The Master Plan recommended the Gatehouse and Entry Complex be an active and vibrant centre for visitors, tourism and cultural heritage services.
The PWD store, located to the northern end of the Gatehouse entry, was adapted to form a cafe, and the bitumen to the courtyard was replaced with a cement stabilised limestone paving. This project was completed in December 2008.
The concrete floor of the store was to be removed so the new floor level would be the same as the external surface. During the removal of the concrete floor, a brick paved courtyard constructed between 1890 and 1910 was discovered. It was important to preserve this; therefore a new timber floor was installed over it. As a result the area to the front of the cafe had to be raised to the same level as the internal floor.
Also during construction it was found that the eastern wall of the store was an original convict built structure and, although this had been modified previously, part of it has been conserved and exposed to enable the public to view its original form