So beautiful, Kerry! I can't imagine living in such a huge --and I'm sure--bustling--city. Always something to do and see. Do you still visit Narrabeen? That looks like a great place to have been raised. Did you enjoy ocean activities?
I still have "connections" with Narrabeen and visit regularly, Shasta. It was a wonderful place to grow up. Just below where the photo was taken, on the near side of Narrabeen Lake, in the photo I posted, you can actually see my street. Just a glimpse of it, between the trees, near the edge of the lake. That street runs along the southern edge of the lake in an east-to-west direction, ending in the Pacific Ocean at the eastern end. Our house was at the eastern end of the street, near the ocean. I vividly remember falling asleep each night to the sound of the waves breaking on nearby South Narrabeen beach. My bedroom was in a closed-in verandah. There was lots to do for a child growing up at Narrabeen. I spent a lot of my time at the beach, where my three older brothers were all lifesavers, undertaking voluntary patrolling duties in the summer. And when I wasn't at the beach, you would have probably found me playing somewhere near the lake. One could (still can) hire canoes and small boats and go rowing on the lake. Several streams empty into the lake, and I also did a lot of hiking in the foothills around the lake, following the course of those streams. All of these activities were usually accompanied by my beautiful German Shepherd dog, Toots. We called her Toots because she had such huge feet when she was a baby, and you call baby's feet "tootsies" - no connection with the movie "Toots," which came decades later. Might have been an omen, though! Quizzically, the name of our cat was Priscilla! Also, decades before the movie "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." I kid you not!
