This photo taken on June 7, 2009 shows visitors (below-R) standing at Stanwell Park as they look out over the stunning coastline of the Illawarra region south of Sydney in Australia's New South Wales state. The Illawarra region is given it's special character with the way the escarpment meets the sea giving spectacular vantage points that overlook the Pacific Ocean
This photo taken on June 7, 2009 shows visitors (below) standing at Stanwell Park as they look out over the stunning coastline of the Illawarra region south of Sydney in Australia's New South Wales state. The Illawarra region is given it's special character with the way the escarpment meets the sea giving spectacular vantage points that overlook the Pacific Ocean
This photo taken on June 7, 2009 shows the stunning coastline of the Royal National Park south of Sydney in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state. The Illawarra region of NSW which begins with the southern hills of the Royal National Park is given it's special character with the way the escarpment meets the sea giving spectacular vantage points that overlook the Pacific Ocean.
Visitors to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (below) stand on the West Head of the park and look out across Pittwater to the Barrenjoey lighthouse (top) on the spectacular Barrenjoey Headland on the outer reaches of suburban Sydney on June 6, 2009. Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach at the farthest southern tip of Pittwater, with the lighthouse the third light on the headland completed in 1881 and built from the attractive Hawkesbury limestone found in the area
This photo taken from the Barrenjoey Headland on June 8, 2009 shows a view of the narrow strip of land between Palm Beach (L) and the Pittwater (R), the northernmost of Sydney's beach suburbs. The headland in ancient times was once cut off from the mainland by rising sea levels until the buildup of a sand spit reconnected it.
Visitors sit near the base of the Barrenjoey lighthouse on the spectacular Barrenjoey Headland on the outer reaches of suburban Sydney on June 8, 2009. Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach at the farthest southern tip of Pittwater, with the lighthouse the third light on the headland completed in 1881 and built from the attractive Hawkesbury limestone found in the area
This photo taken on June 8, 2009 shows a view of Whale Beach on the outer reaches of suburban Sydney. Whale Beach is one of the northernmost of Sydney's beach suburbs with spectacular homes built right to the edges of the headland (top) and a popular surf beach.
