Crossing the Heads

In a quest to understand Sydney Harbour, the single most important thing you must do is go to number three ferry wharf at Circular Quay and purchase passage to Manly. The old saying goes: "Seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care" ... and so surely it has been for a century or more now and certainly for the period of my own life since a small child. Ship sized ferries have shuttled their way backwards and forth to the northern most stretch of this famous waterway - day in, day out, month in and month out. Countless times. Up to three of these vessels ply the Manly run at any one time but about 30 times each and every day, two of the vessels cross (one coming and one going) in front of Sydney's "Heads" .. the point at which the harbour meets the Tasman Sea.

Here are two views from atop Dobroyd Head, shot within mere moments of one another (don't you love superzoom cameras?) as the Manly ferries cross yet again ... for something like the millionth time in all of harbour history. Marvellous.

Beckett and Trisharooni (the best companions you could ask for on a hike) went for a blip stroll with me through a section of Sydney Harbour National Park, today. We were all pretty proud of the fact that we were able to stay on our feet for five solid hours "up hill and down dale" through native bush forests, all deep in the heart of Australia's largest city. WE ain't past it yet mate ... and don't you forget it!!

Wide Angle Wednesday is on again tomorrow folks. The theme is "Modern" and the tag is "widwed15".