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Manly to Spit walk

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This is an urban bush-walk, with some sections being less negotiable than others.  Catching a ferry to Manly puts you at the start of a long track, running all the way to the Spit bridge.  The whole walk will take you about three hours, and it is now fairly well marked with  signs and arrows. Keep your eyes open for all sorts of wonders, like the extreme jointing in the sandstone near Fairlight (left) and various sorts of wildlife. Much of the area on this walk is total no-take, aside from photos. As you come off the wharf, turn left along the water front, go past the toilets (or use them) and follow the steps that lead up onto the headland beyond.  You now have more than a kilometre of concrete path open to you, running along above Delwood beach (right) and Fairlight pool (seen below in a storm). That is a tidally-fed rock pool, that is occasionally closed and pumped out for cleaning. There are toilets  and change rooms. Near several boatsheds, you will come to...
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Dobroyd Head

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This is largely covered in the Manly to Spit walk , because you walk over and through the Dobroyd area.    Under construction.
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The Northern Beaches

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Once known as Manly-Warringah, the Northern Beaches is a place where you could easily send a lifetime: in fact, that is exactly what I have done! The Northern Beaches begin at Manly, although Dobroyd Head , part of the Spit to Manly Walk and North Head are even further to the south, and they end at Palm Beach.   I am still working on this! Here is a nice view of Curl Curl Beach.  
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Queen Victoria Building

This is an expensive place to shop, because all the high-fashion bling shops are lined up here. That aside, the QVB as we call it also has nice places to eat, and it lies between Sydney's biggest bookshop (Kinokuniya, across George Street) and Sydney's best bookshop (Abbeys). Blast, now I will need entries for them as well... It is also a major transport hub, with trams (light rail) in George Street, buses arriving and starting in York Street and trains running underneath and accessible through Town Hall station, right next door. You can catch trains from there to Bondi Junction  in the east, Kiama in the south and Honsby in the north, where you can catch a train to the Hunter region. Being done: place marker to set up links. Be patient...
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Chinese garden of Friendship

Being done: place marker to set up links. Be patient... My mate Peter Chubb says:  Get there before 11am to feed the fish!
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Martin Place

 Being done: place marker to set up links. Be patient...
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Sydney Opera House

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   Work in progress: needs a good edit and update, and I am busy. Sydney's Opera House is, to say the least, unusual. It is certainly one of the items which most overseas people know about, even if they know little of the saga behind it. It is built on a magnificent harbour promontory, and is worth visiting, just for the views of the harbour. Winter or summer, there is always something happening on the harbour, most of it quite close to where you are. The wind can be bitterly cold sometimes, but there is always somewhere, out of the wind, where you can stand and look. On sunny days, of course, it can be quite hot, but there is shade to be had, as well, just by walking on the lower concourse. How to get there Any train, ferry or bus that takes you to Circular Quay will bring you close to the Opera House. If you can't see the Opera House, walk along the water's edge, under the covered walkway, with the water on your left. You'll see the Opera House soon enough! If you don...
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