Point 2 Point

Brays Point

Brays Point Visited in on 5 July 2009 Comment View on map -33.832012772683676;151.09051823616028

Looking east-ish to Rivendell a.k.a. the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital. And Rocky Point mangroves.
Looking east across Brays Bay to Rocky Point.
Looking north-east across Brays Bay to Putney.

All part of the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway. Mmmm, interpretive. Poles speak to you as you walk past.

Rocky Point - return

Rocky Point - return Visited in on 5 July 2009 Comment View on map -33.83234252196883;151.0978889465332

Open day, main entrance, Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital.
Move over viagara.
It's quarter to one.
View north-east to suburb of Putney from caryatid balcony of the clock tower.
Looking south-east down Parramatta River to the city. On the right: Mortlake, Breakfast and Cabarita Points; on the left: Putney (tip just sticking out) and Looking Glass Points.
Looking east-north-east from the clock tower to Kissing Point and ferry wharf.
Interior.
Great hall ceiling detail.
Column detail with reflections from stained glass windows, great hall.
Composed, with Cook Pine.
Bridge to water gate. (Two of us in the photo.)
Water gate.
Dome on the water gate.
View of the main building from the balcony of the water gate.
Clock tower with caryatid balcony from the east courtyard.
Balcony, west wing.
Column detail, facade.
Stained glass in the former Joanna Walker children's convalescent hospital.

Came back to this point for the open day as we were so fascinated by our first visit. We love this place, it is absolutely beautiful. Here’s some more history. We reiterate: someone with dosh, please save the water gate.

Ballast Point

Ballast Point Visited in on 28 June 2009 Comment View on map -33.85258179059653;151.18831157684326


Sneak peak at the soon to be opened Ballast Point park.

We visited it a few weeks later when it opened to the public.

Robinsons Point

Robinsons Point Visited in on 28 June 2009 Comment View on map -33.84775688119912;151.18103072047234

House on Louisa Road, Birchgrove, approximately at Robinsons Point location.
Louisa Street house.
Peak at where the point might be.

Another one that’s not so much a point as a back yard. We still haven’t got the whole trespassing thing down yet, so…

Named after an early settler, Ellis Robinson. That much we know.

Still, interesting to drive the skinny streets of Balmain and Birchgrove.

Yurulbin Point

Yurulbin Point Visited in on 28 June 2009 Comment View on map -33.84695493078926;151.18667542934418

Looking north-east to Balls Head Bay and HMAS Waterhen with Waverton and the high-rise of North Sydney in the distance.
Looking east-south-east to Balls Head and Blues Point.
Looking south-west back into Snails Bay and Birchgrove.
Looking south-east to Ballast Point with Simmons Point and CBD beyond.
Looking south-east to Snails Bay dolphins (pontoon-y things in foreground) with Ballast Point (middle distance), Simmons Point behind and the CBD.
City view east-south-east.

Formerly Long Nose Point, now known by an indigenous name first recorded in 1832 meaning ‘swift running water’. It’s just east of where the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers meet to form Sydney Harbour.

Pleasant, though showing some signs of age (the park won the 1986 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award of Merit).

Good for a stroll.

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