• Bare Island Fort was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[2].
  • Bare Island is the most popular scuba diving site in New South Wales. On a sunny summer Sunday there can be as many as 200 divers here during the day.
  • Bare Island Fort's structure provides a picturesque backdrop for any event, with spectacular scenic views over La Perouse.
  • The eastern side of Bare Island generally boasts superior visibility and its shallower depths make it more suitable for beginner divers.
  • Bare Island Fort is one of only two examples of an enclosed fortification in New South Wales, the other being Fort Scratchley at Newcastle.
  • Once a fortification, then a War Veterans Home, the fort on Bare Island is now a listed historical site. It is open on Sundays for tours.
  • Bare Island historic military fort and tunnels built in 1885 is connected by a footbridge to La Perouse side of Kamay Botany Bay National Park.
  • Bare Island is the most popular scuba diving & and snorkelling site in New South Wales. The reefs that stretch around the island and out to the south and west...
  • Snorkelling around Bare Island in New South Wales offers a captivating glimpse into a vibrant underwater world, teeming with diverse marine life.
  • About 50m offshore at La Perouse is the strange Bare Island, a decaying, grass-tussocked concrete fort built in 1885 to discourage a feared Russian…