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Mosman Wharf
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Mosman Bay, you come to a pleasant view across a marina, and a spot where there are a few houses on the right side of the path as well as the left. |
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Just past the last house on the right is a set of steps to descend, before crossing a small wooden bridge over a gully and following the path to the right. |
| Now you're going round the head of Mosman Bay,
(its northern foreshore), and have lovely views south down the whole bay, including the southern shores of Sydney Harbour in the distance. |
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As you approach the other side of Mosman Bay, you'll encounter some steps down to a
laneway near a Sea Scouts building and the Mosman Rowing Club. You
turn left into the laneway (after making a diversion to the right, if
you like, onto a grassy flat with views up Mosman Bay). The
laneway leads into a car park next to the Mosman Rowing Club. |
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The
Mosman Rowing Club welcomes visitors and is open for lunch and dinner
(and Sunday breakfasts). Meals are quite expensive, but the prices
for Sunday breakfast are very reasonable. See links
page for a link to their website. |
This is almost the end of
the walk. At the end of the car park, you turn right along the
perimeter of Reid Park then right again to follow the path in a
horseshoe shape around the marina to Mosman ferry wharf. Reid Park is
a large, long, open and grassy park, popular with picnicking
families. Towards its northern end, it's closed in on both sides
by steep slopes and has a suspension bridge high across the top. There
are no water views from the suspension bridge, but it's still fun to
walk across, and to gaze down into the park below. To get on to
it, you walk into the park, keeping towards its left boundary (but not
on the road). Soon you will see a small steep narrow path leading
upwards to the bridge. Having crossed the bridge, you can turn
right and follow the road back down to Mosman Wharf. |
| Approaching
Mosman wharf, there's a wide and pleasant promenade and plenty of
seating overlooking the marina tucked into the end of the bay.
There are some particularly classy looking yachts moored here! |
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It's a very pleasant place to sit for a while, with the high slopes
surrounding the "dog leg" at this end of the bay giving it a
very enclosed and intimate feel. I particularly like it late in
the day when the sun is low and the water is glassy.
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A lot of the housing around Mosman
Wharf is unremarkable, but there are some grand Federation style
places. |
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At Mosman wharf
itself, are a small grocery store, a shoe repair business, public
toilets and Wharfy's Cafe. Wharfy's Cafe has a few tables and
chairs under cover with low volume music playing. They serve
snacks, drinks and some meals. |
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Before long you'll hear the ferry
chugging down the bay before it turns into the corner to tie up at
Mosman wharf to take you back to Circular Quay.
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