Tuesday 15 October 2024

Rose Bay Beach

 
Looking towards Rose Bay Beach, in the eastern suburb of Rose Bay, from a boat on Sydney Harbour. The seagulls are enjoying the sunny day on the harbour.
Linked to: Through My LensGood Random FunSenior Salon Pit StopTuesday TreasuresHappy TuesdayTravel Tuesday.

Monday 14 October 2024

Rockdale, mural

This is part of an extensive mural along the walls of the walkways and travelators leading from the underground car park to Rockdale Plaza shopping centre, in the southern suburb of Rockdale. The mural was created by Joe Whyte in 2022 and depicts historic moments and landmarks from the local area. This depicts cars, a mechanic outside a workshop and street signage from a past era in Rockdale.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Saturday 12 October 2024

Cockle Bay, Sydney skyline

A view of Cockle Bay Wharf, the Darling Harbour Marina, Pyrmont Bridge and the Sydney skyline reflected in Cockle Bay.

Friday 11 October 2024

Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge viewed from the east, on a boat on Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Thursday 10 October 2024

Mosman, Bradleys Head, war memorial


The Bradleys Head Naval Memorial is located at the end of Bradleys Head in the north shore suburb of Mosman. The HMAS Sydney I memorial mast was removed following her decommissioning in 1928. It commemorates the “Sydney-Emden” action, the first engagement at sea of a Royal Australian Navy ship during the First World War on 9 November 1914 at Keeling Island near Cocos Island. The memorial also honours those who served in the Royal Australian Navy and all ships lost in service. A bridge links to Bradleys Head Lighthouse in Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Signs, SignsLittle Things ThursdayThankful ThursdayWordy WednesdayWords Welcome.

Wednesday 9 October 2024

Tuesday 8 October 2024

Dawes Point, tall ship

This tall ship is passing Pier 2 and Pier 3 of the Walsh Bay wharves at Dawes Point. The Coral Trekker is a square-rigged, wooden tall ship with distinctive rusty red sails. Her keel was laid in 1939 and Norwegian Adventures sailed her to New Zealand as the Ho Ho 2 where she was sold into the fishing industry. She was refitted by Australian Himalayan Expeditions and renamed “Coral Trekker”. She spent twenty-five years in the Whitsundays before moving to Sydney where she is involved in maritime training and does daily sails and charters on Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Senior Salon Pit StopTuesday TreasuresHappy TuesdayTravel Tuesday.

Monday 7 October 2024

Sydney Harbour Bridge, tall ship


A tall ship makes its way towards the western side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge viewed from a boat on Sydney Harbour. The Coral Trekker is a square-rigged, wooden tall ship with distinctive rusty red sails.
Linked to: Aww MondaysThrough My LensGood Random Fun.

Sunday 6 October 2024

Napoleon Bridge


Napoleon Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over Sussex Street, which links Napoleon Street to Shipwrights Walk in Barangaroo. It was designed by Wilkinson Eyre and Arupand and opened in 2015.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday BestMy Sunday Snapshot.

Friday 4 October 2024

Sydney skyline

The Sydney skyline viewed from the east, on a boat on Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Thursday 3 October 2024

Sydney Airport, sign


This sign is located outside the Sydney International Airport terminal. SYD is the airport code also known as the location identifier, which is a three-letter geocode designated by the International Air Transport Association.
Linked to: Signs, SignsLittle Things ThursdayThankful ThursdayWordy WednesdayWords WelcomeFloral Friday FotoGarden Affair.

Wednesday 2 October 2024

Sydney Opera House

 
This view of the eastern side of the Sydney Opera House was from a boat on Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the WorldCommunal Global.

Sunday 1 September 2024

Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Vivid Sydney (Theme Day: Bridges)


This view across Circular Quay to the Sydney Harbour Bridge was during the Vivid Sydney Festival last year. This view was from the walkway beside the Cahill Expressway above the Circular Quay ferry wharves.

I'm taking a break from blogging while I'm on a holiday for a few weeks, but I will be back next month.

Friday 30 August 2024

Banksia, market gardens

Arncliffe Market Gardens are located along West Botany Street, in what is now the southern suburb of Banksia. These heritage-listed market gardens have been occupied by market gardeners since 1892.

Thursday 29 August 2024

Circular Quay, boat


This Environmental Services work boat at Circular Quay is heading out into Sydney Harbour past the Sydney Opera House. ES6 is one of a pair of 12 metre long boats used by the New South Wales Government Maritime Authority since 2022.
Linked to: Signs, SignsLittle Things ThursdayThankful ThursdayWordy WednesdayWords Welcome.


Wednesday 28 August 2024

Camperdown, University of Sydney, walkway


A view of the main entrance to the Main Building which is part of the Quadrangle Group of buildings on the University of Sydney campus, in the inner city suburb of Camperdown. This view is towards UTS Tower and the Central Park buildings.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the WorldCommunal Global.

