Showing posts with label Kuring-gai National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kuring-gai National Park. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Sally and Ann's Excellent Adventure 1 : The Beginning

Come with us on a 5 day, 50 kilometre walk from Barrenjoey Lighthouse to Shelley Beach at Manly. The aim was to swim in every one of the ocean pools along the coast: Palm Beach, Whale Beach, Avalon, Bilgola, Newport, Mona Vale, North Narrabeen, Collaroy, Dee Why, North Curl Curl, South Curl Curl, Freshwater, Queenscliff and Fairy  Bower.


First, a stop at West Head in Kuring-gai Chase National Park, to look out across Pittwater at our starting point: Barrenjoey Lighthouse on Barrenjoey Head (Sunday 6 January, 2013).

Kuring-gai was named after the Aboriginal people of the area, the Guringai, who owned the land from Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) north across Broken Bay.


Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Lion Island from West Head lookout


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West Head in Kuring-gai National Park - looking north across Broken Bay to the Central Coast. Lion Island is at the entrance to the Hawkesbury River. The island has the largest population of Little Penguins in the Sydney area. No human access is allowed. It is a breeding ground for shearwaters and free of feral foxes and cats.


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