Thanks to the active lobbying by "Defenders of Sydney Harbour Foreshores", a coalition including NPA Sydney Branch, many of the amendments to the Sydney
Harbour Federation Trust Bill passed in the Senate in June 2000 has now been included in the Act passed by the House of Reps and the Senate in March 2001. The official hand over of these lands to the Trust was conducted on Georges Heights on Sunday 18 March.
Proposals for the management of these sites will been on public display in the old Customs House in May/June/July. Work of the Community Consultative Committees continues.
The Trust has opened the previous Army Maritime School at the northeastern end of Clifton Gardens and the 150m of road into Middle Head so that one can now walk from Sirius Cove to Middle Head along the foreshore during the day.
Plans are being finalised for walking tracks from the Maritime School up to Middle Head road and also through the southern end of HMAS Penguin to Balmoral beach.