Yesterday we went shopping for some stuff for New Zealand. Top of my list was some new walking shoes as my old ones had been making hissing noises for over a year. So today I wanted to break them in a bit. Was intending to go finish off the Balmoral Beach to Chowder Bay part of the walk we missed out on two days ago but the buses were not playing ball on Zombie Sunday so I decided to go for a wander near where we live instead. Didn’t plan much except to head out the house with Roz to visit that really nice bakery at the top of Blues Point Road.
Given that as a starting point I headed on down to McMahons Point. Was never sure you could get from there to Milsons Point easily but after exploring around some apartment blocks I found a path up to East Crescent Street which was different if not exciting. From there down to Bay View Street. The view I imagine is for those that own the houses. Fortunately at the end of this street were steps down to a boardwalk which followed beneath a railway track around to Luna Park and the ferry wharf. I’m not sure the train track is still in use as it seems to stop at the park but without any station.
Anyway, from there I battled through the crowds of families around to the Bridge and under it continuing along the foreshore to Kirribilli. I couldn’t continue along the foreshore as I’d reached the Prime Minister’s house and apparently he’s allowed a nice big foreshore view. Whatever. It had been 1 hour since I left so it was a good point to head home for dinner anyway.
I took a roundabout route past Careening Cove and Milson Park and finally up the boring Freeway-hugging paths back to North Sydney and home. On my own I managed 7km in 1.5 hours. A bit faster than the Bay Walk near Haberfield and this time there were more inclines. I put my pace down to my wonderful new shoes that will surely lead me up Mount Everest one day. No pictures today because I forgot the camera. Plus it would’ve slowed me down man.
