| MIDDLE HEAD ON SYDNEY HARBOUR is easily | | | | slopes gently down to the old gun emplacements |
| accessible by car or bus and is located close to the | | | | which are worth a visit in their own right. |
| leafy suburb of Mosman on Sydney's north side. | | | | Just beyond the gun emplacements are a couple of |
| There is a makeshift car park located on the corner | | | | open grassy areas which have magnificent views |
| of Middle Head Road & Chowder Bay Road | | | | from the Spit Bridge all the way around to the city |
| which is only a few hundred metres form the gates | | | | and the skyline beyond. The sweep takes in at least |
| into Cobbler's Beach Reserve. These gates lead you | | | | 270 degrees with North Head slightly to the left and |
| to the headland of Middle Head. | | | | the Tasman Sea directly in front of you. |
| Middle Head is quite a spectacular place to view the | | | | As you swing around to the right you can clearly see |
| goings on of what is still a working harbour. This is | | | | Camp Cove just in from South Head, and follow the |
| also one of the best places to view the annual | | | | harbour all the way back to the Sydney Harbour |
| Sydney to Hobart yacht race (Boxing Day) as the | | | | Bridge, the Opera House and beyond. |
| colourful vessels jockey for position for the run down | | | | You can sit there for hours watching the ferries and |
| the south coast. | | | | pleasure craft, as well as the thrill seekers on the jet |
| Not the day to visit if you want a quiet picnic! | | | | boats that come out from near the Opera House or |
| The first time I visited Middle Head was only fairly | | | | Darling Harbour. |
| recently. Even though I have lived in Sydney all my | | | | The day I was there was very peaceful. There was |
| life my first visit was a bare two years ago. | | | | a small group of artists spread out through the area, |
| Middle Head is a favoured spot of a young friend of | | | | with their easels and paint brushes, no doubt suitably |
| mine and she honoured me by inviting me to a picnic | | | | inspired by the panoramic vista. Apart from the |
| there. | | | | artists there were only three or four people there. |
| From the carpark you turn right and walk along | | | | It is now one of my favoured spots as well and I |
| Middle Head Road past the old hospital buildings and | | | | only wish I had discovered it earlier in my life. |
| vacant lots of the old navy base. It's a straight level | | | | Sydney will continue to surprise me as I'm sure there |
| walk to the entrance to the reserve where the track | | | | are many more similar treasures undiscovered by me. |