Point 2 Point

Mrs Macquaries Point

Mrs Macquaries Point Visited in on 28 September 2008 Comment View on map -33.859297450398245;151.22219860553741

Path on the eastern side of the Point, looking south to Woolloomooloo Bay and Garden Island.
Looking south-east across Woolloomooloo Bay to Garden Island and HMAS Kuttabul.
Eastern path round the point.
The point of the Point.
Mrs Macquarie's Chair. Displaying of the pear.
E for Elizabeth.
Looking north by north-east to Fort Denison (Pinchgut). That's not us.
Fort Denison, or Pinchgut. The distinctive Martello tower (1857), the only one ever built in Australia and the last one ever constructed in the British Empire, was constructed of 8,000 tonnes of sandstone from nearby Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay. Prior to European settlement, the island had the Aboriginal name Mat-te-wan-ye (sometimes Mallee’wonya). (Wikipedia)
Looking back south to the city from the northern end of the Point.
Admiralty House on Kirribilli Point.
Western side of the Point, looking across Farm Cove to Sydney city.
Rock wave on the western side of the Point. The women and the esky.
Looking north-east to Bennelong Point (left) and Kirribilli Point (right).
Looking west across Farm Cove to Government House.

Named after Mrs Macquarie, wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. It is said Elizabeth loved to come by carriage to sit and look at the harbour. Yurong is the indigenous and other official name for this point.

Windy as hell but possibly the most famous viewpoint in Sydney / Australia. Tour buses and weddings en masse line up to have their photo. Wind + wedding veils = hilarity. We have proof but don’t want to humiliate the happy couple.

We had a picnic on Mrs Macquarie’s Slightly Longer Sofa to the right of her official Chair that has her name carved above it.

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