Page 75 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Australia

INTRODUCING SY DNEY  73

Middle Head and
Obelisk Bay are
dotted with gun
emplacements,
tunnels and bunkers
built in the 1870s to
protect Sydney from
invasion. The superb
fairy wren lives here,
and water dragons
can at times be seen
basking on rocks.
North Head is covered with coastal heathland,
with banksias, tea trees and casuarinas
dominating the cliff tops. On the leeward
side, moist forest surrounds tiny, secluded
harbour beaches.
Grotto Point’s paths,
winding through the bush to
the lighthouse, are lined with
bottlebrushes, grevilleas and
flannel flowers.
Bradleys Head is a
nesting place for the
ringtail possum. Noisy
flocks of rainbow
lorikeets are also often in
residence. The views
across the harbour to
Sydney are spectacular.

South Head contains
unique plant species
such as the sundew.

Nielsen Park is ielsen Park is ielsen Park
N N
inhabited by the
kookaburra, easily
identified by its call,
which sounds
like laughter.
The Domain features
palms and Moreton
Bay figs. The Australian
magpie, with its black
and white plumage,
is a frequent visitor
(see p113).

M M Moore Park is filled with oore Park is filled with oore Park
huge Moreton Bay figs
which provide an urban
C C
habitat for the flying fox. Centennial Park contains open entennial Park contains open entennial Park
expanses and groves of paper­
bark and eucalypt trees. Black
swans may be seen on the lake,
but the brushtail possum is a
shy creature that comes out
0 kilometres 4 only at night (see p129).
0 miles 2