Cantonment Hill was deeded to the City of Fremantle in 1892 'for the purposes of a public garden', but was requisitioned by the Federal Government for Defence purposes before the First World War, and is still in the hands of the Department of Defence.
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This is Google Maps' [thank you] view from above, showing Cantonment Hill in relation to the river, etc. Most of the piece of land you can see between Queen Victoria St and Tuckfield St is currently held by the Federal Defence Dept - including the triangular green bit near the top which is called Tuckfield Oval - and some of it - the scrubby-looking parts - are held by the City of Fremantle. |
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The former signal station appears to be at the end of Quarry St, but the road is actually fenced off at the bottom of the hill, as is the whole area. You can make out a circular viewing platform - just to the north of the white building - which can be reached by a track open to the public, as it's outside the fence. |
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This is as close as you can get without special admission. |
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I think it looks a bit like a ship's bridge. |
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See: it even has portholes. |
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The view to the west |
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A ship big enough to fill the frame |
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The rail bridge and the older traffic bridge |
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Northbridge from this side of the river |
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The newer traffic bridge |
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There's a sort of viewing platform just down from the fence, from which the signal station looks like this under a cloudy sky. |
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A last close look before leaving. Why don't 'they' open it up, just for viewing from? Put it on the tram tour. |