Considering a job offer, working summer in Tassie and winter in WA, based out of Cockatoo Island. The job is on nearby Irvine Island, but living out of Cockatoo and choppering across every day. Has anyone spent time there, and if so what's it like? The fishing looks good 
Easty yep fishing is great
Windsurfing,? buggered if I know, although cant see why not, except it may be infested with some of the little creatures you came across in New Guinea
Thanks Mr Mineral, yeah wasn't considering taking sailing gear, more interested in what the living conditions are like, ie/ food, internet access, bar, all the important stuff. 
Gday Easty,
Your bro may have some dirt on the area if he ended up loading ore there or Koolan. I went to Koolan Island once and it was a great little community atmosphere, some sports and social activities. There was a croc trap on the foreshore near the wharf which serves a fair warning. Plenty of fishing, hard to get them up before something bigger takes the lot tho.
Cockatoo I believe is a bit bigger but don't know about internet etc.
Climate.....fantastic, esp if its only for the winter
Cheers Phil
diffently go to cockatoo you will enjoy,i worked there about 20 yr ago when bondy owned it and did it up really great place,accomadation good similar style to a classic queenslander great lighting shows across the ocean.And excellent club/bar and pool
Well Cockatoo Island sounds great - perfect winter climate, great fishing, great food, $2.00 beers, swimming pools, they feed the sharks every sunday, but I'm not taking the job. Decision came down to time spent at home - doing extensions next few (or more) months and really should be there as much as possible. The opportunity might come up again anyway.
