Watsons Bay, Sydney -- Great location and grand food and drink.
Watsons Bay is on the north end of the Vaucluse peninsula, which is the South Head at the entrance to Sydney Harbour.
The bay offers a panoramic view of Sydney Harbour, plus it has some of the finest eating — and relaxed drinking — that Sydney has to offer.
There are two Doyles restaurants at Watsons Bay: they are the Doyles Wharf Restaurant, and Doyles At The Beach take away. Both are pricy, but are renown for their excellent seafood.
The nearby Watsons Bay Hotel has a great beer garden, where you can sip your wine or ice-cold beer, and enjoy the magnificent view out across the water.
Watsons Bay Hotel, 1 Military Road, Watsons Bay. Phone (02) 9337-4299.
If the weather is fine, make a day of it, and travel to Watsons Bay by ferry from Circular Quay. This will give you a harbour view from all angles.
And if you’d like to work off some of the calories from your lunch, you can walk around the walk to The Gap. The sandstone cliffs there are quite spectacular, with a deadly drop of 100 to 200 feet (30-60 meters) onto the rocks and sea below. The Gap used to be a favourite suicide spot… a ‘lovers leap’.
It has a magnificent view of Sydney Harbour as well, and if you look at the drop to the rocks below, you’ll understand why many people chose that spot to die.
The danger areas at The Gap are fenced off nowadays to prevent more deaths.
Picture Credit: Image via Wikipedia.
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