#barisland

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[edreamworld]

Bar Island, Acadia National Park #acadianationalpark #barisland #nationalpark #juniorranger #juniorrangerbadge #juniorrangerprogram #roadtripmaine #vacationland #dreamamerica #dreamamericausa #edreamamerica #roadtripamerica (at Bar Island Low Tide Pedestrian Walkway) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChdluLpLC7A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hawkesburywatertaxi]

History of the river 📚

Bar Island

With a school established in 1875 then a church built in 1876, Bar Island is rich in Aboriginal and European history. Now uninhabited, the only thing that remains on the island is a fireplace and chimney which were originally incorporated into the church as well as the graves remaining in the cemetery. (Pictured)

HMAS Parramatta Wreck

Launched in 1910, the HMAS Parramatta (I), built for the Royal Australian Navy, was one of six ‘river’ class torpedo boat destroyers. 1929 marked the year her hull became an accommodation spot on the Hawkesbury River before being sold as scrap and moored in the river where it eventually broke adrift during a storm. The wreck can be seen today lying in the shallow water within Cascade Gully.

Peat Island Mental Asylum

Peat Island, (one of the most interesting locations on the river) was used to house men and boys with intellectual disabilities in the early 20th century. With isolated and harsh living conditions, the residents were constantly surrounded by death and despair and rarely had visitors. Reports of torture, multiple drownings and unexplained deaths made the headlines during this time with many of these occurring in ‘Ward Four’. (Pictured)

History Services Blog. (2013). Visiting Bar Island [Web post]. Retrieved from http://historyservicesnswblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/visiting-bar-island.html

Palin, M. (2015, December 6). Australia’s ‘lunatic asylum’ horrors: ‘It was One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in reality’. news.com.au. Retrieved from https://www.news.com.au/

Royal Australian Navy. (n.d.). HMAS Parramatta (I). Retrieved from http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-parramatta-i

[photographyhobbyandstuff-blog]

Shot of Bar Island off the coast of Bar Harbor during low tide. Normally there's about 10 or 11 feet of water here during high tide but at low tide you can walk right across. #barharbor #barisland #island #lowtide #photography #landscape #views #maine #ME #outdoors #vacation #crossing #nikon #nikond5300 #nature #clouds #trees (at Bar Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnLyMgOFLJC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bu7rsqg8xp2d

[jschnabl]

@rabbitohshistory @mrtravellingman @jennybrewsterstyle @willgotsis @carmelacarnovale @rachel_gotsis @qantas Is this a painting? A daydream? It's #BarIsland in the #HawkesburyRiver near #MooneyMooney. This island is a private hideaway in the middle of my favorite private paradise in #Australia. This is one place in Australia that both the Oyster Farmer and Bunnymund can be proud of! #TravelingWithJared 🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺 (at Mooney Mooney Point)

[two-crows-printing]

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Making an effort each Saturday to spend a little time out of the print shop. #twocrowsprinting #barharbor #maine #barisland (at Bar Island Path)

[alourphuong]

#heart and #kidney lol #barisland #kitchenisland #alour

[two-crows-printing]

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What I'd did on my 15minute break yesterday out of the print shop. #twocrowsprinting #barisland #barharbor #maine (at Bar Harbor, Maine)