birthday trike tour surprise – Allan + Lincoln 16.06.24

The birthday trike tour surprise was for both of Christian’s work friends for their 50th. He came along on his own motorcycle and followed the trike. They are all locals who live in the city and once they knew what was in store for them, they were very enthusiastic.

They love the ride. Christian wrote, “..couldn’t speak highly of the experience enough…” Our trike rider picked them up near the beautiful Sydney Town Hall.

Centennial Park

Firstly, they rode through the city to the fabulous Centennial Park. It is a lovely experience, to ride through and to stop for a short break or photos. It’s where the main photo was taken.

With 120 fields and venues, 35+ different sports are 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.”

Bronte-Coogee Aquatic Reserve

Next, it was east to the Bronte-Coogee Aquatic Reserve. This extends from the southern end of Bronte Beach to the rock baths at Coogee Beach and out to 100 m offshore. It covers an area of approximately 40 hectares and includes 4,000m of coastline.

The objectives of the aquatic reserve is:

1. conserve the biodiversity of fish and marine vegetation
2. protect fish habitat
3. facilitate educational activities
4. facilitate scientific research.

Clovelly Beach

Then it was north to Clovelly Beach. Clovelly Beach is a small and tranquil beach, located the mouth of a narrow bay between two rocky ridges. Then they turned and headed west.

Bronte Beach

Next, they rode east to Bronte Beach. It is a small but picturesque popular recreational beach in the eastern suburbs. Already, the birthday trike tour surprise has shown the locals so many interesting place in Sydney.

Tamarama Beach

Then, they rode north to the tiny but picturesque Tamarama Beach. It’s lovely to look out to the South Pacific Ocean from any of the beaches. Initially known as Dixon Bay by early European settlers, the name was changed to Tamarama in the 1800s. Tamarama is probably a derivation of the Aboriginal name ‘Gamma Gamma’ (possibly meaning ‘storm’), which appeared on maps of the coastline in the 1860s by the Military or Naval Authority.

Bondi Beach

Of course, we had to ride past the world famous Bondi Beach. Looking from the two ends of the beach give a different perspective. 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 is seriously nice (but not our favourite) and we usually stop near the lifeguard station, made 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.

The photo was taken at middle Bondi Beach, near the Lifeguards.

Watsons Bay and The Gap

Heading North through some upper class suburbs, such as Vaucluse, they rode to “The Gap” and stopped for photos. The view towards North Head and out to the South Pacific Ocean. Watsons Bay sits on the end of the South Head peninsula. The Gap is an ocean cliff which faces the Tasman Sea, is located in the suburb of Watsons Bay. Although the cliff is a popular tourist destination, it is infamous for suicides.

However, the 1 hour was up so our trike rider dropped them off at Watsons Bay. Here they were going to eat lunch, then the trike passengers were going to catch a ferry back into Sydney city. Christian rode his bike back home.

In conclusion, the birthday trike tour surprise was a real success. So much fun, the best ever present!

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