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DESTINATION | THE HEADS
CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT The anchor of the Dunbar
serves as a warning to seafarers; Waverley Cemetery enjoys
some of the best views on the coast; Built in 1858, Hornsby
Lighthouse is hard to miss; Spend time exploring multiple coves
along the coast.
the Macquarie Lighthouse, originally built in
1818 and still saving lives. Walking along from
here it is possible, detouring on to the road at
times, to follow the coastline all the way along
to Coogee.
Along the route one passes through one of
the most picturesque resting places possible,
Waverley Cemetery. Here, Australian poet and
story-teller Henry Lawson was buried in 1922, as
are cricketers Jack Fingleton and Victor Trumper,
Olympic swimmer ‘Fanny’ Durack, and brewer
Edmund Resch. They and all the others interred
here have possibly the best view of any in the
afterlife, while exploring the lines of the long-
departed searching for a famous name or two is
an interesting way to pass the time for the living.
Of course, Europeans were not the first to
come across the Harbour and its surrounds- the Eora and Cadigal people had been the
inhabitants for centuries and much evidence of
this can be found along this same coastline. Those
with an eye for it will easily spot the whale (or
possibly ray or basking shark) carved into the
stone on the walk between Bondi and Tamarama.