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Date: 1 April 2019
Par�cipants: Graham Lewarne, Jill Green, Rogo, Trevor McAlister, Richard Darke, Stephen Diserens, Warren
Southey, Lindsey Paget-Cooke, Kumiko Suzuki, Joan Kennedy, Judy Mifsud, Chris Strojny, Jenny Stephens, Erith
Hamilton, Be�y Chow, Bob Wood, Chris Paine, Trevor Giblin, guest Polyxeni Graudins.

Report:
Most of the group gathered at Circular Quay Wharfto catch
the 8.48 am ferry to Chiswick Wharf. A mild rain-free day
was predicted.

And so it turned out. Perfect walking weather. The last
three of the group joined us at Chiswick, and we walked
along Abbotsford Bay, past Abbotsford Wharf and Sydney
Rowing Club keeping as close to the water line as tracks
allowed. Then into Hen and Chicken Bay, the water still and
clear - no wind. Low tide allowed us to walk on sand, with a
pre�y place for lunch, and where the Mortlake-Putney
few rocky sections, past a number of golf courses andgreen ferry (built 1927) runs. Mortlake has undergone constant
passive recreation areas. We walked around Kings Bay,
and significant development since the closure of the land
Canada Bay, Exile Bay, and France Bay, the naming of the
occupied by AGL since 1884.
last three reflecting the fascina�ng history of a small group
Walk descrip�on: of French-Canadian political prisoners who were exiled and Further along Majors Bay we passed the Yaralla Estate and
Lovely foreshore walk around the numerous bays on the incarcerated in Concord in the 1840s. There is a monument mansion, also known as the Dame Eadith Walker Estate.
southern side of the Parrama�a River including historic to theexiles, unveiled bythe then CanadianPrime Minister, The leader gave a brief history of Yaralla, as we walked
sites of Exile Bay, Eadith Walker Hospital, Rivendell and Pierre Trudeau. around the grounds, the stables, turpentine forest, the
Kokoda Memorial. Map: Harbour Circle map Gro�o. The estate is now home to the Dame Eadith Walker
The group passed the a�rac�ve shore-lined houses of Hospital. We walked the extensive mangroves lining the
Cabarita, before passing the Cabarita Swimming Centre. We
foreshore in front of Concord Repatria�on Hospital. At the
had lunch at Cabarita Point.
point, Rocky Point, is Rivendell, formerly Thomas Walker
Then along the shores of Convalescent Hospital, with the deligh�ul Watergate by
Kendall Bay, past the huge the clear water. Rivendell is now an adolescent psychiatric
Breakfast Point facility, established in 1997 with Dr Marie Bashir as its first
development with its director.
a�rac�ve lawns between
Lastly and quite quickly we walked past the Kokoda Track
the houses and the water.
Memorial. The cafe is closed Mondays, so sadly for some,
We did not walk right to the
no coffee at the finish. A great group and a most enjoyable
end of Mortlake Point, a
walk.
Report by: Graham Lewarne 52 Photos: Jill Green