You can't visit the Rocks without a stroll down the Argyle cut. The Argyle Cut was hewn by convicts
through the sandstone ridge of The Rocks to connect Sydney Cove with Darling Harbour and Millers
Point. It was started in 1843 by convicts with hammers and chisels, and completed in 1867 with the
help of explosives. For some time until 1900 it was the underground home of thugs, petty gangsters
and rats. The site was cleaned up after the plague forced authorities to sanitise the area.