Watsons Bay is privy to many firsts and is situated at the southern tip from where you enter the Sydney Harbor. The Tasman Sea is to its east and the Harbor itself to its west presents a wonderful view of Sydney in all its glory. The vantage point from the Harbor is a real treat and covers the city of Sydney in a wide range.

Watsons Bay is the place where the Governor of Sydney Mr. Phillip initially set foot on and this is also where the most ancient fishing settlement made its bow. As mentioned earlier, Watson’s Bay has a distinguished history of firsts to its credit.

This Bay is where the first Doyles Restaurant was set up and the current site has been a witness to the first sale of fish by Doyle way back in 1845. You can stop buy for a good meal at this place or better still, pick up a quick one from the Doyles outlet just next to the wharf and savor it feeding some seagulls. There can be nothing more relaxing than that for a visitor to soak in the beauty of the Bay.

To cove the area around the wharf, you have a number of routes that you can take. One route is where you cross the nude beach called Lady Bay and proceed till the Hornsby Lighthouse at the Southern tip. You can also take the more circuitous route via The Gap and pass Signal Station and the majestic Macquarie Lighthouse to visit the Dunbar wreckage site.

Getting to Watsons Bay is not a problem with all options of driving down by car, taking a bus or the ferry being open to you.

If you plan to drive down, you need to get out of the city and take the route by Oxford Street, which will lead you to Old South Head Road before taking you to Watsons Bay.

Bus No.324 from Circular Quay takes you directly to Watsons Bay and you can also choose the ferry from the Quay to take you there. This will be a good diversion from the usual rail and bus travel that one is normally exposed to in other cities.

There is enough culinary variety at Watsons Bay to cater to a wide taste and the number of eateries is a testimony to this fact. You need to allot the better part of a day to have a good look at what Watsons Bay has in store for visitors and only then you can have an unhurried leisurely time at this spot.

You can on the way back take the car by the Old South Head Road and go to Bondi Beach via Military Road

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