Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Moonlight over Narrabeen Lagoon. On 25 February 2015, Warringah Council opened the last link in the Narrabeen Lagoon Bush trail from South Creek, Middle Creek and to Deep Creek. The 8.4-kilometre (5.2 mi) complete trail around the Lagoon crosses two steel bridges and runs adjacent to the Sydney Sports Academy.
Surveyor James Meehan placed the name Narabang Narabang Lagoon on a map in 1814 and thought the word meant swan. According to The Budawa Aboriginal Signage Group Inc., Narrabeen means "source of fresh water". The most popular theory involves Captain Henry Reynolds, a first fleeter who took his family to live near the Narrabeen Lagoon.
Narrabeen Lagoon Trail [ edit ] One of Somerville's last hard-fought campaigns was establishing an 8.4 km path around Narrabeen Lagoon despite opposition from Cromer Golf Club and The Academy of Sport.
North Narrabeen lies on the northern shores of Narrabeen lagoon, bounded by Warriewood to the north, Elanora Heights to the west and extends east to the ocean at Narrabeen Head. Narrabeen is opposite on the southern shore of the lagoon. The northern section of Narrabeen Beach is known as North Narrabeen Beach.
View of Narrabeen from Collaroy Plateau. The name Collaroy is aboriginal for "big reeds", [6] and the suburb began its life as part of Narrabeen. In 1881, the steamer "Collaroy" ran aground on Long Reef at the southern point of the suburb. Crowds came from all around the district to see the wreck that subsequently gave its name to the suburb.
Narrabeen Lagoon Elanora Heights is a suburb in northern Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Elanora Heights is 27 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council .
The Northern Beaches is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the entrance of Broken Bay.
Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes ha acre; 1: Braunsteffer Lake: Glacial: Princess Elizabeth Land: 0.0769: 0.19 [2]2: Club Lake: Glacial [3]3: Collerson Lake