It was a very successful National Trust Heritage Festival with the Friends providing refreshments for visitors to the Museum throughout the day.

Pictured left are visitors who took the special Friends tour which included stories about the first colonial artwork produced in Australia, the first Observatory, first Garden, first mail, first wooden boat building, first geological observations, first scientist buried here and the first telecommunications connection for New Zealand.

HERITAGE FESTIVAL AT LA PEROUSE 15th April 10am - 4pm

Free Tour of Laperouse Monuments and sites starts at 10.30. Meet on the verandah of the Laperouse Museum. Morning Tea provided by Friends of the Laperouse Museum at 11.30 on the verandah. No Booking required.

Bare Island Open Day: Join the National Parks and Wildlife Service in celebrating the history and early innovation of this unique fortification. The day will include re-enactments of musket and cannon firing and amazing stories from the Corps of Marines. Other displays include the Randwick Historical Society and the Telstra museum Morsecodians who demonstrate their trade and tell how this invention brought the world closer together. The day will include self guided tours of the fort and more…

Adults: $10 Concession and children (5-15 years): $8.00 Children under 5 are free of charge. The ticket price includes all activities and free entry to the Laperouse Museum (valid for day of purchase only). For more information on this event phone: 9253 0888 or email [email protected]

Further details on National Trust Heritage Festival