Circular Quay, Quay Apartments

Quay Apartments is located on the corner of Phillip Street and Albert Street. This 29 storey residential building was built in 1984 with unobstructed views of Sydney Harbour. This shot was taken late afternoon looking across Circular Quay towards Circular Quay ferry wharves, Circular Quay railway station and the Cahill Expressway.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Sans Souci, Bass & Flinders Pavilion

The Bass & Flinders Pavilion on Sans Souci Wharf, a pontoon floating on the Georges River, in the southern suburb of Sans Souci. The pavilion is a waterfront venue and restaurant beside a cruise centre for Bass & Flinders Cruises. They operate cruises for celebrations, touring and whale watching. The Captain Cook Bridge also crosses the river here.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Dolls Point, beach (Theme Day: Soft)

Looking out across the soft sand at Lady Robinsons Beach, along the foreshore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Dolls Point. The stairs at this entrance have disappeared under shifting sand caused by tides, strong currents and river flow. The sand is often dredged and relocated to help replenish nearby erosion-prone areas like Ramsgate Beach.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured, Theme Day.

The Rocks, Metcalfe Bond Stores

The Metcalfe Bond Stores are located along George Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks. This heritage-listed former bond store and warehouse was built from 1912 to 1916 but is now shops and offices. The trees along this street are lit up with lights throughout the year.
Linked to: Happy Now, Photos n' Scribbles, Wonderful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday.

Opera House, ferry

 
This Emerald class ferry has passed the Sydney Opera House in the late afternoon and is heading towards the Circular Quay ferry terminal. The ferry was acquired in 2017 and is named for Victor Chang, a pioneering Australian heart surgeon.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Redfern, bollard, art

These are some of the bollards located outside the entrance to Redfern railway station, along Marian Street in the inner city suburb of Redfern. This entrance and the southern concourse opened in 2024. The bollards feature custom artwork by local Aboriginal children of Redfern, designed during community workshops. 

The message reads: Created on Gadigal Country, these artworks showcase the talent and creativity of local Aboriginal children of Redfern. In their designs, the children have reflected on what Redfern means to them, their home, their family and their shared stories and culture. Artworks created December 2023. 

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Redfern, railway station

This entrance to Redfern railway station is along Marian Street in the inner city suburb of Redfern. The station opened in 1855 on the Illawarra line but this entrance and the southern concourse opened in 2024. The bollards feature custom artwork by local Aboriginal children of Redfern were designed during community workshops.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Balmain, tug boat

The Waree is a tug boat built in 2012 and is seen here moored at the Svitzer Australia wharf in the inner city suburb of Balmain. 

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday

Balmain, shipyard

 

These ferries and boats are moored at Balmain Shipyard, located at the end of Waterview Street on Mort Bay, in the inner city suburb of Balmain. The dockyards have been a base for ferry operations since the 1860s.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Saturday Critters.

Randwick, car park

A view of the car park at Royal Randwick Racecourse, viewed from Ascot Street in the eastern suburb of Randwick. It's difficult to make a concrete multi-storey car park look good but they have made an attempt to disguise the fencing with these yellow adornments.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Hyde Park, Archibald Fountain

The Archibald Fountain is an art deco style fountain in Hyde Park, near College Street, designed by French artist Francois Sicard and unveiled on 14 March 1932. The fountain is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin, a newspaper which later became a magazine that encouraged writers to write about Australia.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wonderful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday, Saturday Critters.

St Mary's Cathedral Square, flowers

This colourful display of Spring flowers is located in St Mary's Cathedral Square at Cook and Phillip Park. The Australian Museum, apartments and office buildings can be seen in the distance. 

Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Balmain, mural

This mural is on the wall of a supermarket in the inner west suburb of Balmain. "Mirrung gawa nuru" is an indigenous artwork which translates to "Belonging to Water Country".

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Hyde Park, Archibald Fountain

The Archibald Fountain is an art deco style fountain in Hyde Park, designed by French artist Francois Sicard and unveiled on 14 March 1932. The fountain is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin, a newspaper which later became a magazine that encouraged writers to write about Australia. He bequeathed funds to build it to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. The fountain features mythological characters of ancient Greece. The central pedestal features a bronze sculpture of Apollo with the fan-like shape of water formed by jets rising behind it, representing the rising sun.

