Sydney Harbour National Park - North Head

This is what happens when you nose dive off the front of a surfboard in a couple of feet or water. You smash you head on the ocean floor. I guess it is a bit like diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool without putting your hands out to stop the impact. I was very very lucky to come away with nothing more than an even bigger forehead than I've already got, and a sore neck. I did stay in the water after the accident though and made sure I caught a decent wave before calling it a day.















I had planned on going to watch Sydney FC on Sunday afternoon but everyone bailed on me, and after the suring accident, I didn't fancy the trek on my own. Will had made plans to come over and spend the afternoon with H so I hung around with them. We decided to go for a bit of a walk and I suggested that we go to the North Head part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, which is only a short walk from Manly.

The walk took us past Manly Beach and up onto the Eastern Hill.









The National Park is another beautiful part of Sydney, and it's hard to believe that you are actually within the city boundaries as you walk through it. It looks just like parts of the outback.





























The North Head at the entrance to Sydney Harbour. This is the view towards the South Head. You can't see Bondi from here but it's in that direction.















And this is the view towards the City.

We also saw some dolphins, which is always amazing, and I got to take a lot of panoramic pictures which don't do the view the justice it deserves. The view from the North Head is one of the best views I have seen of the city, and you can't even see The Opera House (and you can only just see the top of the Harbour Bridge)!