Thursday, 28 April 2011

south head walk

an easy 1.5 km walk around south head national park at the entrance to sydney harbour... with history and romance of shipwrecks.

a rare week day off last week with my partner, a perfect sydney autumn day.

relax.. sit back and enjoy the view.



hornby lighthouse built in the 1800's following two shipwrecks







guns were installed in the 1800's in case of invasion






lady bay nude beach




the original indigenous inhabitants used the area intensively for fishing & the abundance of edible plants.


the lighthouse keepers cottage


hope you enjoyed the scenery as much as we did.

camp cove and watsons bay are located about 11 km from the city, a scenic ferry ride. 


11 comments:

  1. I loved this post and felt like I was taking a lovely afternoon stroll along the coast. I wouldn't mind be a lighthouse keeper there - looks so beautiful!

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  2. Absolutely beautiful photographs. Thank-you so much for these. I really enjoyed this post.

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  3. Love your shots and I learned something. Looks like it was gorgeous.
    Best Carolyn

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  4. love this post and your shots. it's been so long since i've been out that way.. sometimes i miss living in the eastern suburbs..

    have a great ..'rainy' day.. ciao xxx Julie

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  5. I have never seen this part of Sydney. Your pictures are gorgeous, makes me want to do this walk. Thanks for the tour. Leahxx

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  6. Thanks for bringing back some great memories! I first did this walk on my first trip to Sydney as a teenager with my parents. I think my Dad wanted to see my face when I realised we were passing by the nudist beach. That was an eyeopener for a naive girl from NZ! xx

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  7. Thnk you for the little beach walk this morning! Just what I needed!!
    ps...i'm having a little give-away on my blog! Stop on over if you have a minute:)

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  8. Beautiful photos!! What an amazing walk you had and what a great place with so much history. Thank you for the sunshine and scenery!!
    XO

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  9. What a beautiful walk - how gorgeous is that candy striped lighthouse!!

    Keren
    xx

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