We saw Grotto Point Lighthouse from Middle Head and Lori suggested that we go there one day.
So here we are.
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| Looking across to Manly from Arabanoo Lookout, Balgowlah Heights. |
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| Saw 2 out of the 3. |
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| The North Head Quarantine Station is one of the oldest surviving quarantine facilities in Australia. Between 1832 and 1984, thousands of people were quarantined at the station, isolated from their homes for an undefined period of time. More than 570 people died there. |
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| Manly...........seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care. (the slogan used in the 1940's) |
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| Over looking Crater Cove to The Heads. |
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| The construction of shacks began here as early as 1923 by fishermen. In the 1930s they were occupied full time. The inhabitants were forced to leave in 1984, but since 1990 the seven shacks were repaired and maintained by a group of caretakers operating under instructions of the NPWS. |
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| Crater Cove heritage shacks. |
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| Crater Cove heritage shacks. |
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| Crater Cove. |
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| Looking over Hunters Bay to the city. |
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| Aboriginal rock engraving of a fish. |
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| Clock-wise from top right: Hardenbergia violacea, Darwinia sp, Philotheca sp., and Pittosporum undulatum. |
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| Spirit AUS21, coming in through the heads. |
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| Spirit (AUS21), the only America’s Cup yachts in charter, in Australia. |
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| Eastern Water Dragon. |
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| Eastern Water Dragon. |
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| Clock-wise from top right: Pimelea sp., Platylobium formosum, Epacris longiflora and Scaevola ramosissima. |
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| Grotto Point Light, also known as Port Jackson Entrance Range Front Light. Construction began in 1910 and the light was first lit on September 1, 1911. |
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| "Sorry Les, but I can't let you in" |
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| Coming home. |
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| Who's going to be first back to the buoy. |
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| Clock-wise from top right: Lasiopetalum ferrugineum, Olearia tomentosa (?), Actinotus helianthi and Bossiaea ensata. |
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| Les looks over Crater Cove. (I like the tattoo) |
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| Up front seems to be the best spot. |
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| Ferries Passing. |
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| Up.........and.........down. |
A snippet of today (taken by mistake).
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| Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs from North Head. |
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| The Third Quarantine Station Cemetery grew out of the need for an area to bury those who died as a result of the smallpox epidemic of 1881. On this exposed, windswept and isolated headland 241 people were buried. These burials clearly represent the effect of the smallpox, bubonic plague and influenza epidemics on both incoming passengers and local Sydney residents from the early 1880s to the mid-1920s. |
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| The Third Quarantine Station Cemetery, North Head. |
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| The Third Quarantine Station Cemetery. |
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| Richard W. Smith, aged 48, was taken to the Quarantine station on Monday 2 April from Canterbury and died at 1.00pm on Thursday 5 April 1900 of bubonic plaque. The Rev Allan Mcdougall officiated at the burial. This grave site is interesting due to the wood replacing the usual concrete surrounds. |
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| Deep sands high on North Head. |
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| Clock-wise from top right: Grevillea speciosa, Grevillea buxifolia and Styphelia triflora. |
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| Looking north over Long Reef to Avalon. |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| International College of Management. This building originally was St. Patrick’s Seminary. Construction of the building began in June 1885. Gothic in style with Spanish flavour. |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| Santa blockers fitted to the chimneys. International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
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| Some of the building's features. |
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| International College of Management ( was originally St. Patrick’s Seminary). |
Cameras: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS and Sony DSC-W690
