Circular Quay, wharves and bridge

This view of Circular Quay ferry wharves and a ferry is from the viewing platform above Circular Quay railway station, out across Sydney Harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Narrabeen is a Freshwater Fleet Class ferry acquired in 1984, which is part of the Sydney Ferries fleet that operates services from Circular Quay to Manly. 

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Australian National Maritime Museum

The Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, viewed from King Street Wharf. The museum houses exhibitions that explore Australia's links with the sea and how maritime activities and issues have shaped the lives of people in Australia. Some of the outdoor exhibits can be seen from here such as the HMAS Vampire, the Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse and the Endeavour replica.

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Rose Bay

These yachts are moored in Rose Bay on Sydney Harbour, with the eastern suburbs of Vaucluse and Rose Bay as a backdrop.

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Opera House, ferries (Theme Day: Action Shot)

These Sydney Ferries were captured in action arriving towards and departing from Circular Quay, just before passing each other in front of the Sydney Opera House. They are a First Fleet Class ferry arriving and a SuperCat Class ferry departing.

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Dawes Point, Ives Steps Wharf

Ives Steps Wharf is located beside Pier One at Dawes Point, looking out on Sydney Harbour. The infamous Billy Blue operated a regular passenger boat service from Dawes Point across the harbour to Blues Point from 1830. The boat dock was approximately where the Ives Steps Wharf is now, but at that time it was called Waterman's Steps. They were renamed after Alderman Isaac Ellis Ives around 1896.

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Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour

Pyrmont Bridge is a swing bridge that crosses Cockle Bay at Darling Harbour and connects the inner city suburb of Pyrmont with the Sydney central business district. The bridge was opened in 1902 but closed to traffic in the 1980s when freeways south of Cockle Bay were built. It reopened as a pedestrian bridge with the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in 1988. It also carries an elevated monorail with a track that remains stationary so that the monorails can continue to cross even when the bridge swings open for large boats.

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Circular Quay, Deerubbun

The Deerubbun is seen here departing on a tour from Circular Quay, with the Sydney Opera House in the background. This former torpedo recovery vessel is owned by the Tribal Warrior Association, a charity that trains young people for careers in the maritime industry. The tours by Tribal Warrior Harbour Cruises teach tourists the Aboriginal names and meanings of significant Sydney landmarks. The stories of the Eora, Cadigal, Guringai, Wangal, Gammeraigal and Wallumedegal people are told and an Aboriginal cultural performance takes place on an island in Sydney Harbour.

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Wolloomooloo, Finger Wharf

Wolloomooloo Wharf, also known as the Finger Wharf, viewed from The Domain on the foreshore of Wolloomooloo Bay. Built in 1915, it was a working wharf until the 1970s. It was redeveloped into a hotel, apartments, restaurants and a marina in the 1990s. The newer apartments built at the end of the wharf are some of the most expensive in Sydney. The name Woolloomooloo is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word, either Wallamullah meaning 'place of plenty' or Wallabahmullah meaning a 'young black kangaroo'.

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Wareemba, Canada Bay

This view is from the inner west suburb of Wareemba, across Canada Bay to the suburb of Canada Bay. The name Wareemba is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "place where sweet water meets salt water".

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Birchgrove, barge

This industrial barge is involved in dredging, trenching, pipeline construction and laying underwater cables, by Oil and Gas Engineered Systems (OES). When it isn’t being used in Sydney Harbour, Botany Bay or other Sydney waterways, it is moored in Snails Bay, near the inner west suburb of Birchgrove. Part of the Sydney skyline can be seen in the distance,

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Birchgrove, marina

A private marina under a sunny sky, viewed from Ballast Point Park in the inner west suburb of Birchgrove.

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Birchgrove, Ballast Point Park, Goat Island

This view through the bushes and benches is from Ballast Point Park, in the inner west suburb of  Birchgrove. Golden Grove is the First Fleet Class ferry, which has just departed from Balmain ferry wharf in Mort Bay, is making its way through Sydney Harbour past Goat Island, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background.

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Woolloomooloo, boat

This boat with very tall masts was moored at the marina in Woolloomooloo Bay, beside the Finger Wharf in the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo. The old warehouse buildings on the wharf have been converted into a hotel, apartments and restaurants. Most of the boats moored here belong to residents of these exclusive apartments.

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Walsh Bay, Sydney skyline

A late afternoon view of the Walsh Bay wharves, from Dawes Point to Millers Point, with the Sydney skyline in the background. This view across Sydney Harbour is from Blues Point Reserve, in the northern suburb of McMahons Point.

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Millers Point, boats

These rescue boats and harbour pilot boats are moored at Moore's Wharf, on Walsh Bay, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. The vessels, outside the Operational Headquarters of the Sydney Ports Corporation, are used on Sydney Harbour. The Harbour Control Tower was once used for the the city's port facilities, at what is now known as Barangaroo.

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Sydney Harbour, sunset

This sunset view of the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge is across Sydney Harbour from Mrs Macquaries Point, in The Domain.

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Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Overseas Passenger Terminal, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Friendship, a First Fleet Class ferry at the Circular Quay ferry wharves, provide plenty of reflections in Sydney Harbour.

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Balmain East, Sydney Water Police

The Sydney Water Police has its base at Camerons Cove, in the inner west suburb of Balmain East. It comprises of the Marine Command Area complex and marina. It was built in 2005, replacing facilities in Pyrmont. It has a spectacular backdrop of the Sydney skyline.

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Sandringham, Georges River

The beach in the southern suburb of Sandringham provides this view of two yachts sailing from Botany Bay, heading upstream on the Georges River. The Towra Point Nature Reserve is in the background.

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Woolwich, Clarkes Point Reserve

Clarkes Point Reserve is located in the inner west suburb of Woolwich and provides spectacular views of Sydney Harbour. This lookout is one of the best vantage points on the harbour with views to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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