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My last day off in January 2023 took me on a short hike that I had done two or three times before. It went again with the ship from Sydney Circular Quay to Manly and then on foot along the North Head back to Manly. The weather was this time slightly rainy, but that did not bother, because still warm and thus not too warm. In addition, not too many people disturbed.

As with the hike before, this time we headed south again into the beautiful area just south of Royal National Park. This time I had chosen a hike from Thirroul to Stanwell Park on the map. From the train station Thirroul it went through jungle vegetation and finally steeply up to the plateau. Then it went most of the time on the plateau in the direction of Stanwall Park and there again down to the sea and finally with the rail replacement service back to Sydney. The hike took place in January 2023.

Another interesting area that is quite easily accessible from Sydney are the stations just south of the Royal National Park. Unfortunately, the trip here also takes about 2 hours, but the trip to the Blue Mountains takes much longer. I’ve driven through the area a few times by car, but never hiked through. So I decided for an easy and quite short hike, early 2023 around the small village of Stanwell Park.

I’ve been to a few places to hike around Sydney now. On this trip on a weekend day, this time I took the train north to Hawkesbury River station. At this station there is an access to the Great North Walk, which goes from Sydney to Newcastle or even further. I decided to walk the piece from Haweksbury River to one of the more southern stations. This walk took place in December 2022.

I had a somewhat long layover in Singapore on my flight back to Germany from Sydney. For this reason, I had booked a hotel for one night and had to go on the very next day. In the end, I only had about three hours in the late evening to walk around a bit. It was December 2022 and as always tropically warm in Singapore. So I walked a little along the beach and then back to my hotel.