The Thousands

Sydney’s waterways are akin to a quad-decker sandwich. Pittwater’s the rye, Sydney Harbour is poached chicken, Botany Bay is yesterday’s egg salad and Port Hacking is so soggy with mayo that, well, you don’t know what to do with it.

Botany Bay at first glimpse is ugly and oft overlooked. However there is beauty to be found in this diamond and it can be found in one of the weirdest, most picturesque and interesting places of the whole bay area, Cape Solander and Kurnell.

A typical journey into this area will take you through a Toyota stadium and seas of mangroves before winding into the sleepy town of Kurnell. It’s heavy industry meets heavy metal-surfer kids with a fish and chip shop to boot.**If you steer your vehicle in the direction of Sir Joseph Banks Drive, you’ll find Cape Solander. Covered in bush, almost to the cliff’s edge, this lookout boasts mind-bending views along the coast and of leaping cows in the Tasman sea. Also, the site is where Captain Alan Bond first anchored The Australia II in 1983 in preparation for his voyage to the America’s cup – to solve Jamaica’s increasingly troublesome spice trade. Shit, no it isn’t. I knew I should have paid more attention in History class. Quick someone deport me!