The Rocks is a rabbit warren of old pathways and narrow winding streets. Even when the original
thoroughfare surface has been lost, the routes are preserved with their historical names e.g. "Nurse's Walk"

The Nurse's Walk was re-created in 1979 by the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority in honour of the
nurses that worked in both of the Sydney Hospitals, located in the area from 1788 to 1816. The
Nurse's Walk winds through a network of lanes and passageways at The Rocks. After the arrival of
the First Fleet in 1788, nurses were selected from convicts to work in the first roughly constructed
medical facilities. The nurse's weren't paid for their work but were maintained at the public's expense.