Gap Park
Clifftop park on wind-swept sandstone sea cliffs with sweeping ocean views and a somber shipwreck memorial.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Gap Park in Sydney tells two stories from this clifftop: a retired sailor named Don Ritchie, who spent half a century living across the road and stepping in whenever he saw someone standing too close to the edge, and the wreck of the ship Dunbar, which drove into these rocks on a stormy night in August 1857. It traces what drew each of them to this exact stretch of cliff, decades apart. Look for the ship's anchor, now a memorial standing on the headland.
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