Saturday afternoon we headed out to Lavender Bay, near North Sydney, to walk from there around the foreshore to Luna Park. Historically typical of foreshore land being used for industry in the past couple of centuries, as recently as 2005 small ships were still being built at a boat shed there on land that is now a mixture of apartments worth millions of dollars and beautiful grass parkland (with brides at every turn!) 
We parked at Blues Point Tower (what a great spot to watch the fireworks on New Year’s Eve)
Stairs leading down to the foreshore at Lavender Bay
Boat building, baths, welding, slipways… such recent history
The path is populated with these whimsical characters/statues/caricatures.
Picnic ground out the back of Luna Park
And then a hot chocolate at the Lindt Cafe. 95 days after that December morning, thousands of people came, not to gawk I believe, but to just quietly make sure these bastards don’t win.
Wendy Whitely, Brett Whiteley’s widow, has a garden down that way… might file that idea away for W
So, this weekend, we... 