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Hungry Beach

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Hungry Beach & Cowan Creek
Hungry Beach & Cowan Creek

Hungry Beach is situated beside Cowan Creek and the Hawkesbury River in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in the northern part of Sydney, Australia.The north facing beach is about one kilometre from the ruins of the Flint & Steel Guesthouse. The beach is protected by steep cliffs. Above the beach are caves and middens, and a small densely vegetated gully with a fresh water stream. Access to the beach is by private boat; there is no formal bushwalking track but the beach can be reached by foot from Flint and Steel Bay.Hungry Beach was known as a fishing area, particularly for shark, turtle and mulloway. In 1936, The Sydney Mail reported that an indigenous man was shot dead by shark fishermen at Hungry Beach. The newspaper says he was the last surviving member of the Barrenjoey people. In 1899, the wreckage of the steam launch "Hatte", lying on Hungry Beach was sold for £25.The beach allegedly gets its name from a fisherman who became hungry, waiting for three days for a large shark to leave the area. Previously, the shark attacked his rowboat while fishing.

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Hungry Beach
Sydney Ku-ring-gai Chase

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N -33.58297 ° E 151.275832 °
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Flint and Steel Point


2108 Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase
New South Wales, Australia
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Hungry Beach & Cowan Creek
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