Tuesday 19 March 2024

Cahill Expressway, Sydney Harbour

Looking across the Cahill Expressway above Circular Quay Railway Station to Sydney Harbour. A cruise ship is moored at the Overseas Passenger Terminal and another is almost passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. A number of ferries are arriving and departing from the Circular Quay Ferry Wharves. This view is from the balcony at Cafe Sydney, which is a rooftop restaurant in Customs House at Circular Quay.

Monday 18 March 2024

Cronulla, art

This artwork is on a roller door protecting the entrance to a bar along Cronulla Street, in the southern suburb of Cronulla.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Sunday 17 March 2024

The Rocks, George Street


A view of George Street at the Rocks looking north towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was before street dining was introduced in front of the historic shopfronts, hotels and restaurants opposite the police station and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Saturday 16 March 2024

Haymarket, McKell Building

 
The McKell Building is bounded by George Street, Rawson Place, Pitt Street and Barlow Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This 23-level tower was built as a state government office building in 1979 in the Brutalist style. It was named after Sir William John McKell, GCMG, QC who was the 12th Governor-General of Australia from 1947 to 1953 and had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Friday 15 March 2024

Monterey, beach

 
A view of Lady Robinsons Beach, on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Thursday 14 March 2024

Queen Victoria Building, shop

 
Country Road is a clothing retailer which was established in 1974. It is located in the Queen Victoria Building, a shopping centre bounded by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. The entrance to the shop is on the first floor at the northern end of the arcade.
Linked to: Signs, SignsWordy WednesdayLittle Things ThursdayThankful Thursday.

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Hurstville, corner shop


This former corner shop and residence is located on the corner of Woniora Road and Gallipoli Street, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. It is now only used as a residence.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the WorldCommunal Global.

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Hurstville, Cornerstone Grace Presbyterian Church


The Cornerstone Grace Church is a Presbyterian Church located along Woniora Road, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. At a time when a lot of old church buildings are being abandoned or repurposed, this is a newly built one.

Monday 11 March 2024

South Hurstville, mural


This mural is located along King Georges Road, 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.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Sunday 10 March 2024

The Rocks, First Impressions, The Convict

"First Impressions" is a sculpture located in Playfair Street in The Rocks. This sandstone relief was created by Bud Dumas in 1979 as a memorial to the convicts, soldiers and settlers who made up the original settlement at The Rocks. This side of the sculpture features "The Convict". The First Fleet arrived in 1788 with 780 convicts, along with soldiers and settlers. This monument also features "The Settlers" and "The Soldier".
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday BestMy Sunday Snapshot.

Saturday 9 March 2024

Queen Victoria Building, Victoria Cross

This wooden honour board set in a glass case within a larger wooden cabinet is located in the Queen Victoria Building. This war memorial lists the names of Australians awarded the Victoria Cross. The cabinet also includes a painting by G. W. Thomas, on loan by permission of Queen Elizabeth II, of Queen Victoria presenting the first Victoria Crosses in London's Hyde Park on 26th June 1857. The model is of a Russian 64pdr cannon, which was captured at Sebastopol in 1854, This was crafted by apprentices from HMA Naval Dockyard, Garden Island, Sydney. It was unveiled on 31 October 1986.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Friday 8 March 2024

Monterey, Botany Bay

The storm clouds rolled in above Monterey Baths, the netted swimming enclosure in Botany Bay along Lady Robinsons Beach, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Thursday 7 March 2024

Redfern, theatre


This former theatre and night club is a heritage listed building which is bounded by Cleveland Street, Walker Street and James Street, in the inner city suburb of Redfern. It was built in 1890 as the Palace Skating Rink. By 1905 it was occupied by Petchell F and Co boot manufacturers. From 1914 it was the Eclipse Printing Company. By 1930 it had become the Empire Picture Theatre and by 1961 was a nightclub known as The Stage Club. It has now been converted to commercial office space. The James Street facade retains its Federation Free Style Classical style but the Cleveland Street facade seen here was modified into a stylised, post-modern interpretation of Art Deco style.

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Redfern, warehouses

The former Demco Machinery Co Ltd Factory is located along Cleveland Street, in the inner city suburb of Redfern. The 1889 building on the left was designed by R. Kunstman, in the Victorian architectural style. The 1938 extension on the right was designed by J Aubrey Kerr in the Inter-war functionalist architectural style. The buildings were redeveloped and now used for office, retail space and a restaurant and bar in the basement. 

Tuesday 5 March 2024

Redfern, warehouses

The former Demco Machinery Co Ltd Factory is located along Cleveland Street, in the inner city suburb of Redfern. The 1889 building on the left was designed by R. Kunstman, in the Victorian architectural style. The 1938 extension on the right was designed by J Aubrey Kerr in the Inter-war functionalist architectural style. The buildings were redeveloped and now used for office, retail space and a restaurant and bar in the basement.

Monday 4 March 2024

400 George Street, mural

 This is part of a mural located along a wall of a courtyard on level four of an office building at 400 George Street. It is a collaboration by street artists Mike Makatron, Conrad Bizjak and Phibs. Another part can be seen here.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Sunday 3 March 2024

Redfern, The Surrey Hotel

 
The Surrey Hotel is located on the corner of Cleveland Street and Elizabeth Street, in the inner city suburb of Redfern. The heritage listed pub was built in the 1880s in the Victorian Italianate style and formerly known as The Surrey Club Hotel.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday BestMy Sunday Snapshot.

