Bart Bear's Blog

There is a great walk in Sydney that takes you around the South Head section of Sydney Harbour National Park. It takes you past Hornby Lighthouse, HMAS Watson (a shore base, not a ship), a nudie beach, and lots of relics of the old harbour defences. There are several gun pits, the remains of a torpedo station, an old searchlight post, and even this big muzzle-loading canon. The canon is in a gun pit facing into the harbour over Camp Cove. It probably dates back to the mid 1800s, but I haven't managed to get a date for sure. The other guns have been removed but you can see the mountings of some of them and the trenches that lead into the pits. Small bears and kids could have a great time there if their Oldies weren't so worried by cliff edges. There are wonderful views of the city and the harbour from the "inner" side of the headland, and of the cliffs on the ocean side. Provided you can manage some sections of narrow, steep rock steps you will enjoy this walk. Did I get to the lighthouse? What do you think? Piccies shortly.

Labels: New South Wales, Sydney