Circular Quay to Double Bay:
From Circular Quay our group of walkers proceeded around the Opera House to Mrs Macquarie's Chair, hugging the shore line past the Boy Charlton Pool with full views of Wooloomooloo Wharf on the left. Onwards to Harry Cafe de Wheels and Double Bay
The following was the planned route mapped out by Wendy which we dutifully followed. The walk took about 3 hours in perfect weather.
Walk along Cowper Wharf Rd (perhaps have a quick squizz at the posh restaurants on the Wharf?).
Up McElhone steps (quite steep) to Victoria Rd in Potts Point
Take in lovely views from the park there that overlooks the Sydney Fleet Base. The view extends right across to the Bot. Gdns.
Up Challis Ave into Macleay St (lots of great coffee spots and shops here if anyone wants to leave the walk here and head home via Kings Cross station).
Down small signposted lane to Elizabeth Bay House and its tiny remaining patch of garden.
Down along Billyard Ave, passed mansions like the multi million dollar Boomerang (now owned by Lindsey Fox).
Left into picturesque Beare Park (saved from John Singelton's huge marina over development proposal by resident action).
Up Ithaca Rd (reasonably steep); cross Elizabeth Bay Rd.; down Holdsworth Ave to Steps into Rushcutters Bay Park.
Walk around foreshore to Pavilion in the Park (good coffee stop).
Along New Beach Rd, up Loftus Rd (quite steep) into Darling Point Rd
Beautiful McKell Park is at the very end of Darling Point Rd (it's the one that Kerry Stokes is sueing Woollahra Council over weddings held there) and is really worth the stroll (but if everyone is too tired we could skip McKell Park). It offers some truly outstanding views of harbour activities (one feels one could reach out and touch the yachts, they seem so close!) and is one of our harbour's jewels, said Wendy persuasively.....!
Right into Marathon Rd. and down steps into Steyne Park in Double Bay, with its tempting coffee places and SHOPS!
Catch the ferry from Double Bay Wharf back to Circular Quay.
(The above to keep for future reference)
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McKell Park was indeed a gem, Rushcutters seems to have more boats than ever before, Elizabeth Bay House garden is green, lush, manicured with fat Wealthy Koi contented in a perfect pond. No time for shops though, it was Walk, Walk today. We boarded the ferry at about noon. We saw much: old homes and new, stone walls, historic homes, city sky scrapers, Wooloomooloo Bay, Potts Point, Sir David Martin Reserve (Kate knows this place well) Double Bay Sailing Club, Wendy's daughter's new unit looking on to the bay, the parks, massive cottonwool clouds. It was interesting, lovely, revealing. The MCA provided a well earned rest, lunch and coffee before train rides home again. Estimates vary between 4 and 7 Kms!!
Walkers: Pippa, Donna, Wendy, Moira, Kate, Carolle
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| Wooloomooloo Bay |
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| Tumbledown Sandstone |
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| Elizabeth House Garden |
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| Rushcutters Bay |
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| Wealthy Koi |
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| Rushcutters Bay |
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| view from McKell Park |
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| McKell Park |
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| McKell Park view of city |
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| view from McKell Park |
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| Anish Kapoor |
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| Passing Clouds- thank you Anish Kapoor |
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| Wooloomooloo Bay |
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