Hermitage Foreshore Walk

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The size of the beach depends on the tide, but today there was not much at all.\n\nBut the distant view of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge is pretty special.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FQueen-Beach-View-.jpeg?alt=media&token=70520977-2707-45c9-87ec-ae77f5156567"}]},{"address":"Hermit Point","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.8592956375558,"longitude":151.26813908488802},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Hermit Point"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2F3%20Heritage%20Walk_.mp3?alt=media&token=793919ec-4f7c-48f1-978f-ef7c2ea49540"},{"type":"text","content":"A little further along the track, you will come to Hermit Point.\nThis is a great spot to break open the picnic basket with several wooden tables and plenty of shady spots to make yourself comfortable.\n\nIn the colony’s early days, this area was full of oysters and a favourite campground for the local indigenous people.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FPicnic-tables-at-Hermit-Point.jpeg?alt=media&token=7c47b801-e1b0-4c98-8d97-b396ecd633aa"}]},{"address":"Hermit Beach","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.858684801973304,"longitude":151.26929707406055},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"Relax for a while and take in the view. From here, walk along the beach and up the stairs to rejoin the track. At the top, you can look back over Hermit Bay."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FIMG_5961.JPG?alt=media&token=1d1d74fa-5967-45b1-b990-31a585a4995f"}]},{"address":"Hermitage Foreshore Walk","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.85688373122339,"longitude":151.26776257824847},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"The next section of the track cuts behind several large older style mansions. Homes here can sell for crazy prices, with a new home recently selling for 40 million dollars.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FIMG_5961.JPG?alt=media&token=3a71c501-96ab-41db-aa6a-4246d889631c"}]},{"address":"Strickland House","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.85629846065353,"longitude":151.2681582},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Stickland House"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2F4%20Heritage%20Walk_.mp3?alt=media&token=587ba629-4d39-4aeb-846f-cd8f611c6e84"},{"type":"text","content":"After a little more walking, you will come to the Gorgeous Strickland House. Constructed in 1850, it was initially the home of the second mayor of Sydney John Hosking and was named Carrara.\n\nIn 1915 the private home was resumed by the government, opened as a women’s convalescent hospital and called Stickland House. In the 1960s was converted to an aged care facility before finally closing in 1989."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FRear-Strickland-House-.jpeg?alt=media&token=2b0260d9-551f-41af-a2c8-fe908474bbb3"},{"type":"text","content":"Stickland House was used as a location in the film Australia with Nicole Kidman.\n\nIt is now used for functions and weddings and featured in the movie Australia as Darwin’s Government House. The building is open to the public just one day a year during Heritage week, but the grounds are open daily from 9-5pm.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FStrickland-House-Front-view.jpeg?alt=media&token=c207dd8c-701e-4f69-b16f-43496457fa67"}]},{"address":"Hermitage Foreshore Walk","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.85650334363717,"longitude":151.2672784661059},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Milk Beach"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2F5%20Heritage%20Walk_.mp3?alt=media&token=3a7a34ea-0cfe-4f59-8851-f2bf0aa6736a"},{"type":"text","content":"Directly below Strickland House is Milk Beach, one of the cities best secret beaches and a perfect place to watch the sunset. \n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FMilk-Beach-Heritage-Foreshore-Walk-.jpeg?alt=media&token=5388a4bb-b651-4224-a045-9018deadec0d"},{"type":"text","content":"Milk Beach – the best beach view on the harbour. You can also join 1500 other people to watch the NSW fireworks from this spot. Tickets are usually on sale from October.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Hermitage Foreshore Walk","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.85452861928638,"longitude":151.26567123905758},"media":[]},{"address":"Vaucluse Office - NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.85149922950321,"longitude":151.26494167820553},"media":[]},{"address":"Toilet","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.850525329358085,"longitude":151.26710645138954},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Shark Beach"},{"type":"audio","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2F6%20Heritage%20Walk_.mp3?alt=media&token=a5b02547-cdff-4992-b074-05f82a02d6e2"},{"type":"text","content":"From the front of Stickland House, you can take the bus to Watson’s Bay to explore The Gap and South Head or back to the city if you are out of time.\n\nYou can also continue to Vaucluse, where you will find the rather beautiful Shark Beach and Neilson Park. Both offer coffee and toilets and all of life’s other necessities.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FZK71YiPZwuyRthhAj7oy%2FShark-Beach-Neilson-Park-.jpeg?alt=media&token=d0054791-956c-43d5-96d6-b5197fa8ee54"}]},{"address":"Shakespeares Point","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.84893327622843,"longitude":151.26798071568558},"media":[]},{"address":"Bottle and Glass Point","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.848300635798985,"longitude":151.26943983738968},"media":[]},{"address":"Hermitage Foreshore track","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.10218818160659443,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-33.851664487712576,"longitude":151.2681846043979},"media":[]}]