Botany Bay Coastal Walk - Kurnell to Cronulla - NSW - Australia
Botany Bay coastal walk from Kurnell to Cronulla is one of the best hikes so far. Kurnell is where Captain Cook first landed on Australian soil and tried to make contact with the indigenous Gweagal people. So the area is particularly important in the history of modern-day Australia and full of monuments related to the early European explorers. The coastal views were magnificent, the sandstone cliffs were majestic and the historic monuments took us back in time. The track is not particularly challenging but you could make it quite long if you want to. The main track starts from Cape Solander. However, we parked at the Silver Beach car park and took the monument track which led to Captain Cook's landing place, Joseph Bank's memorial, the meeting place, small freshwater stream from which Captain Cook took water for his ship Endeavour, etc. If that sort of history is of interest to you, we highly recommend spending some time exploring this area. We of course spent close to an ho