Sydney Harbour High Line Route – Sydney Harbour HighLine

Route Overview

Sights Along The Route

Luna Park & Lavender Bay

Access to the SHHL will be easy – walk across the Harbour Bridge or take a train or ferry to Milsons Point. Then walk down to the Harbour edge past North Sydney Pool and Luna Park.

Luna Park

The line leaves Luna Park following the existing tracks along the edge of Lavender Bay. This line, although now only used for train shunting and storage, was originally a bustling line where the north shore trains would terminate and access was gained to the harbour ferry before the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

During the 1800’s and early 1900’s Lavender Bay was a busy marine facility with shipwrights, slip ways and ferry services from the southern side of the harbour.

Wendys Garden & Railway Yards

Specific features in this section are the sculptures by local resident, artist Peter Kingston, that are located in the garden areas adjoining the ‘Peter Kingston’ walkway on the boardwalk between Luna Park and the old Lavender Bay Ferry Wharf.

Art Lavender Bay

To the right is the renowned Wendy’s Secret Garden that extends from the walking trail up the escarpment to Clark Park. Beside Wendy’s Garden is the original station masters house, Berowra.

Wendy’s Garden

Before entering the rail tunnel on the left hand side is the last remaining evidence of the slipways used by the shipwrights in Lavender Bay. The slipway was part of the Neptune Engineering works, manufacturers of the first diesel engines in Australia.

Railway Yards

Sawmillers Reserve

Ahead is 310 metres of tunnel with the layers of soot as evidence of the many years of steam train usage on this line. Above the tunnel lies the suburb of McMahons Point with its long history of marine-associated activity and interesting characters such as Billy Blue.

Sawmillers Reserve

On the western side of McMahons Point the dimly lit tunnel ends and the walking trail opens to the views across Berrys Bay and access to Sawmillers Reserve on the eastern shore. Sawmillers Reserve is a tranquil place where the bushland meets the foreshore of Sydney Harbour.

During the 1800’s and early 1900’s Lavender Bay was a busy marine facility with shipwrights, slip ways and ferry services from the southern side of the harbour.

Coal Loader & Balls Head

Berrys Bay like many of the waterfront coves around Sydney Harbour was home to several shipwrights, with only one remaining today. Shipbuilding, repair and supply facilities were crucial to the developing Sydney during the 1800s and early 1900s and the growth of Sydney was linked strongly with these facilities and other similar operations along the harbour foreshores.

Coal Loader

After crossing the Munro Street bridge heading along Dunbarton Street , thence to the John Street and Victoria Street bridges, the SHHL walking trail finishes at Waverton Station. From there walkers may continue to the historical Coal Loader and Balls Head.

Balls Head

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