Coastal Walk #18 Waverton to McMahons Point
May 14, 2014 • Challenge, Coastal Walk, Great Southern Land: Australia, Travel • Comments
Time for another Coastal Walk! To refresh your memory I have set myself the challenge to walk all 37 walks in the Coastal Walks Sydney book in 2014. This walk is #18 in the book but #5 for me (confusing? yes.) Yikes, only 5, I better get a move on. I walked this one solo on an early Sunday morning, keen to get out into the beautiful day. I started on the track at Waverton, walking in the opposite direction as directed in the book, but it all turned out OK.
The walk is studded with plaques and information notices about the history of the area. North Sydney Council has a handy online reference to this one of their ‘Plaques Walk‘. The amazing BP Park offers fabulous views of Sydney Harbour as a bonus, but the best part is the feel of the repurposed site. In the 1920’s BP established the site with massive storage tanks for fuel that would come in from the ships. It was decommissioned in the 1980’s and the North Sydney Council transformed the site into something the views deserved.
A framework of steel walkways navigates visitors through the sandstone and concrete, it has such a cool atmosphere.
Moving on, this ‘Coastal Walk’ took me away from the coast for a little while, crossing the train tracks and then back again.
Sawmillers Reserve sits right alongside the train line. It was the site of a sawmill in operation from 1880-1980.
It’s neatly paved and offers a large grassy area perfect for picnics and BBQs.
There are ruins left behind and a ship-wreckage nearby in the water! Full of surprises on this walk.
And here I arrived at McMahon’s Point for this glorious view. As the book points out, it’s the only point where you can stand across from the bridge for a view opposite it’s arch (though I stood a bit further around reserve when taking this photo). 
