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| Fort Denison – View of Mortello Tower |
Until now.
It so happened my good friend held her big 30th birthday lunch on the island restaurant. So armed with my latest acquirement of the Canon 70D, I headed out to the catch the first ferry for a day of photographing, good food and enjoying the harbour view.
Fort Denison – A Little Background
This sandstone island is only a quick five minute ferry ride from Circular Quay. A quick dig into this historic past revealed that the island has had many uses throughout its 150 years history. Though the name fort suggest a more defence related construction, it has also been used as a navigation guide, weather station and fishing spot to mention a few.Fort Denison – On The Island
Once on the island, I walked past the restaurant through a doorway, up a set of narrow steps to reach top of the fort. Atop sits the Mortello Tower, canons, a mast and flag and that is pretty much the entire island. But I wasn't going to let size deter me, for there were still points of interest and historic details all around. one just has to know where to look.
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| Fort Denison – Historic Entrance. |
The historic architecture, the sandstone against a backdrop of the harbour made it perfect to try out some black and white photography to capture the textures.
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| Close up of Mortello Tower. |
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| Fort Denison – Looking up at zeppelin. |
Fort Denison – The Restaurant
After about half an hour walking around and taking snaps, I sat down to a Christmas set menu of oysters, pork belly and Christmas pudding. Under the white canopy, it was also the perfect lighting condition for some candid birthday shots and I was more than happy to be the group's photographer in training. |
| Fort Denison – The Restaurant |
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| Entree – Oysters. |
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| Main – Pork Belly. |
For more information about Fort Denison visit: http://www.fortdenison.com.au
