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Grotto Point and Washaway Beach 2005

Grotto Point and Washaway Beach 2005

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Lighthouses

National Parks and Reserves

Grotto Point

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Headland between Middle Harbour and North Harbour.

Parriwi Point

Headland on Middle Harbour at The Spit.

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Washaway Beach

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East-facing beach at the foot of Dobroyd Head in Sydney Harbour, named for the fact that its sand is occasionally completely washed away, leaving sandstone slabs, and only gradually returns.

Balgowlah Heights

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North-eastern residential suburb, on the western shore of North Harbour, where the land rises up to Dobroyd Head. Much of it was virgin bushland until into the 1930s.

Grotto Point

Locality in Balgowlah north of Grotto Point park.

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Middle Harbour

Suburb on the north shore of Sydney, occupying the area south of the Spit Bridge.

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Grotto Point lighthouse

Masonry and brick lighthouse that works together with the Parriwi Point lighthouse to guide ships into the harbour.

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Middle Harbour

An arm of Port Jackson, extending north-west from the Heads with its headwaters in Garigal National Park.

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