Exploring Sydney Harbour National Park

Another member of the extended family came down to Sydney over the weekend, so we went for a bit of exploring. I’ve been back in Australia for more than a decade now, but there’s still so much of this beautiful city and its surrounds I’ve never seen before; being with someone from overseas lets me be a bit of a tourist, too. The highlight for me was seeing South Head in the Sydney Harbour National Park for the first time. This is part of the headlands that sit between the Sydney CBD and the Pacific Ocean. The views were stunning, though they almost weren’t. We arrived at the sheltered beach on Watson’s Bay just as a torrential downpour hit. My father in law, ever the chipper and enthusiastic explorer, insisted we press on with our tiny umbrellas as the rain and whipped at our clothes. We could just make out Sydney through the fog and mist: We made our way up the small pathway that hugged the coast, and the weather was already starting to improve. Within fifteen minutes we had blue…

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