Northern Beaches Tour Spectacular Sydney Harbour lookout - Georges Heights
Sydney Nimble Tours visits Georges Heights on our Northern Beaches, Sydney Harbour, National Park tour.
This area has spectacular harbour vistas that include the entrance to Sydney Harbour, Watsons Bay, Rosebay and Shark Island. A good view of the city of Sydney is on offer if you look south west.
The harbour aspect also provided a solid location to install defensive artillery should Sydney Harbour come under attack.
Military memorabilia in the form of gun pits, fortifications, canons and anti-aircraft guns have been well maintained and are on display at Georges Heights.
A former military hospital which was built for patients from World War I houses the anti-aircraft gun.
Close to the gun pits is the Gunner’s Barracks, a fortified sandstone building built in the 1870s. This building was constructed to accommodate artillerymen whose job was to look after the artillery and if necessary fire it.
In the course of a recent visit to Georges Heights we came across a chilled kookaburra resting on a sign near the Barracks.
Our feathered friend was most accommodating and happily posed for photographs.
The kookaburra is a member of the Kingfisher family and has one of the most unusual bird calls.
The laughing Kookaburra is not laughing at another kookaburra’s jokes! The cackle of the Kookaburra is a territorial call aimed at warning other birds to stay away.
Be gone, the insects, lizards, rodents and small snakes in this patch are mine!
The word kookaburra is yet another example of an indigenous word enriching our language and originates from the Wiradjuri word “guuguuburra”.
a delightful Australian bird
boom
loud and proud