We just spent a beautiful 4 day weekend in Sydney, taking advantage of having Thursday off for Anzac Day. The highlight of our trip was a 10km hike we took on the north shore, in the suburb of Mosman.
We started by taking the ferry from Circular Quay to the Taronga Zoo. We walked NE, past the zoo, and headed along a trail that took us to Bradleys Head and then Chowder Bay. The walk is really well laid out, with stairs cut into the pathway and nicely cleared with no spider-infested branches hanging across the trail at face height! The scenery along the pathway is beautiful, with views of the city, lots of little harbours and beaches and trees and flowers everywhere.
The Opera House on Anzac Day (note the planes in the upper left hand corner)
The city
On the loop back we cut through some fantastic parts of the suburbs of Clifton Gardens, Mosman and Cremorne, to get to the Cremorne Ferry terminal and back to the city. These suburbs are quite stately and homes with ocean views are positively estate-line! The strange part of the walk was that the official pathway actually involves walking more or less right up to a house and then veering off onto a hidden path. We actually missed a couple of turns at the first pass because we thought we were being too cheeky about walking up to these houses. Apparently, that is just how it is done.
Bay View along the pathway
Entrance to the Harbour
Chowder Bay
We enjoyed this trip and walk so much that we are already planning to walk from Manly to the Harbour Bridge and back into the city on our next visit, a hike that will take us at least 6 hours, and that is only if we walk on a straight a route as possible, with no wandering off the sea at any point. This may take more than one visit to complete but luckily we are more than happy to spend as many weekends as possible in Sydney!
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