School Holiday Tours
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Looking for something to do this school holidays? Explore Cockatoo Island with our most popular family-friendly tours!
This school holidays, spend the day uncovering the histories, mysteries and stories of Cockatoo Island on one (or all three!) of our most popular all-ages tours.
Want to check out the highlights and learn more about the colourful cast of real-life characters who lived and worked on Cockatoo Island, including convicts, wayward youths and dock workers? Check out our Sandstone to Steel Tour.
Interested in the turbulent history of the island's former penal establishment? Book onto our Convict Prison Tour. Looking for something a little spookier? Try our 90-minute Dark Past Tour.
Want tickets to our regular Saturday or Sunday tour or to check out our other tour options? Visit this page to find out more.
Quick overview
- Cost: $26 per adult, $16 per child and $16 per concession holder.
- Dates and times:
- Sandstone to Steel Tour – 11am on Thursday 28 Sept and Thursday 5 Oct.
- Convict Prison Tour – 1pm on Thursday 28 Sept and Thursday 5 Oct.
- Dark Past Tour – 6:30pm and 8:30pm on Friday 29 Sept.
- Meeting point: All tours start outside the Visitor Centre.
Important information
- To ensure the safety of participants and Harbour Trust staff, at the discretion of the Harbour Trust, any participant(s) who appears intoxicated, disruptive or displays consistently unsafe behaviour, will not be permitted to take part in the tour, and / or may be asked to leave the tour at any time. Refunds will not be provided.
- Weather conditions: Tours will proceed regardless of weather conditions except in the event of extreme weather. Participants will be notified via email if the tour is cancelled, and under these circumstances, a full refund will be issued.
Content and mobility
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Our First Nations community are advised that this tour contains stories (and may contain images and/or visuals) of deceased persons.
- Site conditions: This tour is not suitable for wheelchairs and mobility scooters due to uneven surfaces and the requirement to climb stairs and ascend rises.
- Ranger and Security: All visitors must comply with the safety directives issued by guides, rangers and security staff.
- Age restriction:
What to bring
- Suitable walking shoes and wet weather clothing (if needed).
Getting here
- For information about getting here, including by public transport, see: Visit Cockatoo Island.
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Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island
Sydney Harbour, NSW 2110
Sydney Harbour, NSW 2110