Friday, 24 July 2009

Walsh Bay, Pier One

A glorious blue winter sky over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, viewed from Walsh Bay. Pier One on Dawes Point, overlooking Walsh Bay, was once part of Sydney's port facilities. It has now been converted into a hotel, apartments, shops, restaurants, bars and cafes. If you click on the photos to enlarge them, you can see a couple of adventurous groups of people doing the BridgeClimb on the Harbour Bridge.

76 comments:

Sarah said...

what a beautiful place. How I wish I could visit there. It's cool I guess.

Thanks for the visit too.

My Family Daily Adventure said...

visiting here again. God bless

Maria said...

Crystal clear photos... love ocean and sky views... with the bridge to connect!
~Maria

Leif Hagen said...

Nice snap - looks like a fun place to spend some time eating, shopping, exploring, etc.

Lois said...

Magnificent!

m_m said...

Wow! Excellent view! The bridge is great!

Your EG Tour Guide said...

Clear, blue and beautiful!

Bonnie Bonsai said...

The best vantage point of view Jim!

Carol said...

Great photos...so crisp and clear...love the sky reflection

Julie said...

This is an outstanding part of Sydney, Jim and your images do it justice. The sky last Saturday was wonderful. Then entire weekend was glorious ...

ellievellie said...

Beautiful blue over the gorgeous bridge!

Baruch said...

Lovely photos and a glorious sky indeed

Jenn Jilks said...

Great skies!

Happily Retired Gal said...

What deep BLUE skies and a lovely view of the bridge.
Hugs and blessings,

Dave Coulter said...

Beautiful shots....Happy SWF!

kbguy (福生) said...

Very interesting sharing.

Tammie Lee said...

Hi Jim,

Your photos are wonderful with that crisp blue sky.

Could you tell me how you leave a titled link to your post with your comment? I would love to be able to do that, it makes it so easy to visit you!

Secret Mom Thoughts said...

Nice skywatch shots. Love both the angles.

James said...

Very glorious indeed. The pictures are wonderfully crisp and beautiful.

diane said...

Fabulous colour, fabulous icon.

shirl said...

Great picture. This brought back great memories of the bridge climb which I did on my visit in 02.

J Bar said...

Actually shirl, if you click on the photo and enlarge it, you can see a couple of groups up there doing the BridgeClimb.

Carver said...

What a beautiful bridge and it's set off so well by the gorgeous sky.

Tammie Lee said...

Hi Jim,
I think I figured it out, would you test it for me? I linked to a different sky watch post:


Sky Watch post

Regina said...

Beautiful Australia.
Great skies and shots.

kRiZ cPEc said...

that's so blue! thanks for sharing.

J Bar said...

No worries Tammie. It works.

Tabib said...

Beautiful icon of Sydney, love that blue.

earthtoholly said...

Wow! Very nice pics...I really like that bridge against the beautiful blue sky. Very bold!

Lorac said...

Love your Blog and all the pics. Had a good look around. You have it all! Water and bridges are two of my fav's!
Thanks for stopping by to say hello.

Tricia said...

What beautiful skies! Is it winter there, now? Or were the photos just taken in the wintertime? Interesting

Have a fantastic weekend!

Rajesh said...

Very beautiful place. Love to see this in person.

Lew said...

Beautiful! I like that you gave us two slightly different views.

Adrienne in Ohio said...

Lovely blue skies. How nice to reinvent it into something that brings more life to the area.

J Bar said...

Yes Tricia. We have winter in the southern hemisphere when you have summer in the northern hemisphere. It's rather cool today but perfectly clear blue skies. I took these photos last weekend when it was also clear and much warmer. Winter but felt like late Spring.

lazyclick said...

Marvelous snap. Very nice bridge.

Sally in WA said...

Lovely captures. That bridge just stands out against that blue sky.

Jew Wishes said...

Great perspectives and sky watching.

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

Double good one!

Wow! you're up to 38 comments already and I'm just getting started!

chrome3d said...

