It was many years ago that I flew in from South Australia to Sydney and did a short 5-day road trip down a bit of the south coast. However when it came to driving over Sea Cliff Bridge I couldn’t see anything due to fog. Today was much better and the views were great.
I drove all the way up to the north of the park and did the 1km downhill, 1km uphill Winifred Falls fire trail. Tiny cascades which would be mainly good for summer swimming.
Then I drove to Bundeena to do part of costal track to Big Marley Beach via Wedding Cake Rock. This was a 8km return walk approx. Mainly flat though a few series of steps. The views were mainly coastal- which is lovely.
The Wedding Cake Rock is a white rock that has been fully fenced off as there is a large crack that borders its rear and it will probably drop soonish. However, people really liked to get their Instagram photos ON this rock- and hence all the fencing.
As I sat down overlooking Big Marley and Little Marely beaches I thought that it was disappointing that I didn’t see any whales. It wasn’t a few minutes later when a mother and calf surfaced nearby. Then I saw another 3 – all coming fairly close to the cliffs. Very exciting!
The whole hike you could see the large aeroplanes circling to land at Sydney airport. The skyline could be visible from the cliffs- as was the smog from the city that went far out into the ocean.
On my way home I stopped by several lookouts to enjoy the view of Sea cliff Bridge from various angles so to say. The ridge took 18 months to build- not bad considering simple road works south of Brisbane have not really been anywhere near completion in the 3.5 years I’ve lived there ?!?!
