Walkabout Sydney's Bays: Part 1 Bradley's Head
One of the parishioners here at Our Lady of the Rosary named Soo Oong (don't you love her Chinese name?) has been in Sydney for 28 years. She loves this city and wanted to take me about to all the sites where she likes to go walking. These are little bays all around the city. First stop is Bradley's Head which sits on the north side of Sydney Harbor. Here is a gallery of the images from the place. The first three are: a wonderful old part of town, as you can see by the quaint architecture; a small natural "ampitheatre" where Soo's daughter got married some time ago; a memorial to the navy crew of a ship from WWI that was discovered sunken not far from Bradley's Head. Along the beach were strewn old tree limbs and huge rocks worn away by the wind and ocean. This one seemed particularly full of character. We also met a wild turkey (with it's colorful head and banded neck) looking for food.
There is a lovely path that meanders along the shore line under the protective, curling tree branches. One of the rocks had some moss growing on it that looked almost like islands on the Earth as seen from space or perhaps an explosion of green fireworks. The colors and the delicacy of the growth caught my eye.
Along the path, you have wonderful views of the harbor, the Sydney Opera House and the magnificent Syney Harbor Bridge. In the close up of the Sydney Opera House, you can see in the foreground an island fortress where they used to keep prisoners in the old days. Soo shared that they used to feed the prisoners only once a week to keep them weak so that they would not try to swim to shore. Also, the authorities told the prisoners that the waters in the harbor were shark infested! Today there is a very ritzy restaurant there, one where you need to make reservations as it has very few tables!
Finally I took a selfie. (I couldn't resist!) On to part 2…Clovelly.
