Steering Gear wildlife its walls deep with rust

its walls deep with rust from decades of exposure

The officers' smoke room aboard MV Cape Don

Dust-covered tables and chairs remain in the restaurant of the former Balmain Leagues Club

The school closed in 2009 after enrolments had dropped to 220 students

Steering Gear wildlife its walls deep with rustThe steering gear room of MV Cape Don, built by Brown Brothers of Scotland, converts electrical signals from the bridge into hydraulic pressure to move the rudder. It sits below decks on a vessel launched at the State Dockyard, Newcastle on 28 May 1962, and operated for 27 years as a lighthouse supply tender for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service. Part of the MV Cape Don series.