Sydney, Watson's Bay to Coogee - 4th Jan

We had a lazy start this morning with breakfast at our apartment. Just before midday we headed out and caught the train to Circular Quay and having just missed a ferry we had a quick drink and then caught the next ferry to Watson's Bay. The ferry gave yet another aspect of the bridge and Opera House.

From Watson's Bay we walked up to the end of the peninsula to the Hornby lighthouse. We passed a couple of beaches one of which was very very busy and the other one was less so but also, we realised, was a nudist beach!

We retraced our steps back to Watson's Bay and then spent the next 4 or 5 hours walking along close to the coast between there and, at first Bondi Beach. We cheated for about a 1 mile stretch and caught the bus partly because we were walking in land and partly because it started to thunder and rain. We saw a few animals on the way and coming into Bondi there were some very loud kookaburras!

At Bondi we had a drink whilst avoiding the showers and then carried on walking along the coast to Coogee. Whilst walking along the coast the wind was pretty strong and there were surfers in most of the bays that we passed.

After a total of about 12 miles walking and at around 6:00 p.m. we arrived at Coogee beach. We had a quick drink before finding somewhere to eat. At the Coogee Wine Room we had a sharing meal with paired wines which was delicious.

By now it was 8: 30 and rather than spend an hour catching the bus and train we got an Uber back to North Sydney.

We dropped our things off and had a shower to wash off the grime of the day before taking the short walk up to the Rag and Famish pub for a couple of drinks before bed.Read more