I had originally planned on this day to do a walk on the Northern Beaches, but the forecast was poor, so I delayed my departure and sat at home and kept an eye on the weather radar. It looked like some interesting storms were moving up the coast from the Illawarra. So I thought it may be nice to go on a walk to Cape Banks in Botany Bay Kamay National Park. There is some shelter from storms on the Cape (in caves) and on the way there in some old bunkers on Henry Head.
So I left home, but on the train to the city, it looked like I was too late. The storm was overhead. So instead I crossed the Harbour Bridge and was going to head to Balls Head – hoping got get photos of the storm over Sydney. However, when the train emerged from the underground and started over the bridge – it was raining very heavily, and it looked like I would be too late to get photos from Balls Head, so I got off the train at Milsons Point and considered options. It was too wet to get some photos nearby, so I got a train back to the Wynyard and another to the Quay and then a bus to La Perouse. When I got off the bus at the terminal – another storm cell was approaching. Continue reading →
