February 14 - 20, 2016: Issue 251
The Greater Sydney Coast Walk - Barrenjoey to North Head
The Greater Sydney Coast Walk - Barrenjoey to North Head
By John Illingsworth
Published on 11 Feb 2016
46 minutes
Barrenjoey to Avalon Beach to Narrabeen Lake to North Head. Landscape, history and prehistory.
Beautiful Bangalley Head with William Govett's 1830s sketch of Aborigines fishing in context. Bungan Castle, Newport Reef, Turrimetta Head with Dr Peter Mitchell OAM, Narrabeen Man, Narrabeen/Collary beachfront with Dr Caroline Ford, Long Reef with Phil Colman, the history of North Head with Nick Hollo, its vegetation and WWII defences with NP Ranger Mel Tyas plus the stone walls and cliff face searchlights of North Head with Dr Geoff Lambert. The 3rd Quarantine Cemetery - grisly history in a sublime location to the astonishing voice of a 10 year old girl.