Tuesday 27 August 2024

Haymarket, Christ Church St Laurence

 
A view of Christ Church St Laurence, an Anglican church located along George Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This heritage listed church was built in 1845 and designed by Henry Robertson and Edmund Blacket in the Old Colonial Gothick Picturesque and Victorian Free Gothic styles. A shop with residence above is located alongside it on George Street and the clock tower at Central Railway Station can be seen in the distance.

Monday 26 August 2024

South Hurstville, mural

 
This mural is located on a retaining wall along King Georges Road at Grosvenor Street, in the southern suburb of South Hurstville. It was created in 2022 by artist David Cragg in collaboration with Woniora Road School students and is inspired by local fauna. It includes a kookaburra, a superb fairy wren and two tawny frogmouths on branches. It replaces the Community Wall mural which was here.

Sunday 25 August 2024

Leichhardt, Presbyterian Church, hall


This former church hall, built in 1909, is located along Renwick Street, in the inner west suburb of Leichhardt. It is attached to the heritage listed former Leichhardt Presbyterian Church facing Marion Street, built in 1885 with a façade of Romanesque inspired details. The church functions ceased in 1980 and the buildings are now used as a child care centre.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday BestMy Sunday Snapshot.

Saturday 24 August 2024

Pyrmont, wharf

 
A view of the pylons of a former wharf which form a 'pole garden' beside Pirrama Park, in the inner west suburb of Pyrmont. A new pontoon wharf is located further back on the left, as well as a smaller concrete one at the front, on the right. The White Bay Cruise Terminal can be seen in the distance across Johnstons Bay.
Linked to: Weekend ReflectionsAll Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Friday 23 August 2024

Pyrmont, Johnstons Bay, bench

A sunset view across Johnstons Bay to the Anzac Bridge and silos at Rozelle from the Pirrama Park wharf in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This bench in front of the 'pole garden' has a message engraved on it, "A harbour to hunt and fish", in reference to the activities of the indigenous Guarangi people who inhabited this site.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Thursday 22 August 2024

Herald Square, sculpture


This sculpture is part of The Tank Stream Fountain in Herald Square, on the corner of George Street and Alfred Street near Circular Quay. The bronze fountain was created by Stephen Walker and presented to the City of Sydney in 1981 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper in 1831. The inscription reads: 1788: A stream flows into Sydney Cove. The European settlement of Australia begins along its sandstone banks. Soon drought strikes and storage tanks are carved from the stone, hence the name Tank Stream. The seasons pass. 1981: The tank stream fountain recalls mankind’s past dependence on this flowing stream and our links with life around this region.

Wednesday 21 August 2024

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop, substation

 
The heritage listed Locomotive Workshop is part of the former Eveleigh Railway Yardslocated along Locomotive Avenue in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It was built in 1877, consisting of 16 bays originally used for one or more trades required to repair or manufacture locomotives and their components. It is now being redeveloped into commercial and retail space. The substation in front of Bays 5 and 6 has been covered in artwork which lights up at night featuring an employment record of a former railway employee.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the WorldCommunal Global.

Tuesday 20 August 2024

Rozelle, White Bay Power Station


The White Bay Power Station is located along Robert Street, in the inner city suburb of Rozelle. The former power station is now used for exhibition space but some of the old equipment has been preserved.
Linked to: Through My LensGood Random FunTuesday TreasuresHappy TuesdayTravel Tuesday.

Monday 19 August 2024

Sydney Arcade, Lego Megastore


The Lego Megastore is at the Pitt Street entrance of Sydney Arcade. It features this mural of the Sydney Opera House built with 2989 Lego bricks.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Sunday 18 August 2024

Brighton-Le-Sands, Botany Bay


A late afternoon view of Lady Robinsons Beach, along the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands.​ A young girl drags a stick along the beach while seagulls otherwise have the beach to themselves on the sand and in the bay.

Saturday 17 August 2024

Barangaroo, skyscrapers

A late afternoon view across Darling Harbour, to the wharves at Barangaroo. The tallest buildings in the background are Crown SydneyOne Sydney Harbour and the International Towers. The Sirius is a First Fleet Class ferry acquired in 1984 that is part of the fleet that operates on the Inner Harbour routes. It was named Siriusafter one of eleven ships of the First Fleet which sailed to Australia in 1787. 

Friday 16 August 2024

Monterey, Bado-Berong Creek, jetty

 
A view of the jetty on Bado-Berong Creek which runs through Scarborough Park, looking south from Barton Street, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Thursday 15 August 2024

Arncliffe, railway station


Arncliffe railway station is on the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Linein the southern suburb of Arncliffe. The original buildings on Platform 3 and 4 were built in 1884 and extended in 1923. This view is from the back of the concourse where lifts were installed in 2016 to these platforms and the Burrows Street entrance. 
Linked to: Signs, SignsLittle Things ThursdayThankful ThursdayWordy WednesdayWords Welcome.

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