Wandering the Sydney Outback

During another beautiful Saturday afternoon, Morgan and I joined up with some of the other long-term volunteers for an excursion around Manley Beach and North Sydney. Though there were some trails, we found ourselves exploring up around the cliffs that are some of the highest in the Sydney area!

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Though you cannot see them in this picture, the humpback whales have started their migration North along this route.
Oops! A wrong turn. At this point we were off the trail wandering our way through the bush-country and came across a strange wall. We followed it and determined that we could go no further! As it turns out, this was probably all part of a defense structure, as we would later stumble onto command posts and gun pits.

We had been told that North Sydney, being the piece of land that extends the furthest into the Pacific was a defensive position during WWII -- we just didn't think we would see so much evidence!

Morgan and I are joined by Paul, from France, and Alana, from (can you believe it) Austin, Texas!

Hmmm. . . is this a premonition?!?!

Stay tuned for more of the weekend's adventures -- coming soon!