Page 49 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Sydney

SY DNEY A T A GLANCE  47

Middle Head and
Obelisk Bay
Gun emplacements,
tunnels and bunkers
built in the 1870s to
protect Sydney from
invasion by sea dot the
area. The superb fairy
wren lives here and
water dragons can
at times be seen North Head
basking on rocks.
Coastal heathland, with banksias, tea trees
and casuarinas, dominates the cliff tops.
On the leeward side, moist forest surrounds
Grotto Point tiny harbour beaches.
Bottlebrushes, grevilleas
and flannel flowers line
paths winding through the
bush to the lighthouse.

South Head
Unique plant species
such as the sundew
cover this heathland.
Bradleys Head
The headland is
a nesting place
for the ringtail
possum. Noisy
flocks of rainbow
lorikeets are also
often in residence.
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Nielsen Park
The kookaburra
is easily identi­
fied by its call,
which sounds The Domain
like laughter. Palms and More ton
Bay figs are a feature
of this former
common. The
Australian magpie,
with its black and
white plumage,
is a frequent visitor.

Centennial Park
Lakes, ponds and groves of
paperbark and eucalypt
trees are home to a variety
Moore Park of birds, such as black
Huge Moreton swans and sulphur­crested
Bay figs provide cockatoos. The bushtail
an urban habitat possum is a shy creature
for the flying fox. that comes out at night.

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