Clifton Gardens - the Suburb

Being a harbour beach, the water is still, ie no rolling waves. Sydney Harbour is a drowned valley, with very steep access along its northern shore. Clifton Gardens is a small kerchief of land, tucked in behind Mosman, with roads which slither and jack-knife down to the pleasure-craft bobbing sea. [With apologies to Dylan.] As we negotiated the steep, narrow streets, a magnificent panorama was playing out before us. With each hair-pin bed, there was a park-bench to take in the harbour vistas stretching out to the very heads. It is a catch-yer-breath moment. I must inveigle the chauffeur to stop a few times!

There are a number of walking tracks (oodles of steps), but even though people were RUNNING up, there was no way I could walk down. So, we parked in the carpark adjacent to the beach reserve and paid the $10 fee for 90 minutes stay. As well as rugged, the reserve is quite heavily wooded. On the right in these shots is part of the Headland Park, which is run by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.