short Sydney holiday Harley – Brenda 11.02.24

The short Sydney holiday Harley Davidson tour was organised by Brenda for herself. A Harley Davidson ride is something she has always wanted to do. Sydney is definitely a great place to do at because there are so many beautiful places to see. Not to forget our famous icons! Our Harley rider picked Brenda up from her hotel.

Centennial Park

Firstly, they rode through town and into Centennial Park. It is a lovely experience, to ride through and to stop for a short break, or photos. This is where the photo was taken.

120 fields and venues, and 35+ different sports played in the Centennial Parklands. It is the largest community sports precinct in Australia! The history is also interesting: “Originally a swamp and then set aside as land for the water source for Sydney. Centennial Park was reconstructed as a public park and opened in 1888. Sir Henry Parkes’ vision was to create a ‘People’s Park’ in which the citizens of Sydney could ‘take in the air’ away from the Sydney town centre.”

Tamarama + Bronte

Riding further east, they arrived in the suburb of Bronte. Bronte Beach sits on Nelson Bay, surrounded by Bronte Park. Bronte offers scenic cliff-top walking paths south to Coogee via the Waverley Cemetery and north to Tamarama and Bondi Beach.

Next, they rode north to Tamarama. It has a small ocean beach about 1 kilometre south of Bondi Beach and a couple of hundred metres north of Bronte Beach. It is an extremely narrow beach and deceptive for its size. Tamarama Beach is often referred to as Glamarama (or Glamourama), owing to the alleged abundance of glamorous people who sunbathe (often topless), on what must be one of the smallest strips of sand in the state (Wikipedia).

Bondi Beach

Then, they rode further north to the world famous Bondi Beach to the south side. Here, there is a lovely view overlooking the whole of Bondi Beach. This is the beach where Bondi Lifeguards of the Bondi Rescue TV series is filmed. When in Sydney it is one of the places you should visit. The beach was made extra famous by the TV series “Bondi Rescue”. Bondi Beach is one of the most visited tourist sites in Australia. Bondi Beach is recorded by the Australian Museum that Bondi means place where a fight using boondi sticks (nullas nullas or fighting sticks) took place.

Photos were also taken in front of the Bondi Lifeguard Tower.

Eastern suburbs

They headed west through the posh suburbs of the eastern suburbs of Sydney, including the Bays: Rose Bay, Double Bay and Rushcutters Bay. So far, the short Sydney holiday Harley ride has sown Brenda so much of beautiful Sydney.

Kings Cross

Continuing on, they rode through the infamous Kings Cross, though it has calmed down a lot since it’s heyday – home of the famous and huge Coca Cola sign. Kings Cross is also home to nightclubs and ladies of the night though it is not nearly as raunchy as it was in the 1970s (apparently).

Woolloomooloo

Down the hill and they rode past Garden Island which is the location of a major Royal Australian Navy base. Next, they rode through the inner eastern suburb of Woolloomoolloo and past the famous Harry Cafe De Wheels. Harry’s Café de Wheels has been serving customers for over 80 years. They make delicious pies, hotdogs and more.

St Mary’s Cathedral

St Mary’s Cathedral is very impressive, even when riding past. It’s a Gothic Revival architectural building which opened in 1928. It took from 1866 to 1928 to build and has a height of 75m. The original St. Mary’s Cathedral opened in 1835 but was destroyed by fire in 1865.

However, the 1.5 hrs was almost up. So, our rider dropped Brenda back at her hotel. She loved the whole experience as you can see by her smile! In conclusion, the short Sydney holiday Harley tour was the perfect way to see so much in a short space of time. Feel the Freedom!

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