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McMahons Point

McMahons Point Visited in on 30 August 2009 Comment View on map -33.848872916325156;151.2061107158661

McMahons Point is named after Maurice McMahon, an Irish manufacturer of brushes and combs who, in 1864, built his home on the headland. He became mayor of the borough of Victoria (later North Sydney) in 1890. It has rather good views if you like that sort of thing…

Blues Point

Blues Point Visited in on 27 December 2008 Comment View on map -33.85044113266318;151.20382815599442

Playground on the east side of Blues Point, looking south-west to Bennelong Point.
Looking south-east to Bennelong Point.
Looking south-south-west to Millers Point.
Base of the starboard beacon at the point, looking south to Walsh Bay.
At the tip of the point - left-over fortifications?
Looking south-south-west to Peacock Point, with ANZAC Bridge in the distance.
Western side of the point, looking south to Walsh Bay.
Looking west-north-west to Yurulbin Point (left), Balls Head (right) and (possibly) a bit of Clarkes Point, Woolwich, in the distance.
Blues Point Tower.

Great spot for photos of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, popular with sightseers and fishermen and obviously well-used after dark. From the basic playground and grassy reserve, the path around the point is towered over by sandstone walls, fig trees and the brutalist apartment block of Harry Seidler.

The point is named for the Jamaican Billy Blue, a well-known character in early Sydney. The Blues Point Tower stands on the site where his house once stood.

The Aboriginal place name is Warung áréá.