Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden - free entry

How to get there:

Wendy Whiteley's (Brett Whiteley's widow) Secret Garden is in Lavender Bay, North Sydney. 

Please respect the place, as well as Ms Whiteley privacy.

Closest ferry wharf is Milsons Bay (Luna Park)

Walk along the Lavender Bay coastal trail (Peter Kingston Walkway) until you get to the railway overpass

Climb the stairs, look for the distinctive 4 storey house next to the huge Moreton Bay Fig

Once a wasteland on public land, this garden is open to the public. There is a visitor book to sign.

The garden is filled with places to sit. There is a network of paths following the steep banks.

The end of the garden

North Sydney Public Art Trail "The Comic Walk"

The trail begins behind Luna Park (closest ferry is Milsons Point). Some of the art works (all on pedestals) are hidden amongst scrubs and grasses.

Keep your eyes peeled for Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding, Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat, May Gibbs' The Gumnut Babies, The Banksia Men and Ginger Meggs.

Lavender Bay

Dorothy Wall's Blinky Bill 

Michael Leunig's Teapot and duck

Arthur 'Art' Barton - 'the Rembrandt of Luna Park' - responsible for the funfair's artwork for 35 years

Peter Kingston Walkway, with Coney Island/Luna Park in the background.

The closest beach to Sydney CBD

Lavender Bay is in North Sydney. It is a 5 minute ferry ride across from Circular Quay.
A coastal walking track leads from Milsons Point ferry wharf, past Luna Park to a small beach (Qubaree Park) with spectacular harbour views.

The trail back to Luna Park

Quibaree Park, Lavender Bay - popular with the local bush turkeys