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

North Head

After our walk (previous post), Jules and I drove to North Head where there is a scenic drive and a short walking track at the end offering without doubt the most stunning views of Sydney.

More info on the Sydney Heads available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Heads

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Jules and I at North Head Lookout

The view of Sydney and the harbour from North Head lookout.

Looking South down the coast towards the suburbs of Vaucluse and Dover Heights

Looking North, huge cliffs!

Looking down!!

Spit Bridge to Manly Scenic Walkway

Today I met up with Jules and we walked part of the Spit Bridge to Manly scenic walkway.

The walkway meanders around the harbour foreshore from the Spit Bridge via Dobroyd Head to Manly. The full length of the walkway is 10km and takes around 5 hours to complete however there are a number of connecting tracks which lead to beaches and lookouts, so you could easily make a whole day of it.

We walked 3km from Spit Bridge to the Grotto Point Light and back, which took around 3 hours.

More info on Grotto Point Light here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotto_Point_Light

You guessed it, Bruce was working again this weekend (his last apparently), so unfortunately he doesn't appear in this post!

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Looking out over the Spit Bridge and Port Jackson towards South Head in the very distance

Clontarf Beach

One of the many beautiful houses on Monash Crescent along Clontarf Beach

Jules on Clontarf Beach

A lucky boat-owning Aussie enjoying the sun! Looking towards Chinamans Beach

If it were Summer, I'd be straight in that water!

As above

Australian Bottlebrush

Washaway Beach (disappears with the tide) looking towards Middle Head

On the rocks above Washaway Beach looking towards North Head

At Grotto Point Light looking towards Balmoral Beach.

Looking out at the Pacific Ocean with two Manly ferries about to pass each other and North Head visible on the left