Can anyone ID this bay/coastal photo? ( maybe somewhere in Australia)COMPLETED

[majm]

Hi there,

At this link is one of the many photographs taken by Freeman Brothers (early photographers in Sydney from say around 1855) It shows the then development around Campbells Wharf, looking back into Sydney Cove.  Possibly dating it to around 1870-80 ish ....   and thus ruling out any suggestion of The Rocks, as there's the motorbike (no earlier than 20th Century Edwardian era)

Fingers crossed though, it is just such a wonderful photo

http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=52507

Cheers,  JM

Edit to add this PS.   There's electric light poles along the water front, and the last of the yachts ("1") hauled up on the right seems to be of a more modern design than that of the one under sail on the water....  OH suggests the one we have called "1" could be post WWII in its construction. 

[annmck]

To me it has a look of Brisbane Waters or Lake Macquarie, both Central Coast NSW waterways.

It also reminds me of a stretch of bayside near Dunedin in NZ's south island....

Cheers 

[Billyblue]

Definitely not The Rocks.  Not built up enough and the bay's too small for Circular Quay.

Also don't think it would be Manly (Sydney) - again, bay too small.

? Narooma, south coast NSW?  Was there last September, and it's hilly straight up from the beach, like that.

Dawn M

[Cell]

Hi,
thanks all !!I'll certainly investigate the links
Attached is the bike , the little bit under the orange .

It just that it  seems  familiar to me, if you know what I mean. When I picked it up, I thought I know that place, but where? Or perhaps I  just know of something similar .  I used to live near to part of Lake Macquarie, near to Swansea and spent many an hour fishing around the lake in various places. I can't think where this could be if it's around lake Macquarie, so I don't think it's around there, but I could be totally,totally wrong.
I really would love to find out where it is. I fell love with it when I found it  and couldn't leave it there. Goodness knows where I'm going to hang it though

Thank you
P.s edited to say - the more I zoom in on my picture, I'm not sure if my lady is actually a  lady now . It looks like a man on the bike  to me now , but what is that in his hair if it's not a bow?

[Rufous Treecreeper]

Hi -

Looks to me like a motorbike and sidecar with a woman (ribbon in hair) standing behind the motorbike and man who is seated on motor bike leaning down (i.e. forwards towards photographer) checking out the engine right in front of her.  As he's leaning down and she's standing behind the motorbike it looks like one person, her top half and his bottom half.  There is another man behind the sidecar.

If it helps  it doesn't look like any of the beaches or bays I've seen in western Victoria   
The houses with the veranda roofs painted in stripes look very familiar though.

Mo
 

[Rufous Treecreeper]

  Just had a thought - I wonder if it might be the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.  This was post WW1 project for returned soldiers, should be some photos to compare with on the internet.

Mo

[Cell]

Thank you Momamg
keep all suggestions coming, as I haven't a clue. It does look  really, really  familiar doesn't it? It's "doing my head in"  as where?
 I see the three people now ,thank you! -you are right( I didn't notice the man leaning downwards in front of her ) ,but I still think my lady  looks a bit  like a man
Thank you

[Koromo]

... I'm not sure if my lady is actually a  lady now . It looks like a man on the bike  to me now , but what is that in his hair if it's not a bow?

Goggles?

K.

[CarolA3]

Hi again Cell,

Somewhere like The Rocks, Sydney could be more likely.

Oh dear.  Just to save everyone's time, I didn't say that it was The Rocks!  Maybe 'coastal NSW' would have been a better choice of words, but it was very late when I posted.
Anyway we can all see now that there are three people around the motorbike and sidecar and one is bending over.  All appear to be male and I think the two standing up are wearing caps/hats.  What looks like a bow in the hair could be part of some white object behind him, partly obscured by his head and cap.
Does anyone have any ideas about the name 'Walsh' on the boatshed?
Regards, Carol