 Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Sydney
Mrs Macquarie's Chair is the name of a rock-cut bench at a look-out point to Sydney Harbour. It was cut from a piece of sandstone rock located on a peninsula in Sydney Harbour. Inscribed on the bench are details of the road to this point. The peninsula itself is called Mrs Macquaries Point, and it is located at the end of Mrs Macquarie's Road.
Mrs Macquarie's Chair
Author: Steve nova (GFDL)
The namesake for the chair, the peninsula and the road is Lady Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. According to popular belief, Mrs Macquarie loves to to sit on the rock and watch for ships from England sailing into the harbour.
The peninsula sits between the Garden Island peninsula to the east and Bennelong Point, where the Sydney Opera House is located, to the west. The chair faces north-east towards Fort Denison and the Pacific Ocean. Looking to the northwest, however, one gets the best view of Sydney Harbour, with the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Granted those famous icons were not around when Mrs Macquarie sat there.
Mrs Macquarie's Chair Location Map
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Getting there
Go along Mrs Macquaries Road. Take the Sydney Explorer Bus or 888.
Nearby Sights
Hyde Park Barracks
Parliament House
Royal Botanic Gardens
St James' Church
Sydney Hospital
Sydney Mint
The Domain
Conservatorium of Music
Government House
Port Denison
State Library of NSW
Woolloomooloo finger Wharf
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