Cliffs of Coogee

It took me a long time to find the cliffs of Coogee.  Years in fact.  The cliffs are actually not on any walking track and it takes a bit of searching to realise that you need to jump some fences to get out to where they are.

Once you find them, you realise that they are one of the best places in all of Sydney.  They give a near uninterrupted view up and down the coastline of Sydney.  The rocks on the cliffs themselves are also beautiful, and some intrepid artists have managed to climb out and decorate some parts with some graffiti art (of varying degrees of quality).

Getting out to the cliffs is itself not that dangerous, but once you are standing on the edge it's easy to appreciate why the area is made more publicly known.  There are too many ways you could foresee someone slipping and falling.  Added to that is rocky outcrops beneath the cliffs.  If anyone were to fall in, it's not clear how anyone would be able to get to them to rescue them.

Still, it's lovely standing out there and looking out at the ocean.  When there's a nice breeze coming in you almost feel like you're completely alone in Sydney, standing on the very edge of Australia.