Dawes Point is just about Sydney's smallest suburb with an estimated population of only 544. Along
with the neighbouring Rocks precinct it offers some of the oldest remaining structures in this
country. Thanks to union action in the 1960s and 1970s, these areas were finally quarantined from
further new development - with the exception that old buildings could be restored with supervision
and recent buildings in modern style could themselves be redeveloped as buildings reminiscent of
Georgian architecture. This is one of many authentic original nineteenth century "Sydney sandstone"
retaining walls. Just to my left is an entranceway to a stone staircase leading to the top of the rise.