Q Station and the ghosts of pandemics past

When passenger ships rounded Sydney heads flying the yellow jack plague flag in earlier times, the first stop was Sydney’s quarantine station at Manly.

Q Station on Manly’s North Head is a hotel resort built on the site of Sydney’s original quarantine station. During a holiday there, I learned about the history of past pandemics, and was shocked at how border closures, masks, handwashing and curfews are still our basic defences against infection. Read more here.

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