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Date: 16 February 2019
Par�cipants: Col Pren�ce, Robert Robinson, Julia Stevenson, Tom Halbert, Lynne Outhred, Jolan Cikos, Chris
Edwards, Ian Edwards, Misako Sugiyama, Sandra See, Jacqui Hickson, Tony Hickson, Sandra Bushell, Jan
Mathieson

Walk descrip�on:

This is a circuit of the walking paths on North Head including the
Quarantine station. The leader is also surprised by the distance but his
legs said about 15 and the phone confirmed it! Map: Manly lagoon to
North Head.

Report:

We made a beeline (if an errant bee) for a long morning tea at the
Quarantine Station cafe. Getting our priorities right from the start.
Then an exploration of this sprawling site and a peer in the window of
the first class dining room. A�er a BUSH WALK (we were in dense
heathland for much of the day) we found shade for lunch which was
interrupted by the appearance of a large group of Ramblers looking
good for their age (the club's 90th birthday is next month).
A�er a walk through the grounds of St Patricks Estate we talked our
way in for a look at the inside of this magnificent gothic revival
structure. The sartorially elegant greeter explained that St Patricks is
fully owned by the Catholic Church - just leased to the International
College of Management. We were told that Tony Abbo� had a�ended
- we had seen the man himself before a bank of cameras at Manly.

Then we dallied inside the glorious Chapel with the sounds of the bush
Misako, Robert, Jacqui, Ian, Tom, Jan, Tony, Chris, Sandra, Jo, Lynne, Col, Sandra replaced by a superb single female voice A Cappella style filling the
huge space with its soaring ceilings.

Report by: Col Pren�ce 63 Photo: Julia Stevenson