Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Dawes Point
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
BRIDGE
WALSH BAY
was Sydney's busiest before container shipping and the construction of new port facilities
at Botany Bay. The last decade has seen the Federation-era wharves here gentrified bey-
ond belief, morphing into luxury hotels, apartments, theatre spaces, power-boat marinas
and restaurants.
WATERFRONT
and leads you through 11 stops, with interesting plaques and directions urging you on-
wards; download a guide from the Walsh Bay website. Pier 4 houses the Wharf Theatre,
home to the renowned Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Dance Company and Bangarra
Dance Theatre.
GARRISON CHURCH
known as Holy Trinity (1843), this chunky sandstone Anglican church on the western side
of the Argyle Cut was the colony's first military church. Below a dark timber ceiling, the
hushed interior is spangled with dusty, lank-hanging regimental flags. Australia's first
prime minister, Edmund Barton, went to school here (the parish hall doubled as a school-
house).
CHURCH
ARGYLE CUT
(Argyle St; Circular Quay)
Convict labourers excavated this canyonlike section of road clear
through the sandstone ridge that gave the area its name. The work began in 1843 with
hand tools, and was completed (with the aid of dynamite) in 1867. The cut sandstone
frames scenery and greenery in a dramatic fashion and makes for a very atmospheric
stroll.
STREET
