Outpost - Street Art

So yesterday I went to Cockatoo Island for the first time, it is the largest Island in Sydney Harbour and is a former imperial prison and shipyard.

Outpost is an exhibition of urban art and Cockatoo Island is transformed by over 150 artists into one of the best art exhibitions you will ever see.  So I had arranged to meet Gemma and Jezza at 11am at Circular Quay to get the ferry out to the Island, then Greig and Jen decided to come along too.  So after missing the 11:10 ferry we had an hour or so to kill, and finally we were on our way. 

When we arrived it was a very strange scene, all around you are these old industrial buildings with the prison sitting at the top of the cliff and then all this art and graffiti all over the place.  It was very weird.

So after spending a few hours wondering around we finally decided that it would be best for all concerned to go sit in the sun and enjoy a beer, which was awesome.  The weird thing being that when we say down on the grass at the bar we soon realised we were surrounded by other scots, it seemed that scottish accents were all over the place.  Obviously, Scots hold urban art in high regard, always knew we had good taste.

 So after an hour of watching greig burn in the sun, we decided it best to move on and see the rest of the exhibition and the island.  So we headed straight for the Banksy exhibit.  It was showing a lot of his old stuff and some new, but was highly interesting none the less.

The rest of the day was finished off climbing to the top of the mountain to see the old prison and enjoying the random art on display.  We then headed home, very satisfied with our day and decided to have a little bbq.

Here are some of the things on show at Outpost: