV Cape Don

photographed at Balls Head Bay in 2016: water pressure tanks at left

Entrance Colour:Raw It closed on 28 MarchThe main entrance gate at Newington Armament Depot and Nature Reserve, rust stained and crumbling at the hinges, is what 102 years of armament logistics looked like at its threshold. From 1897, this gateway controlled access to one of the most restricted sites on the Parramatta River, a depot that stored and distributed gunpowder, shells, torpedoes, and depth charges for the Australian, British, and United States Navies. Part of the Newington Armory