Thursday, 22 July 2010

Breakfast Point, park

This white gazebo looks splendid in the sunshine on the village green, surrounded by many new apartments in the inner west suburb of Breakfast Point. The clouds rolling in behind it look rather menacing though. This is a relatively new residential suburb on land that was once the site of the Mortlake Gas Works of the Australian Gaslight Company from 1884 to 1990. The site beside the Parramatta River was ideal for the shipping of coal used in the process of carbonisation to obtain gas. This process was discontinued in 1971 when natural gas from the interior of Australia began being piped here, processed by giving it an odour for safety reasons and then distributed to consumers throughout the Sydney area.
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18 comments:

  1. KaoriThursday, 22 July 2010 at 01:34:00 GMT+10

    I love gazebo's! This one is especially pretty in white :D

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  2. AnonymousThursday, 22 July 2010 at 02:57:00 GMT+10

    this could be one of the prettiest gazebos i've seen. on the thumbnail it sparkles.

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  3. AnonymousThursday, 22 July 2010 at 03:16:00 GMT+10

    What a beautiful gazebo!

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  4. HelsThursday, 22 July 2010 at 04:19:00 GMT+10

    I love gazebos and lawns too,,, and I love trees. Is the area simply too new to have trees yet?

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  5. giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•.Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 05:26:00 GMT+10

    Hi J Bar
    questo gazebo è veramente bello !!!
    Buona serata.

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  6. JulieThursday, 22 July 2010 at 05:43:00 GMT+10

    Why on earth is it called 'breakfast point'? It is all so pristine and white looking.

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  7. ildikebakThursday, 22 July 2010 at 05:45:00 GMT+10

    Szuper a blogod :-) nagyon szép helyeket látok Australiaról, én meg csak álmodok hogy valaha oda jusak :-) Viszont ebben a pavilonba simán el lennek :-)

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  8. ~CherylThursday, 22 July 2010 at 07:38:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful -- but I don't think I would want to watch a thunder and lightning storm from the lovely gazebo!

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  9. JimThursday, 22 July 2010 at 08:02:00 GMT+10

    Hels, there aren't too many trees in this area which they call the green. They have a cricket pitch here and gardens but not many trees.

    Julie, there's a bit of a story to the origins of the suburb name Breakfast Point. I have another post from the suburb scheduled for tomorrow where I explain the origins.

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  10. BillThursday, 22 July 2010 at 08:34:00 GMT+10

    What time is the brass band arriving?

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  11. JimThursday, 22 July 2010 at 08:36:00 GMT+10

    Bill, it certainly seems like a wonderful setting for a brass band to be playing.

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  12. AnonymousThursday, 22 July 2010 at 09:23:00 GMT+10

    What a beautiful place. Please have a great Thursday.

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  13. Boom NisanartThursday, 22 July 2010 at 13:26:00 GMT+10

    Lovely gazebos : )

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  14. Bruce CaspersonnThursday, 22 July 2010 at 15:25:00 GMT+10

    I am astonished, never heard of Breakfast Point.

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  15. HildaThursday, 22 July 2010 at 22:22:00 GMT+10

    Sweet gazebo.

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  16. LoisThursday, 22 July 2010 at 23:56:00 GMT+10

    That has to be one of the prettiest gazebos I have ever seen!

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  17. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪Friday, 23 July 2010 at 15:52:00 GMT+10

    I must wear a white dress, bring a white wicker basket and have a picnic in that gazebo which we call rotunda here. Such a romantic scene.

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  18. JimSunday, 25 July 2010 at 16:03:00 GMT+10

    Ann, I believe that a gazebo is an open structure whereas as a rotunda describes a round enclosed building.

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