11.2.7  

EASTERN SUBURBS 

The Eastern Suburbs Ferry goes also at 30 minutes intervals most of the time and the return trip takes 1 hour.

The city centre is at the southern side of the harbour, behind Circular Quay.

Right in the middle in the harbour is Fort Denison, 

once used to isolate re-offending convicts,

then turned into a fortress

and now used as a restaurant. 

Next to the Opera House is Farm Cove with the Botanical Garden.

 The headland of Farm Cove is called Mrs Macquarie Point.

Next to it is Woolloomooloo Bay and Garden Island with the Naval Depot. 
Garden Island is the first ferry stop.

The southern harbour foreshore is a string of beautiful bays, coves and headlands: 

                          Elizabeth Bay

Darling Point

 Double Bay

Rose Bay

Nielsen Park

and Watson Bay.

I decided not to go straight back with the next return ferry, rather walk up the very short distance to the Gap and look at the ocean here too.  

The Gap

The view of the entrance to Sydney Harbour is spectacular. 

There were lots of sailing boats on the harbour again, 

big and small, new and old,

and cruise ships too 

So my lovely day of Ferry Rides came to an end. 

And my Harbour Walk Project for this year is completed. 

Great, but somewhat sad too.

Harbour Walk 10  

            

ACROSS THE HARBOUR BRIDGE

October 2012  

over 2 km  

about 1 hour or 2 

from Milsons Point to Circular Quay

A Sydney Harbour walk has to begin or end with a walk across the Bridge, I think. 

10.1     

As always I start the walk where I had stopped last time. 

Best to go by ferry to Milson Point Ferry Wharf and start there. 

Of course coming by train  and starting from Milson Point Station is good too. 
One would not need to walk uphill to get to the northern start of the Bridge. But along this 10 minutes walk are great views. 

Only on the eastern side of the Bridge is a pedestrian walkway. The western path is reserved for cyclist. 

However from the train, which goes along the western side of the Bridge, one can overlook the harbour and suburbs to the west.

It takes less than 10 minutes along the northern approach of the Bridge get to the Pylon. There are 4 Pylons, one at each side at each end of the Bridge. 

The total length of the Bridge is 1150 m, but the Bridge itself, its span is only 503 m. 

The Bridge is least crowded after the morning rush, lots of people walk across the Bridge to work, and before lunchtime, when even more are doing their fitness run. 

It is very interesting to google and find out lots of facts about the Bridge.

10.2   

The view to Circular Quay with the Opera House and across Port Jackson is magnificent. 

The Pylon on  the southern end is open to the public. 

There is an interesting display and video about the history of the Bride, how it was built over 10 years from 1923 to 1932.

                                                                

 10.3     

 The view from the Pylon is amazing.

Circular Quay

                 

                Bradfield Hwy

                                                                                           
                                                                                       Walsh Bay

                                                                                                                                   

I could see the foreshore of all my walks so far 

and the ones I still may do.  

 It is great to look from the Pylon to the top of the Bridge.

Of course one could get even a better view all around the harbour by doing the Bridge Walk. 

It is not cheap, but great fun and it is not difficult nor scary. 

I know it, I did it few years ago with one of my grandchildren.

10.4     

Walking across the Bridge is always fun. 
So much to see, watching the ever changing activities on the harbour. 

Great to watch from the Bridge the Australia Day activities on the harbour. 

Even more fun is to walk across the Bridge when it is closed to the traffic for some celebrations, 

                                                like the 50th anniversary in 1982 

On 28 May 2000 more than 300,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Indigenous Australians and Reconciliation. 

10.5    

The New Year Eve Fireworks on the Bridge are most spectacular to watch 

Walking along I remembered how I saw the Bridge for the first time over 50 years ago, in 1961. 

When I got to the end of the southern approach and looked back to the Bridge, I felt somehow sad realising I am at the end of my walks around the Inner Harbour. 

After walking about 15 minutes through The Rocks I got to Circular Quay. 
I was back to where I had started my harbour walks at the beginning of the year. 

This harbour walk, walking across the Bridge, was a walk I had done quite a few times over the years and I am sure I will walk across the Bridge some more, alone or with family and friends.

 Walking across the Harbour Bridge is such a beautiful walk.