Saturday 2 March 2024

Circular Quay, ferries

Looking across Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour to ferries arriving and departing the Circular Quay ferry wharves, in front of the Bennelong Apartments and Opera Residences. 

Friday 1 March 2024

Chippendale, heliostat (Theme Day: Reflections in Windows)

One Central Park consists of two residential towers above a retail complex along Broadway designed by architect Jean Nouvel with artist and botanist Patrick Blanc, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. The taller tower features a hovering cantilever heliostat with an assembly of motorised mirrors that capture sunlight and direct the rays down onto Central Park's gardens. At night, an LED art installation by conceptual artist Yann Kersalé creates a shimmering display in the sky. Central Park is an urban redevelopment of the former Kent Street Brewery.

Thursday 29 February 2024

Darlinghurst, sign

 
A number of heritage listed buildings along Oxford Street, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst, are currently being redeveloped. The hoardings around these buildings have been decorated with rainbow colours and murals which tell the history of the LGBTIQA+ community in this area. This sign features Flags of Importance including the Rainbow flag, the Australian Aboriginal flag and Torres Strait Islander flag.

Wednesday 28 February 2024

Myer, Mardi Gras Festival

 
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival is running from 16 February to Sunday 3 March 2024. To celebrate, these rainbow flag displays have been installed on the ground floor of the flagship Myer department store.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the WorldCommunal Global.

Tuesday 27 February 2024

Chippendale, Central Park, Halo


 "Halo" is a wind activated kinetic sculpture in the middle of Chippendale Green, along O'Connor Street, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. The giant yellow ring measuring 12 metres in diameter is attached to a 6 metre long silver arm, which pivots off-centre atop a 13 metre high tilted silver pole. It was 
created in 2012 by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford.

Monday 26 February 2024

400 George Street, mural

 
This is part of a mural located along a wall of a courtyard on level four of an office building at 400 George Street. It is a collaboration by street artists Mike Makatron, Conrad Bizjak and Phibs. Another part can be seen here.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Sunday 25 February 2024

The Rocks, Suez Canal, sculpture

This is one of the life-size caricatures located in a narrow laneway known as Suez Canal, at The Rocks. Constructed in the late 19th century, this laneway runs between George Street and Harrington Street, with the name supposedly a pun on "sewers canal". These backlit sculptures glow at night and depict the people who frequented the area in the late 19th century who were involved in prostitution, slavery and opium.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday BestMy Sunday Snapshot.

Saturday 24 February 2024

Circular Quay, catamaran

 
The Riverside Avalon is a 24 metre catamaran ferry which is often seen cruising around Sydney Harbour. It is seen here arriving at the Circular Quay ferry wharves, in front of the Bennelong Apartments and Opera Residences.
Linked to: Weekend ReflectionsAll Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Friday 23 February 2024

St James Anglican Church, Queens Square

These summer flowers are in Queens Square, on the corner of St James Road and Macquarie Street. St James Anglican Church is a heritage listed church designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in the Old Colonial Regency style. It is the oldest church building in Sydney and has been in continuous use from its consecration in 1824.
Linked to: Skywatch FridayFloral FridayGarden Affair.

Thursday 22 February 2024

Haymarket, Mountbatten Hotel


The Mountbatten Hotel is a heritage listed pub on the corner of George Street and Ultimo Road, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. The three storey section on the corner was built in the 1880s in the Victorian Italianate style as the Mansion House Hotel. The two storey extension along George Street was built in 1914 in the Federation Free Classical style.

Wednesday 21 February 2024

Haymarket, KMT Building

The KMT Building is a commercial building located along Ultimo Road, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. It was built in 1921 as the headquarters of the now defunct Chinese Nationalist Party of Australia (CNPA) or KuoMinTang (KMT), which supported the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republican government in China. The building also housed the Chinese Times newspaer from 1922-1949. It now houses the Chinese Ginseng and Herbs Co on the ground floor and office space above.

Tuesday 20 February 2024

Haymarket, Lunar New Year, paifang


This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure which has been installed to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. It stands along George Street, at the end of Campbell Street, beside the Capitol Square Hotel.

Monday 19 February 2024

George Street, mural

'Peace Waratah' is a giant mural on the side of an office block at 309 George Street. The artwork was created by artist and activist Shepard Fairey in 2017. It is 44 metres high and 28 metres wide and features a beatific female with flowers in her hair, the waratah which is the floral emblem of New South Wales and the word "Obey" in an optimistic kind of way.
Linked to: Monday MuralAww Mondays.

Sunday 18 February 2024

Overseas Passenger Terminal, taxi rank


This taxi rank is located along the elevated roadway on level three of the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay.
Linked to: Shadow Shot SundayMy Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Saturday 17 February 2024

Circular Quay, Queen Elizabeth

 

The Queen Elizabeth is a luxury ocean liner which was berthed at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. Some workmen can be seen here on a cherry picker, painting the hull. Bennelong Apartments and Opera Residences can be seen in the distance.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Friday 16 February 2024

Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney skyline


The view of the Sydney skyline from the travelator at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay.
Linked to: Skywatch FridayAll Seasons.

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