Sunday, September 9, 2012

Seacliff Bridge


Today was one of our bigger days, not only did we have a 4 hour drive to Sydney, we needed to return our hire car, pick up the Motorhome and drive another 1.5 hours out to Katoomba.

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I needed something to break up the driving. A brief stop off at the Seacliff Bridge was perfect!
The Seacliff Bridge is a $52 million balance cantilever bridge that links the towns of Coalcliff and Clifton. It boasts some pretty spectacular scenery and if you are in the area and it is definitely worth a look.

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Visitors can walk, drive or cycle the 665 metres and take in the breathtaking views of the coastline the entire way.

The bridge is located 60 kilometres south of Sydney, a fairly easy drive.

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On the northern end of the bridge visitors have added their own personal touch with padlocks. Many are simply random, blank padlocks, but others have been inscribed as a memory to a particular event, such as dates of marriage or the death of a loved one.


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In a nutshell the road simply slid away. However this part of the road has seen erosion and rock slides for a very long time. The hazards of having a road so close to the ocean I suppose.

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I’m very glad we made the decision to stop here, to see the bridge and the spectacular views of this coastline it was so worth it!

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1 comments:

Ingi said...

Did you know that the RTA (or whatever they are called now) is going to take all those padlocks off? Something about public hazard or some such nonense. I loved the padlocks!

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