The Entrance to Sydney Harbour

Imagine, if you will, you’ve been on a boat for many months. You land first in a bay area (Botany Bay), only to discover that previous reports of life sustaining plants and water were somewhat exaggerated. You move your fleet up the coast and discover a relatively narrow waterway between two huge rock cliffs. A river? Maybe fresh water? You enter, only to discover, to your amazement, the largest protected salt-water harbor in the world. Sydney Harbor.

This first picture is taken from inside the harbor looking through "The Heads" out to the Tasman Sea (named after the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, the first European to reach Tasmania in 1642). As you look at the picture, the cliff on the left is the North Head. From this angle, the South Head does not look very impressive by comparison.
	This is another view of the Tasman Sea side of the harbor entrance. It was taken by walking south from Manley Beach toward the Sydney Harbour National Park.
This is the South Head taken from the park area near Watsons Bay. The North Head is in the background.