Watsons Bay, Hornby Lighthouse

Hornby Lighthouse is located at South Head, in the eastern suburb of Watsons Bay. It was built in 1858 by public demand after the tragic shipwrecks of the Dunbar and the Catherine Adamson in 1857. It was opened by Governor of New South Wales Sir William Thomas Denison and named after the family of his wife, whose father became Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, Commander in Chief of the British Pacific Fleet in the 1860s. The lighthouse was designed by colonial architect, Alexander Dawson.

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Darling Harbour, Australian National Maritime Museum

Looking across Darling Harbour towards the W Hotel and the Australian National Maritime Museum at night. The blue cranes in front of the Sofitel Hotel are part of a new development which is replacing Harbourside. The James Craig is a Tall Ship moored outside Wharf 7 of Sydney Wharf, as part of the permanent display of the museum.
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Darling Harbour, Australian National Maritime Museum

Looking across Darling Harbour towards the W Hotel and the Australian National Maritime Museum at dusk. The purple cranes in front of the Sofitel Hotel are part of a new development which is replacing Harbourside. The James Craig is a Tall Ship moored outside Wharf 7 of Sydney Wharf, as part of the permanent display of the museum.

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Shark Island Light

 
Shark Island Light is an active pile lighthouse, located just north of Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour. A boat full of fishermen has moored near a marker here.
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Mosman, Bradleys Head, war memorial

The Bradleys Head Naval Memorial is located at the end of Bradleys Head in the north shore suburb of Mosman. The HMAS Sydney I memorial mast was removed following her decommissioning in 1928. It commemorates the “Sydney-Emden” action, the first engagement at sea of a Royal Australian Navy ship during the First World War on 9 November 1914 at Keeling Island near Cocos Island. The memorial also honours those who served in the Royal Australian Navy and all ships lost in service. A bridge links to Bradleys Head Lighthouse in Sydney Harbour.
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Vaucluse, Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage

The Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage is located along Old South Head Road, in the eastern suburb of Vaucluse. This cottage was designed by James Barnett and built in 1881 as the keeper’s residence of the nearby Macquarie Lighthouse circa 1818.

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Milsons Point, Luna Park

Luna Park is an amusement park along Olympic Drive, in the north shore suburb of Milsons Point. The  heritage listed amusement park was designed in the art deco style and opened in 1935. Luna Park has temporarily closed to install nine new rides. This view shows the Helter Skelter Cafe, Volare Wave Swinger, Lighthouse and Ferris Wheel.
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Vaucluse, Macquarie Lighthouse

Macquarie Lighthouse is located at South Head, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in the eastern suburb of Vaucluse. A flagstaff was erected on this site in 1791 with Australia's first and longest operating navigational lighthouse built here in 1818 in sandstone. The current lighthouse was designed by James Barnet as a replica of the original but using stronger materials and first exhibited in 1883. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1976 and in 1989 the lighthouse keepers were withdrawn. The memorial plaque was erected to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the lighthouse.

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Vaucluse, South Head Signal Station

The South Head Signal Station is located along Old South Head Road, in the eastern suburb of Vaucluse. A lookout post was established on the site in 1790 for ships arriving at the heads of Sydney Harbour. This sandstone tower was designed by Mortimer Lewis and built in the 1840s and in the 1890s raised to the present four storeys. It ceased as a signal station in 1992 but was taken over by Coast Guard Sydney and has operated since as a Search and Rescue Base.

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King Street Wharf, water taxis

These water taxis are moored at King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour. Pyrmont Bridge and the Australian National Maritime Museum are in the distance.

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King Street Wharf, water taxi

This water taxi is moored at King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour. The Australian National Maritime Museum is in the distance.

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Darling Harbour, Sydney skyline

This view of the Sydney skyline across Darling Harbour is from Wharf 7, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. Some of the landmarks seen here are Sydney Tower, King Street Wharf, Endeavour replica, Pyrmont Bay ferry wharf, the Cape Bowling Green lighthouse and the Australian National Maritime Museum.

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Australian National Maritime Museum

The Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, viewed from Barangaroo. The Australian National Maritime Museum was designed by Phillip Cox and opened in 1991. The museum houses exhibitions that explore Australia's links with the sea and how maritime activities and issues have shaped the lives of people in Australia. The Endeavour replica and the Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse can be seen here. The museum has a large new sign on this side.

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Darling Harbour, seagull

A seagull at King Street Wharf takes in the views at Darling Harbour out to the Australian National Maritime Museum at Pyrmont, which features the Cape Bowling Green lighthouse and the HMN Endeavour replica.

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King Street Wharf, water taxis

These water taxis are moored at King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour. The Australian National Maritime Museum is in the distance.

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Darling Harbour, Cape Bowling Green lighthouse, Vivid Sydney

These animated light projections are on the Cape Bowling Green lighthouse at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, as part of the Vivid Sydney festival. The office towers in the background are located at Barangaroo.

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Pyrmont Bay, ferry

This ferry at Pyrmont Bay ferry wharf, beside the Australian National Maritime Museum, is a new Emerald class ferry operated by Sydney Ferries which entered service on Sydney Harbour in 2017. It was controversially named "Ferry McFerryface" after a public vote supposedly resulted in "Boaty McBoatface" winning, but apparently changed by the Transport Minister since the name had already been used overseas. However, the Maritime Union of Australia refused to crew the vessel in protest at the name and subsequently it was controversially revealed that the name had not in fact been the competition winner, but was selected by the minister himself. So now it will be renamed "May Gibbs", after the popular Australian children's author.

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Darling Harbour, lighthouse, Santa Fest

The Cape Bowling Green lighthouse is located at the Australian National Maritime Museum, at Darling Harbour. It was originally built in 1874 at Cape Bowling Green, south of Townsville, Queensland. It was replaced in 1987 and then transported to the north wharf of the maritime museum in Sydney in 1994. Santa Claus keeps watch from the balcony during Santa Fest.

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Watsons Bay, Hornby Lighthouse

Hornby Lighthouse is located at South Head, in the eastern suburb of Watsons Bay. It was built in 1858 by public demand after the tragic shipwrecks of the Dunbar and the Catherine Adamson in 1857. It was opened by Governor of New South Wales Sir William Thomas Denison and named after the family of his wife, whose father became Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, Commander in Chief of the British Pacific Fleet in the 1860s. The lighthouse was designed by colonial architect, Alexander Dawson and features distinctive red and white vertical stripes.

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Vaucluse, South Head Signal Station

The South Head Signal Station is located along Old South Head Road, in the eastern suburb of Vaucluse. Captain John Hunter established a 'lookout post' with huts and a flagstaff in 1790, which would serve as a landmark for ships arriving at the heads. Later, a nine metre high brick column and a semaphore mast were built near the flagstaff. A sandstone tower was designed by Mortimer Lewis and built in the 1840s to replace the brick column and in the 1890s was raised to the present four storeys. It ceased as a signal station for Sydney Harbour in 1992 but was taken over by Coast Guard Sydney and has operated since as a Search and Rescue Base, monitoring small craft and recreational boaters.

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