Barangaroo Point Reserve prepares to show off its 'dereclaimed' glory

By Daisy Dumas
Updated July 24 2015 - 9:08pm, first published 12:23pm
The climb up Barangaroo Point Reserve. Photo: Tony Walters
The climb up Barangaroo Point Reserve. Photo: Tony Walters
The walk through Barangaroo Point Reserve. Photo: Tony Walters
The walk through Barangaroo Point Reserve. Photo: Tony Walters
This six-hectare park will be the first area of the $6 billion project to be opened. Photo: Tony Walters
This six-hectare park will be the first area of the $6 billion project to be opened. Photo: Tony Walters

While wrangles over the location and height of Barangaroo's most controversial element – its James Packer-backed Crown casino development – are far from over, final preparations are under way for the opening of Barangaroo Point Reserve on August 22, when the public will see the fruits of an ambitious design project that has "dereclaimed" industrial land and attempted to reinstate its former, pre-settlement coastline.

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