Point 2 Point

Curraghbeena Point

Curraghbeena Point Visited in on 22 March 2009 Comment View on map -33.84416586686267;151.23356580734253

View south-west to the city with a plethora of points not quite visible.
Looking south to Robertsons Point and across Port Jackson to Darling Point and Rushcutters Bay.
Looking south, with mad foreshortening, to Robertsons Point, Garden Island and Elizabeth and Macleay Points.
'The Castle' at the end of Raglan Street.
Looking south-east from the small park outside 'The Castle' at the end of Raglan Street. Across the harbour (in centre) is Point Piper.
Looking south-east with Bradleys Head in the foreground and Point Piper in the middle distance, Rose Bay in the distance.
Looking east-south-east to Little Sirius Point, Taronga Zoo wharf and Bradleys Head, Vaucluse in the far distance.
Looking east to Little Sirius Point (foreground) and Taronga Zoo wharf with Bradleys Head beyond Athol Bay.
Looking north-east to Little Sirius Cove and Sirius Cove Reserve from the walking track on the eastern side of the peninsula.

Named after a point in Cork Harbour in Ireland, from where the Harnett family emigrated in 1840. It is Mosman’s oldest park, once a whaling allotment. Some nice old photos: The Point, Mosman in 1917; bit more built up with ferry; view to a denuded Cremorne and Robertsons Point.

‘The Castle’ is a prominent landmark – of somewhat eccentric character – on the point. It is Mosman’s tallest sandstone structure, so, now you know.

There are a couple of pocket-sized parks, one with kids playground, the other with a bench with a view, so not a point for a day out but worth a stop for the views.

Wyargine Point

Wyargine Point Visited in on 9 November 2008 Comment View on map -33.81945461695396;151.25309765338898

Looking south across Hunters Bay to (r-l) Edwards Beach, the Bathers Pavilion and Rocky Point.
Looking south to Rocky Point, with Mosman in the background.
Looking east to North Head and Middle Head.
Looking east to Grotto Point and North Head.
Looking east to Grotto Point, with North Head in the background. The quarantine signal mast (to right) locates Cannae Point.
Sandstone patterns.
Sandstone shapes.
Erosion.
Giant sandstone snake jaw.
Huge Wy-ar-gine Point rock, with Grotto Point lighthouse visible to right.
Boo

Between Chinamans and Edwards Beach, the most interesting point we’ve seen so far for the variety of its rock formations and patterns. Not that we’re geologists or anything but the wife especially likes rocks. “They’ve witnessed it all.”

Rocky Point

Rocky Point Visited in on 9 November 2008 Comment View on map -33.82310460464719;151.25276505947113

Rocky Point from The Esplanade.
Bridge to Rocky Point.
Northern side of Rocky Point.
Bathers Pavilion.
Looking east to North Head and Middle Head.
Looking north-east to Grotto Point, with Dobroyd Head and Manly in the background.
Looking east across The Sound to Cannae Point and the quarantine signal mast.
Looking north to Wy-ar-gine Point with Clontarf in the background.
Southern side of Rocky Point looking back to Balmoral Beach and Mosman.
Looking north-west to Edwards Beach.
Southern side of Rocky Point, looking back to Balmoral Beach.
Southern side of Rocky Point, looking east over Middle Harbour to North Head and Middle Head.

Another point that was once a tidal island (Rocky Island), now linked permanently to the mainland by a pleasant bridge and a bucket-load of sand.

The bridge, The Esplanade and The Rotunda were built as public infrastructure projects to provide employment during the (last) Great Depression.

Until recently Rocky Point anchored one end of the shark net across Edwards Beach but since August, it’s been gone... making the view even prettier. If you have a hankering to see the remaining anchoring, it’s at the end of the Point.

Great spot for a picnic, grab fish and chips or calamari from the Bottom Of The Harbour takeaway up the road. And make sure to have a dip in this classic Harbour beach that retains that 1930s vibe, just.