January 18 - 24, 2015: Issue 198

 INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 13 - MEADOWBANK TO PARRAMATTA

 INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 13 - MEADOWBANK TO PARRAMATTA

by John Illingsworth

A 315 km, 30 day trek of Sydney’s coastline. Take the ferry upriver to Parramatta and the centre of Sydney, the site of the real European invasion of 1788.

Maps and details @ www.walkingcoastalsydney.com.au

Previously:

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 1 - BARRENJOEY TO AVALON BEACH by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 2 - AVALON BEACH TO NARRABEEN LAGOON by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 3 - NARRABEEN LAGOON TO MANLY by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 4 - REST DAYDay 4,19 August, 2014. No Video. Rest day spent at Manly. Better weather than yesterday still windy but with reducing showers. Manly’s long time mayor, Jean Hay, hosted us and local groups to a BBQ at Manly Surf Life Saving Club to discuss local environment issues. Mayor Hay has been a driving force for the Manly to The Spit walkway, now one of the best known walking tracks in Australia. She is also a great supporter of this inaugural walk.

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 5 - MANLY AND NORTH HEAD by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 6 - MANLY TO MIDDLE HEAD by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 7 - MIDDLE HEAD TO CREMORNE POINT by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 8 - CREMORNE POINT TO THE ROCKS by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 9 - REST DAY: DAY 9, 24 August 2104: At Sydney Rocks YHA with washing, shopping and something special. Margaret Campbell runs Dreamtime Southern Aboriginal Tours around the Rocks, talking about the Aboriginal tribes and clans of the Sydney area. We learnt about the many uses of the native vegetation making tools and living before white settlement. As well we explored the excavations relating to early white settlement in the Sydney Rocks area. All well displayed and with good signage.

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 10 - THE ROCKS TO GREENWICH by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 11 - GREENWICH TO WOOLWICH, PART 1 - CARISBROOK HOUSE by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 11 - GREENWICH TO WOOLWICH, PART 2  by John Illingsworth

INAUGURAL SYDNEY HARBOUR & COAST WALK - DAY 12 - WOOLWICH TO MEADOWBANK by John Illingsworth

Inaugural 315 Km Sydney Harbour & Coast Walk Begins At Barrenjoey 

The Inaugural 315 Km Sydney Harbour and Coast Walk Finishes by John Illingsworth