Shark and Clark Islands, located off the harbourside suburb of Darling Point and Rose Bay respectively, became dedicated recreational areas as early as the 1870s and are now great places to watch the boat traffic in Sydney Harbour.

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Soon, we would be back to normal life, waking up not to get in the boat and watch the sunrise, but to eat a quick breakfast and get the kids to school.

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Some dashed to the headland, only to watch helplessly as a wooden boat carrying as many as 100 asylum-seekers smashed against rocks.

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Join one of the two whale watching outfits there (we chose North Sailing) for an evening whale watch aboard an old wooden fishing boat, some of which are actually repurposed whaling boats.

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They look like scolded schoolchildren, their expressions doleful as they silently watch Powers search the compartments of the boat.

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Carol Collins, Stornoway Coastguard watch manager, praised the actions of the fishing boat crews.

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With its sails and shallow draft, the boat was ideal for creeping up to the shoreline to watch animals frolicking in and near the water.

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Another sportsman aboard the 57-foot charter boat Citation had hooked one a minute before, and everyone had turned their backs on Whalen to watch the action.

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