Loving Mosman in Summer

A recent weather forecast   "The temperature tomorrow is likely to push past 40C in the city tomorrow and 44C out west., Saturday and Sunday seeing something similar before a much cooler Monday." 

Sydney’s summer of stinkingly-uncomfortable heat and humidity has continued with temperatures topping 40C as other parts of NSW also swelter.

Birdsville, in Queensland’s far west is tipped to reach 48C next Tuesday, the same time Bourke is forecast to hit 46C ...

We are fortunate to have Balmoral to escape to - especially in the early evening.

Sunbaker’ Max Duplain  1937   State Library of NSW – Wiki Commons

Max Duplain's famous photo was taken nearby at  Manly Beach.

I shield my face; My eyes are closed; I spin with nearing sleep; I am dissolved within myself and softened like a ripening fruit;I swing in a red-hazy void; I sway with tides of blind heat.

From ‘The  Sunbather’ – John Thompson

LOVING MOSMAN IN SUMMER - Picnics and Walks

Sirius Cove Reserve - the perfect place for a summer picnic

Perfect place for a summer picnic and the starting point for an amazing walk around the foreshores to the zoo - a child and dog friendly playground.

Mosman Bay to the Zoo via Curlew Camp

                               

Distance          1.6 km long walk one way plus detours

Time                Approx 1 hour

Gradient          Relatively easy,  but does include steep sections and steps. 

Sights             Aboriginal middens, Curlew Camp, Whiting Beach

Toilets             At Sirius Cove 

Transport         Ferry, bus or car. Parking  available by Mosman Wharf - ferries

                          and buses at  both ends of walk.

Links

Foreshore        Lunch / Party / finger food

Flavours

Paperbarks along the track

Site of Curlew Camp

Signage tells the fascinating story about when it was the playground for artists, writers, musicians, and their weekend friends in the 1880's and 1890's.