Point 2 Point

The last fatal shark attack in Sydney Harbour was in January 1963 in shallow water only 30 inches deep and 20 feet from the shore in Sugarloaf Bay. The woman’s friends got her back to Mowbray Point where an ambulance was waiting. But it burnt out its clutch trying to get up the steep and slippery access road and a second had to be called.

Today the jetty was busy with people painting boats, cleaning boats and getting on boats. Such a tiny place but a real hive of activity. Like Sugarloaf Point, it’s surrounded by bush, giving you a feeling of being a long way from the city. Bloody steep climb back up the hill though.

There’s a plaque to Leonard Teale by the car park.

Getting to and from this point you drive through the amazing architectural enclave of Castlecrag.

This point, once Green Point, is almost entirely residential blocks, among them a cult modernist house by Hugh Buhrich.

There’s a small unassuming path that leads to a bench with lovely views of Middle Harbour to the west, very peaceful, and there’s a precipitous overgrown reserve on the eastern side of the point, with bench, and steps down to the water. From Pickering Point opposite, we’ll get you a more complete picture of Sugarloaf Point.