A spectacular new whale watching platform at Kamay Botany Bay National Park is set to establish Sydney as the whale watching capital of Australia’s east coast.
Cape Solander is a spectacular site attracting more than 300,000 local, domestic and international visitors each year.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has built the $2.5 million facilities in response to burgeoning demand from people wanting to see the spectacle as tens of thousands of whales pass the NSW coast each migratory season.
The new lookout provides greater capacity and triples the viewing area protected from the weather, with new tiered seating to increase the overall visitor capacity of the site.
The results are outstanding given the many challenges that had to be overcome to complete this spectacular project, including pandemic delays, contractor availability, and the extremely wet weather from November to April.
The new facilities provide wheelchair accessibility, improved visitor access, and safety enhancements.
Increased car parking provides upgraded pedestrian safety, including footpaths, signage, line-marking and barriers, complemented by extensive landscaping works.
The NSW Government funded the new facilities as part of the largest visitor infrastructure program in national park history, enabling the renewal, improvement and enhancement of park visitor facilities, safety and infrastructure.
This new facility complements other works completed or underway at Kamay Botany Bay National Park, including the Kamay 2020 sculptures, restored Alpha House and the proposed new visitor centre.
Read more about the upgraded whale watching platform here.
“The 521 Australians killed in action - pray for them. But give the living a hug.”
Across the country on Vietnam Veterans Day, many services like those at @cronullarslsb remembered the lives lost and the sacrifices and trauma of those who came back. ... See MoreSee Less
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🇮🇹 Celebrating la dolce vita and all things Italian at Ferragosto street festival on a stunning winter’s day in Five Dock. 🇮🇹 ... See MoreSee Less
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What a wonderful celebration. Wish I knew it was on !
Gotta love Italians 😝😝😝
Well done mark a true soldier well done
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Good morning 😊 Congratulations, HaVe A GrEaT Day! #Amazing_Work, #Great_Photos, #GreAt_LeAdeR
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Not related to this post , but if you have a bold vision to build more metro lines, you will absolutely have my vote 100%
Sadly you and NSW LIBS offer nothing to the people of NSW!!!
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Philip and Marie were missed at Church today
Prime Minister John Howard once said he had the second most important job in Australia, suggesting that the men’s cricket captaincy was the most important.
Bobby Simpson AO, who died today, has that job for two stints.
He was a test cricketer 1956-1968 and again 1977-1978, test captain 1963-1968 and 1977-1978 and national coach 1986-1996.
When test cricket was in crisis with the breakaway World Series Cricket, he came out of retirement aged 41 to lead his national side again. Later as national coach he reversed our ailing test fortunes.
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R.I.P Bobby Simpson
Giant of the game. RIP Bobby Simpson.
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Amazing!
When this is complete will you consider looking at the replenishment of sand on the beach?
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Your days are numbered Mark Weekman.