"Whale Tales" is an art trail event featuring 30 whale tail sculptures installed around Sydney Harbour from Barangaroo to Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour and Blackwattle Bay. The artwork created by 30 different artists will be auctioned to raise money for The Kids’ Cancer Project. This sculpture is located at Aquarium Wharf at Darling Harbour, near Pyrmont Bridge.
Looking across the Cooks River from Tempe Recreation Reserve towards Cooks River Bridge and apartments in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. Linked to: Weekend Reflections.
The former Orion Theatre is located along Beamish Street, in the south western suburb of Campsie. The cinema was built in 1936 in the art deco style and closed in 1959. It was purchased by Canterbury Council and served as a community market, public meeting hall, theatre rehearsal venue and migrant neighbourhood centre. It was restored in 1984 and became the Orion Function Centre.
This colourful flower mural has been painted on the facade of a plant nursery on the corner of Lennox Street and Australia Street, in the inner city suburb of Newtown. 'Plant Daddy' began as a business at local markets before opening this shop which specialises in indoor plants.
A sunset view across Johnstons Bay to the Anzac Bridge and silos at Rozelle from thePirrama Park wharf in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This bench in front of the 'pole garden' has the message on it "A harbour to hunt and fish", in reference to the activities of the indigenous Guarangi people who inhabited this site.
An abstract view of the North Sydney Olympic Pool, a swimming pool located along Alfred Street South, in the north shore suburb of Milsons Point. It was designed by architects Rudder & Grouts and built in 1936 in the Inter-War Free Classical style with art deco-style decorations. Aqua Dining is a restaurant with views of Sydney Harbour and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Linked to: Signs, Signs.
The L.E. King Building, built in the Victorian style, is located along Birrell Street in the eastern suburb of Waverley. It is part of the Uniting War Memorial Hospital campus and now houses the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children. The original hospital building was the former home of the Vickery family who gifted the home and grounds to the Methodist Church for use as a private hospital in 1919. The church added to the site by acquiring adjacent properties. In 1977, the Methodist Church became part of the Uniting Church of Australia.
"Monnman" is a sculpture outside Dulwich Hill Public School in Kintore Street Reserve, which was created by Adam Galea in 2012. It is located on the corner of Hercules Street and Kintore Street, in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill. Because it is located near the primary school, the artist chose to create something based on the nursery rhyme 'The Sandman', which has a line about the man in the moon. He was inspired to create the moon man as a sentinel or guardian for the site, who serves as a beacon to soothe, protect and inspire those who wonder by.
Part of a mural on the wall of a pedestrian tunnel, under the railway line in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. Students at the nearby Al Zahra College provided drawings centred on the school's vision and purpose, which the artist used to create thisthought provoking mural.
A sunset reflected in the Cooks River viewed from Tempe Recreation Reserve, looking towards the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. Linked to: Weekend Reflections.
Saint Mary McKillop Reserve is located on the corner of Canterbury Road and Berna Street and beside the Cooks River, in the southwest suburb of Canterbury. This decorative entrance features a cross in the centre. Mary MacKillop was an Australian religious sister who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross in 2010. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint. Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.
Fedwood Timber Products is located along Balmain Road in the inner west suburb of Leichhardt. This factory and showroom supplies and creates timber products specialising in the Federation style. Linked to: Theme Day, Souvenirs, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday.
This mural is on the facade of a currently unoccupied shop in the Mid City Centre along Pitt Street Mall, in the middle of the central business district. "Kongz island" was created by street artist Mulga who is Joel Moore.
This lighthouse artwork has been installed behind the Dancing Brolgas fountain and in front of the Cockle Bay Wharf building at Darling Harbour. A temporary hashtag sign #lovecbw stands in front of the fountain. Linked to: Signs, Signs, Ruby Tuesday,
"Whales x 2" is a sculpture by Terrance Plowright which hangs above the escalators in the Cockle Bay Wharf building in Darling Harbour. The skeletal structure was carved in dense polyurethane foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. The clear polycarbonate skin has stainless steel reinforcement and binding. Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World.
This stained glass window sits above the George Street entrance of the Queen Victoria Building, viewed here from the second floor above the escalators.
This mural is located above the ticket box office in the Luna Park amusement park, in the north shore suburb of Milsons Point. The expressions of the people featured match the expression of the famous Luna Park face at the entrance. Linked to: Monday Mural, Blue Monday, Through My Lens,Pink Saturday.