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Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday March 31, 2011
Dog paddling ... Matt Thomas takes Harry and Piper for a dip in the waters of Kissing Point Bay, where remnants of slipways are a visible reminder of the area's shipbuilding past. Hit for six ... Jack O'Brien of Gladesville is in the swing of batting practice in the cricket nets at one corner of the nearly nine hectares of Morrison Bay Park.Awesome feeling ... Rowers from The King's School get in some training along the shores of Putney and Mortlake. Social circles ... Sun-smart students at Putney Public School take time out from the books. The primary school has grown from 126 students in 1921 to around 400 today. Walk this way ... A couple keep the romance alive in Kissing Point Park. Before the area became part of Putney, Kissing Point was most likely named for the point on the Parramatta River where ships' keels "kissed" the riverbed. Wide web ... Putney Park boasts a popular rope tower as well as a wading pool and the City of Ryde's longest slippery dip.
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