Today marks the twenty year anniversary of the first photo I posted on this blog which was also a photo of this fountain and can be seen here. To celebrate, I returned this week for another look at the fountain; this time with St Mary's Cathedral as a backdrop. A view at the ten year anniversay can be seen here.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Balmain East, wharf

 
These private wharves are located along Snails Bay near Propellar Park, in the inner west suburb of Balmain East. The high rise buildings in the distance are in North Sydney. The colourful buildings on the right are the Waterview Wharf Workshops.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Balmain East, Propellar Park

A view of Mort Bay from Propellar Park, in the inner west suburb of Balmain East. The bay was named after industrialist and entrepreneur Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, who established Australia’s first major private dry dock along its foreshore in 1855. The park has large, historic ship propellers displayed along the shore as an acknowledgement of the area's ship building past.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Balmain, house

 This heritage listed two storey commercial building is located along Beattie Street, in the inner west suburb of Balmain. It was built in 1910 for iron monger Alex Smith Ltd but is now used as a residence.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Earlwood, shops

These shops and residences above are located on the corner of Wardell Road and Bass Road in the inner west suburb of Earlwood. 'Adora' is a cafe and shop which sells handmade chocolates, confectionary, cakes and gelato.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wonderful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Dulwich Hill, GreenWay

Some of the amenities and artwork along the GreenWay in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill. There is a bike repair station, water bubbles, picnic tables and benches. The GreenWay is a walking and cycling corridor which follows the route of the Inner West light rail and Hawthorne Canal. 
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto, Saturday Critters.

Dulwich Hill, graffiti art

This graffiti art is on the side of a house on the corner of Hercules Street and Kintore Street, in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Dulwich Hill, sculpture

This sculpture is located along the GreenWay in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill. 'Goods Stuff', created by James Voller in 2025, is a series of concrete and tile sculptures which form the train-like shape of an engine with three carriages. The GreenWay is a walking and cycling corridor which follows the route of the Inner West light rail and Hawthorne Canal.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

East Circular Quay, Bennelong Apartments

The view across Circular Quay to the Bennelong Apartments at East Circular Quay at sunset. Government House in the Royal Botanic Gardens can be seen in the gap.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Breakfast Point, workshop

This former workshop is located along Peninsula Drive, in the inner west suburb of Breakfast Point. The heritage listed building was built in 1891 and was used as a Blacksmith's Workshop as part of the Mortlake Gas Works of the Australian Gaslight Company from 1884 to 1998. The building was most recently used as a sales office after the site was redeveloped into houses and high rise apartments.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Lewisham Hotel

The Lewisham Hotel is located along Parramatta Road in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. It was built in 1857 as The Wheelwrights Arms, named to cater to local blacksmiths and livery stables that repaired horse-damaged vehicles. It was the only hotel to survive a strict 19th-century temperance campaign in the suburb and in 1914 officially changed its name to the Lewisham Hotel.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Lewisham, McAuley Centre

The McAuley Centre is located along Thomas Street, in the inner city suburb of Lewisham. It serves as the administrative offices for the Sisters of Mercy (Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea). The Sisters of Mercy work alongside people facing disadvantage, supporting education, health and sustainable livelihoods so individuals, families and communities can build lives of dignity, independence and hope. The nondescript building was recently renovated with this brown cladding and the Sisters of Mercy logo altering the facade.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wonderful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday.

Lewisham, school

This heritage listed school building is located along Thomas Street in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. It was originally built in 1906 as part of St Thomas Becket Boys School, which closed in 2005. The Eileen O'Connor Catholic College was established here in 2016 as a co-educational K-12 school supporting students with moderate intellectual disabilities.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Lewisham, art

This street art is on the side wall of a take-away shop along Victoria Street, in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. Although the artwork is not signed, it looks like it was created by notable graffiti artist Phibs.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Sutherland, Woronora cemetery, pergola

The Woronora General Cemetery is located in the southern suburb of Sutherland. This pergola, near the Woronora Crematorium, is one of many found in the landscaped gardens at the cemetery.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Rose Bay, water airport

These sea planes are at the Rose Bay Water Airport, in the eastern suburb of Rose Bay. Sydney Seaplanes is Australia's largest seaplane operator with flights over Sydney Harbour and a number of destinations like Palm Beach, Whale Beach, Cottage Point, Berowra Waters, Pittwater and the Hawkesbury River. This photo was taken fifteen years ago so this terminal has been upgraded since then.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, Watermans Cove

Looking across Watermans Cove to Crown Sydney casino in Barangaroo at sunset.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Lewisham, sculpture

This religious marble statue is located in the grounds of the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College at the front of the former Saint Thomas Presbytery,  in the inner west suburb of Lewisham.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Lewisham, Saint Thomas Presbytery

 
Saint Thomas Presbytery is located along Thomas Street, in the inner city suburb of Lewisham. This heritage listed building was built around the 1870s as the presbytery for nearby St Thomas Becket Catholic Church. It was restored in 2020 to provide offices, meeting rooms and aminities for the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Lewisham, railway station (Theme Day: Travel)

A train arriving on platform 2 at Lewisham railway station in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. The station opened in 1886 and is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and occasional T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services. The Waratah A-Set trains in the Sydney Trains network were built between 2011 and 2014.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Theme Day.