The 4th Beach - Redleaf Pool

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All these harbor beaches seem to have an attractive way in - through gardens, scenie views, overhanging trees... uniformly lovely entrances.

Redleaf Pool did - through a pretty garden, but it is also different again - it was very Monte Carlo-ish, and was surrounded by city views. I kept waiting for Grace Kelly & Cary Grant to turn up. They didn't, but heaps of teenagers did. Definitely the beach of young people. Youth, 12-16s, actually out on their own, not in front of their tellys and computer games - it was very refreshing. It is also a beach that people can actually walk to - lots of people there, but not many cars. A local beach for local people.

And even though it is called Redleaf Pool, it is
clearly not a pool. It is a lovely little beach,
and as you can see it even has a little pontoon,
which was very fun. Stuie played SuperDad, and managed to swim both chlldren out there, although we had forgotten their floaties.
And speaking of forgetting, the year has clearly turned. We had forgotten the sunscreen, but happily, none of us burnt. ... It was nice to see a well-used little beach. Hurray for Sydney.

The Third Beach: Nielsen Park

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21st March 2009

Lots of people around, but as we arrived the Perfect Parking Spot opened up, so that was a very good start. Nielsen Park has an avenue of magnificent mature trees behind the beach, as you can see here. It also has historic changing rooms from the 1920s. They were indeed very nice.




The beach itself is pretty, and lots of sailboats went by. It seemed like an enclave of privilege, and in fact there were more women in bikinis than I have ever seen before. Anyway, it was a glorious little beach, and fun to swim from one side to the other.