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Bronte to Waverley
Continue down Bronte Road
towards the southern end of
Bronte Beach. After passing
Bronte's cafés, walk through
the car park and follow the
road uphill, through a cutaway
originally dug for trams. As the
road winds through the cutting
and veers right, take the steps
through Calga Reserve. Walk
down Trafalgar Street to the
Waverley Cemetery q .
In grand displays of Edward-
ian and Victorian monumental
masonry, English, Italian and
Irish residents have been laid
to rest. Among notable Aust-
ralians buried here are writers
Henry Lawson and Dorothea
Mackellar; Fanny Durack, the
Bondi Pavilion
Bondi Hotel
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Resume your
walk, passing through Marks
Park into rocky Mackenzies
Bay and over the next head-
land and down to Tamarama
Bay 7 . In 1906-11, this beach
was the unlikely home of
Wonderland City - a rowdy fun
fair, boasting a roller coaster.
Across the beach and park,
climb the steps to Tamarama
Marine Drive. Follow the road
around to the slopes of Bronte
Park 8 , once part of Bronte
Estate. To explore Bronte
Gully 9 , and glimpse Bronte
House 0 , continue away from
the beach. Take the track that
follows the creek into a valley,
passing beneath a canopy of
fig and flame trees. The water-
fall was once a natural feature
of the ornamental gardens
designed for Bronte Estate.
The steps on your left lead
to Bronte Road and Bronte
House. The mixture of Gothic
and Swiss styling was the in-
spiration of the original owner,
architect Mortimer Lewis (see
p121) . Today it is owned by
the municipal council and is
leased as a private residence.
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Irish Memorial, Waverley Cemetery
first woman to win an Olympic
gold medal (in 1912), and do
the Australian crawl swimming
stroke; and aeronautical pio-
neer Lawrence Hargrave.
The Irish Memorial honours
the 1798 Irish Rebellion and
its leader Michael Dwyer, who
was transported to Australia
for his part in the uprising.
Leave the cemetery at the
southern end. Walk through
Burrows Park, hugging the
coast, to Eastbourne Avenue,
which leads to the walk's end
at Clovelly Beach w .
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Lookout at Mackenzies Point, a popular spot for watching surfers 6
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