A man stands outside the control room near the lifting section of the Spit Bridge near Clontarf in Sydney Harbour


The Spit - named after the tip of the peninsula jutting into Middle Harbour. It was known to the Aborigines as Parriwi, a name which is recalled in Parriwi Road and Parriwi Park.


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