That´s the hotel where I want to stay once I get there!

bettyl said...

Those are great photos! Clear and crisp.

Gattina said...

I wished we had this beautiful blue sky in summer here in Belgium !

Euroangel said...

very nice blogs..i love all your photos here..they seems to be professionally taken.

yyam said...

Great shots Jim!

Greyscale Territory said...

Such a serene blue sky highlighting all those buildings! This shot br5ings back memories of many ferry rides on Sydney Harbour!

Vita Stunder said...

Gorgeous shots!!
What a view :)

Have a great weekend :)
Anna

bowledover said...

I would feel like an ant at the hight the travellers were in your pictures.
Lovely captures.
Thanks for your visit and comments.
Have a good weekend.

hip chick said...

Look at those beautiful blue skies! I would never be able to climb that bridge! I might need medication just to drive over it. I have a real love/hate thing with bridges. They are so pretty but I'm always afraid they are going to fall.

Postcards from Wildwood said...

That's a view of Sydney Harbour Bridge I've never seen. A friend of mine did the bridge climb when she was in Oz. Me, I'd just like to have coffee outside the opera house and enjoy the view!
Janice.

Jon said...

Smashing photos. Wishing I could be there, someday.

Pearl Maple said...

Great view of the bridge and sky to celebrate sky watch friday. People have to be very brave to be climbing up there.

Jacob said...

This is very impressive. How nice would it be to live there...what a view to wake up to every morning!

Those people "climbing" the bridge, though, must be out of the minds!

Wonderful photos!

bobbie said...

That clear blue sky is so beautiful, both above and reflected below.

There's always someone ready to climb a bridge, isn't there? I remember Budapest.

Jan K. said...

Beautiful shots. I like the change in perspective. But I wouldn't like to climb that brdige ...
Enjoy your weekend.

Jim K said...

Wonderful shot. I havent seen the hotel at the base of the bridge before. It adds nicely to the bridge.

Mike said...

Beautiful blue! I'd love to do that climb, must be fantastic!!

Pacey said...

Wow, they are all perfect and love the blue blue sky and that bridge? is excellent.

AKO said...

The sky is really a deep blue colour. Really nice with such an interesting looking building in the foreground.

Have a nice weekend!

Deborah Godin said...

Love your winter blue! and that looks link a really nice promenade.

Saretta said...

Is it safe to walk across the top of the bridge? It must be fun!

JM said...

The famous bridge! I allways see it at least once a year on TV because of the fireworks on New Year's Eve! :-)

lv2scpbk said...

Wonderful place to take a walk. Beautiful.

John said...

I love that bridge!

Lynn said...

Nice. Looks like an interesting place.

Barb said...

I love the architectural detail of the bridge against that blue sky. Very nice!

laura said...

One of these days I will do the walk! How amazing! Great photos!

J Bar said...

Yes Saretta. It's safe to climb up there because you take an organised tour with BridgeClimb Sydney. You wear a safety harness and protective clothing. They also conduct NightClimbs now using a head-mounted caving lamp.

Linnea W said...

Great views and sky...just like our blue sky here in California. I've heard about that bridge walk...that's pretty high up...don't know if I could do it! Thanks for your visit to my SWF post...always enjoy hearing from you!

FA said...

You sure live in a beautiful city.

Alexander said...

Nice shot of the bridge, accompanied well with the deep blue sky. Cool!

Have a great weekend.

Alexander
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

Janie said...

Those are beautiful blue skies. The bridge climbs looks like a significant little walk! Those people look tiny up there.

*Niina* said...

That sky was totally blue! Beautiful bridge!! Thanks for your visit.

Celeste said...

Beautiful, clear skies and so perfectly offset by the structure of the bridge.

Dewdrop said...

Bridges are so intrgiguing. Great captures!

Debbie @Like a Rose said...

How interesting and beautiful.

Thanks for visiting me.

soulbrush said...

we were there 20 months ago.....eeeek so beautiful!!! hsf to you.