Botany Bay national park: Coastal walk 1

Located at the entrance of botany bay,sydney (about 15 km south of Sydney City centre) this park is the site of first contact between James Cook's Endeavour's crew and australian aboriginal people in 1770.This is also the place where France's famous explorer Jean François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse, arrived within a week of the British First Fleet in 1788.

This park is separated in two parts Kurnell and La Perouse separated by bay and covers about 450 hectares of land and is much smaller compared to other national parks like Royal National Park. This park represents a nice, less crowded leisure site for family with 15 min to 2.5 hr walking tracks rated from easy to medium difficulty and is a very nice getaway from busy city life.

For more information, please check the following link

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0066










Congwong beach
























Barrack Tower (this was used as watch tower or used to direct stray vessels and also later by customs to stop smuggling etc)









thats me...relaxing on the beach....far away from thesis and work tensions :)))









A container vessel carrying goods from the refinery























This bridge connects Bare Island (where there was old prison) to mainland









A chopper used by Refinery people at Kernell nearby











































Crab in the rock crevice on the beach...i got good close up of it though from a safe distance :)










Its easier to spot plenty of creatures around...only necessary thing we have to keep our eyes open and mouth shut :))











Golden wattle: Australia's national flower

































A nice path through the bush












































A nice view of Bare island from the walk...