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Hanover Point (I think)	Freshwater, about 3 miles distance, from Brook
Military Road snakes it's way over the cliffs to Freshwater Built by Charles Seely  He was required to build the Military Road in the 1860's as part of the defence measures along the coast  The exposed southern coast offered no shelter so all development had been inland leaving the shore vulnerable to invasion  The Military Road enabled troops to be deployed rapidly along the cliff top in case of imminent attack	Storm Over Ryde Taken from the end of Ryde Pierhead
Location of the Pine Raft This is the remains of an accumulation of fossil tree trunks	Pine Raft Lookout

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Go To This Island June 1949