Seniors Day Trip

The Irish Support Agency is delighted to host our Seniors Day Trip. The trip is offered free of charge to ISA Members.

This year we will be visiting beautiful Manly and North Head Quarantine Station. The first known use of North Head as a quarantine site was in August 1828 with the detaining of the convict ship Bussorah Merchant when a number of crew became infected with smallpox. The average time of quarantine at North Head was three weeks.

The station was further developed as a complex to include accommodation blocks, hospital wards and morgue, as well as an administration centre, and it remained in operation until the early 1980s. During its life 580 ships were detained at North Head and more than 13,000 people were quarantined.

Meeting Point: Irish Support Agency, 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills

Time: 9.20am (or 9.45am at Circular Quay, Wharf 2)

Transport:  Ferry from Circular Quay Wharf 2 to Manly at 10am

We will then take a shuttle bus from Manly Wharf to North Head Reserve and spend 45 minutes exploring the area and historic buildings. 

Lunch at Ivanhoe Hotel at 12.30pm. 

Depart Manly at 2pm; arrive Circular Quay at 2.22pm. 

Places are limited, so to reserve your space, call Una on 0412 324 396.