Hilltop view: the Hawkesbury River

The view from the top of the hill at Pearl Beach is a stunner, especially on a calm clear day like the one this photo was taken. The clouds reflect in the water and you can see all the way up the Hawkesbury River. To the top left is Palm Beach, the northernmost tip of Sydney city.

It takes less than half an hour to travel by ferry across the water but an hour and a half (at least) by car.