Middle Harbour

Today we found one of Sydney's nature reserves which does allow dogs, the Harold Reid Reserve between Crag and Castle Cove, Middle Harbour. It's amazing that only seven miles away from the city you have what feels like wilderness, aside from some rather nice boats!

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Looking down at Crag Cove from the Harold Reid Reserve lookout

Bruce and Rusty at the lookout

Heading down to the foreshore walking trail

Many steps down!

Wilderness...

Mangroves in Crag Cove

Bruce deep in thought

Rusty fishing for crabs

Good spot for a picnic

Looking out into Middle Harbour

Rusty playing on the beach

City 2 Surf

Today was the annual City 2 Surf marathon, which goes from the Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach. It is 14km in length and quite a difficult run due to the number of hills there are on the way.

We watched around 60,000 people running past our apartment:

City 2 Surf

Rose Bay

Today we walked all the way to the beach at Rose Bay, where Rusty learnt to swim! We had lunch at the Lynn Park Cafe and then sat on the grass for a few hours to restore our energy before the long walk home.

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Rose Bay looking towards Sydney CBD

Sea plane! I haven't yet persuaded Bruce to go on this...

Rusty, so serious!

Bruce, also serious!

How am I going to get that stick?

Oooh it's cold!

Thanks for helping Daddy.

Get me out of this water!!

Not impressed!

Manly

Today we took Rusty for a walk along the Manly foreshore to Shelly Beach and back. The weather this winter has been extremely warm. As you can see, it's warm enough to sit on the beach and go swimming!

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Bruce with Manly Beach in the background

Cabbage Tree Bay looking towards Shelly Beach

Rusty!

Water dragon!

North Head with South Head and the Sydney CBD in the background

North Head looking out at the Pacific Ocean