Milson Island

Sketch map of Milsons Passage & Milson Island on the Hawkesbury River . The passage in the Hawkesbury River called Milsons Passage is marked on the map. Milson Island, only accessible by boat or ferry is marked on the map. The suburb by the name of Milsons Passage is marked on the map in yellow. The suburb is only accessible by boat.

Milson Island is located in New South Wales, Australia. It was first settled over 100 years ago and has been used as a mental hospital, a jail, and now a sports and recreation centre.

It is in the middle of the Hawkesbury River, so the only means of transport is by ferry. Some of the activities available at Milson Island include a high ropes course, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking and abseiling. The accommodation is 3-4 stars with many lodges. The camp usually suits two small schools or a big school at the same time. It is a popular place for camps for many schools across Sydney, and families go there for a nice, relaxed and fun retreat.

All that is left of the old mental asylum is the nurses' quarters or hospital. When the mental asylum was operating, an alarm system was set up, so that people on the island could keep themselves safe from mad escapees. The nurses' quarters are now rotted away, but the furnishings from the asylum still remain.

The Sport and Recreation Centre still uses the refurbished sleeping quarters as the dining room and kitchen. The rooms at Milson Island range from school kids' rooms that sleep up to 5 people to lodges for one to four people.

External links

NSW Department of Sport & Recreation - Milson Island

Niall Clugston - Hornsby Shire Library (2008). "Milsons Passage". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 28 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales, Australia

Islands	Dangar Lion Long Milson Peat Spectacle

National parks and nature reserves	Bouddi Brisbane Water Cattai Dharug Ku-ring-gai Chase Marramarra Muogamarra Popran

European explorers of the region	Arthur Phillip Watkin Tench

Bridges and ferries	Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Peats Ferry Bridge Windsor Bridge Berowra Waters Hawkesbury River Ferries Lower Portland Sackville Webbs Creek Wisemans

Adjoining rivers, bays, reservoirs, and creeks	Colo Grose Macdonald Nepean Warragamba Wolgan Wollangambe Brisbane Water Broken Bay Pittwater Mangrove Creek Dam Warragamba Dam Badgerys Bells Berowra Blaxland Breakfast Coal and Candle Cowan Eastern Mangrove Mooney Mooney Reedy Ropes South Webbs Wollemi

Local government areas	Gosford Hawkesbury Hornsby Penrith Pittwater The Hills

Events	Hawkesbury Canoe Classic

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Coordinates: 33°30′53″S 151°10′46″E / 33.51470°S 151.17950°E / -33.51470; 151.17950

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