There are a number of activities which families can enjoy with their children from a tour of Bare Island, the Laperouse Museum and monuments to the snake show at Cann Park , boomerang throwing with Laddie Timbery, or a guided bush tucker tour with renowned entertainer Vic Simms.In 2001, Vic won a Deadly Award for his outstanding achievements as an entertainer. His LP recording, The Loner, is recognised as one of the greatest collections of protest songs produced in Australia. More recently he featured at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games opening ceremony concerts, at Woodford’s Indigenous Festival, and gave the Welcome to Country at the Sydney Town Hall for the 2000 Olympics. Wikipedia Link and for those who missed this talk tune into this feature which was produced by the ABC. Link 
For a short, and varied introduction to the Headland start at the entry to the National Park near Grose Street and finish with a swim and picnic in Congwong Bay. You begin with a story about the Depression camps which were located in this area. Cross the Happy Valley bridge and walk across the roadway up to the lookout. From here you can view the Heads of Botany Bay, Cook’s landing place at Kurnell and the major sites on the Headland (Museum and Macquarie Watchtower). Walk down the track and across the roadway and turn right to go down to Congwong Bay. Once there take the wildflower walkway across to the most picturesque beach on Botany Bay, Little Congwong. Little Congwong is sheltered from the wind and you can also find shelter from the sun. Banksias grow around the beach and Warrigal Greens grow in sandstone crevices. The water is safe and there are rockpools to explore.
Little Bay Cubs took out a Highly Commended Award in the Youth Legends category for their entry on Little Congwong Beach at the Keep Australia Beautiful Clean Beaches Challenge Awards held December 2008. Randwick Council also collected two Highly Commended Awards for Yarra Bay in the categories of Resource Management and Friendliness.
The Little Bay Cubs entry showed the children at work and play. These activities have been restricted to early morning or winter. One cub suggested that the beach was just like the one in Alison Lester’s book “Magic Beach”. The following are some excerpts:
At our beach,
at our magic beach,
we swim in the sparkling sea,
surfing and splashing
and jumping the waves,
shrieking and laughing with glee.
Wild white horses are thundering past,
racing to get to the land,
plunging and prancing and tossing their heads,
then fading away on the sand.
At our beach,
at our magic beach,
we play in the sand for hours,
digging and building,
with buckets and spades,
invincible castles and towers….
At our beach,
at our magic beach,
we walk when it’s cloudy and grey,
looking for driftwood,
feathers and shells
washed up on the edge of the bay…… (by Alison Lester, ISBN 0044422989)
The following has been extracted from the Little Bay Cubs entry:
Firstly, the beach encourages youth activity: It draws the children into play as well as to observe the natural beauty of the rockpools, sandstone caves and diverse vegetation. It provides the perfect setting for a history lesson on the settlement of Australia, cultural lessons on how the original Aboriginal people lived in this area, and many lessons on natural history. For example, Little Penguins used to use the beach for burrow and occasionally a Little Penguin can still be observed during moulting season. Secondly, the group can play in safety and be easily supervised by adults: There are areas of natural shade and protection from the wind. Over the years the group has engaged in a range of activities. Some have taken down a rubber boats to paddle around in the safe waters. Others have participated in science tests on the quality of the water that streams onto the beach. Thirdly, because it so special the group is happy to participate in cleanups. For instance, on Cleanup Australia Day this year they brought out hundreds of old bottles, cigarette butts and polystyrene. On another occasion they participated in a National Tree Planting day and planted natives along the walking track to the beach. Fourthly, the group are so enthusiastic about promoting the beach so others can enjoy it and this year the special event was conducting a tour on the anniversary of the day that Joseph Banks collected shells in the area.
