January 11 - 17, 2015: Issue 197
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 12 - WOOLWICH TO MEADOWBANK
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 12 - WOOLWICH TO MEADOWBANK
by John Illingsworth
A 315 km, 30 day trek of Sydney’s coastline: a history of Tarban Creek/Gladesville Hospital, Banjo Paterson, remarkable Kissing Point - James Squire's brewery, largest wooden boats ever built, Kissing Point First Australians.
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcas...
An excellent research resource at www.findingbennelong.com
Maps and details @ www.walkingcoastalsydney.com.au
Previously:
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 1 - BARRENJOEY TO AVALON BEACH by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 2 - AVALON BEACH TO NARRABEEN LAGOON by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 3 - NARRABEEN LAGOON TO MANLY by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 4 - REST DAY: Day 4,19 August, 2014. No Video. Rest day spent at Manly. Better weather than yesterday still windy but with reducing showers. Manly’s long time mayor, Jean Hay, hosted us and local groups to a BBQ at Manly Surf Life Saving Club to discuss local environment issues. Mayor Hay has been a driving force for the Manly to The Spit walkway, now one of the best known walking tracks in Australia. She is also a great supporter of this inaugural walk.
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 5 - MANLY AND NORTH HEAD by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 6 - MANLY TO MIDDLE HEAD by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 7 - MIDDLE HEAD TO CREMORNE POINT by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 8 - CREMORNE POINT TO THE ROCKS by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 9 - REST DAY: DAY 9, 24 August 2104: At Sydney Rocks YHA with washing, shopping and something special. Margaret Campbell runs Dreamtime Southern Aboriginal Tours around the Rocks, talking about the Aboriginal tribes and clans of the Sydney area. We learnt about the many uses of the native vegetation making tools and living before white settlement. As well we explored the excavations relating to early white settlement in the Sydney Rocks area. All well displayed and with good signage.
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 10 - THE ROCKS TO GREENWICH by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 11 - GREENWICH TO WOOLWICH, PART 1 - CARISBROOK HOUSE by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 11 - GREENWICH TO WOOLWICH, PART 2 by John Illingsworth
Inaugural 315 Km Sydney Harbour & Coast Walk Begins At Barrenjoey
The Inaugural 315 Km Sydney Harbour and Coast Walk Finishes by John Illingsworth