January 25 - 31, 2015: Issue 199
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 14 - PARRAMATTA PARK
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 14 - PARRAMATTA PARK
by John Illingsworth
A 315 km, 30 day trek of Sydney’s coastline. Parramatta Park was the core territory of the Burramatta clan of the Darug Aboriginal people. From 1788 it was settled as the Vice-Regal domain and the genesis of the second British colonial settlement in New South Wales. From 1858 a large section of the domain was set aside as a public park, a use which continues to this day (from Chris Levins, 2010 @ dictionaryofsydney.org )
Maps and details @ www.walkingcoastalsydney.com.au
Enya: The Memory of the Trees @ HERE
DAY 14 BLOG: HERE
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 SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 12 - WOOLWICH TO MEADOWBANK by John Illingsworth
INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 13 - MEADOWBANK TO PARRAMATTA 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