Tuesday 27 October 2009

Coogee, drinking fountain

This heritage listed sandstone drinking fountain is no longer utilised but remains as an interesting monument in Goldstein Reserve, the park behind Coogee Beach. The name of the eastern suburb of Coogee comes from an Aboriginal word meaning 'stinking seaweed', a reference to the smell of decaying kelp on the beach.

28 comments:

  1. Great shot! Lovely looking place!

    Enjoy your week!

    Sylvia

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  2. Hey this is a great blog. I do much like it. I have aleady became a follower!

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  3. It has a second life as a piece of sculpture. Nice shot.

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  4. Koala, Coogee is the name of the name of the suburb and the beach. I'll add some details to my post.

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  5. That is a lovely piece J Bar but I have to ask as well what is a Coogee?

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  6. How cool! It's a shame they don't build things like that any more.

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  7. That an interesting fountain even if it's no longer used.

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  8. It is quite unusual from my point of view, but I think very beautiful. I wonder why it is no longer in operation...

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  9. Looks like a lovley fountain and monument. The scenery is pretty too.

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  10. Lovely fountain, and I assume typical of its time?

    Coogee sounds the perfect name for the smell of rotting seaweed. Ugh!

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  11. great shot! that's a really nice fountain...too bad it's not utilized...

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  12. Quite the drinking fountain and a nice beach.looks totally relaxing.. I saw a piece on the "bridge breakfast" this morning. What is your thought on that event?

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  13. Lee, the Breakfast on the Bridge sounded like fun but a very costly exercise to be enjoyed by a select few.

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  14. Great picture Jim ! Really a good history behind Coogee drinking fountain .

    Thank you for your information .

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  15. Shame It is not used any more, looks like a lovely place!

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  16. Like others, I think it's a great object, a reminder of times gone by.

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  17. A pity the drinking fountain no longer workd. Is it because of the water restrictions last summer?
    I was amazed to see people letting their dogs dronk from the drinking fountains in Rushcutter's Bay. The dogs were licking at them where children would think nothing of having a drink....hmm, a bit of a hygiene issue I would have thought.

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  18. Arija, it has nothing to do with water restrictions last summer. There are new modern drinking fountains elsewhere in the park that have been there for a while and there are also new outdoor showers that you can see in the distance. I'd say there may have been function and hygiene problems with the old one and it was replaced with a simpler and cleaner design.

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  19. What an architectural delight this fountain is for the eyes and mind :)

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