Friday, 31 May 2013
Rodd Point, Iron Cove
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Walsh Bay, Vivid Festival, Nymphaea Nelumbo
Linked to: Signs, Signs.
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Botanic Gardens, Lotus Pond
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Botanic Gardens, The Boxers
This is one of a pair of marble statues known as "The Boxers", located in the Royal Botanic Gardens. This two-metre high sculpture is a copy of "The Greek Boxer Damoxenos" by Antonio Canova which was completed in 1800 and is now in the collection at the Vatican Museum. The copy of "The Greek Boxer Kreugas" by Antonio Canova can be seen here. The two engaged in a boxing match at the Nemea Games, where Damoxenos killed Kreugas. The referee disqualified Damoxenos and declared the dead Kreugas the winner. These statues were made in Italy and installed in the Botanic Gardens in the 1880s.
Monday, 27 May 2013
Botanic Gardens, First Farm
This scarecrow is part of the First Farm display in the Royal Botanic Gardens. It features plants that originally grew on the site of the first farm established by European settlers near this site at Farm Cove.
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Botanic Gardens, A Folly for Mrs Macquarie
This folly is located in the Royal Botanic Gardens with the city skyline as a backdrop. "A Folly for Mrs Macquarie" was created by Fiona Hall and installed in 2000 at the possible site of an original folly. The Royal Botanic Gardens were developed from 1816 under the direction of Elizabeth Macquarie, the second wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. A folly is a building or structure that is created primarily for decoration. For a view in the other direction across Sydney Harbour to Mrs Macquaries Point see here.
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Darling Harbour, HMAS Advance
Friday, 24 May 2013
Mosman, Sydney skyline
This view across Mosman Bay on Sydney Harbour to the Sydney skyline is from Taronga Zoo, in the north shore suburb of Mosman. The clouds rolled in over the city in the afternoon on an otherwise clear blue day.
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Mosman, Taronga Zoo
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Balgowlah Heights, Forty Baskets Beach, baths
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Glebe, post office
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Monday, 20 May 2013
Zetland, Nuffield Park
Nuffield Park is located in the inner city suburb of Zetland. These curious rusty iron sculptures separate the terraces stepping down from Ascot Avenue.
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Balgowlah, The Norwegian Seamen's Church (Theme Day: Norwegian Constitution Day)
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Sydney skyline, Australian National Maritime Museum
Friday, 17 May 2013
Sans Souci, marina, sunset
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Pitt Street Mall, Sydney Tower
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Botany, Sir Joseph Banks Park, sculpture
Linked to: Outdoor Wednesday
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Botany, Sir Joseph Banks Park, sculpture
Linked to: Our World Tuesday
Monday, 13 May 2013
Botany, Sir Joseph Banks Park, mosaic
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Botanic Gardens, water lily pond
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, Floral Friday Fotos.
Friday, 10 May 2013
Sylvania, Georges River, sunset
These wispy scattered clouds sit above the Georges River, as the sun sets behind the southern suburb of Sylvania.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Strand Arcade, yarn bombing
This artwork has been installed in the Strand Arcade to celebrate Wool Week. Textile artist Magda Sayeg has created an installation of two six-metre-tall fibreglass gumtrees and a lamp post wrapped in over 600 metres of colourful Australian Merino wool. This type of graffiti art which involves covering trees, lamp posts or other objects in knitting is known as "yarn bombing".
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Hyde Park, John Baptist Fountain
The John Baptist Fountain stands in Hyde Park North, near the corner of Park Street and Elizabeth Street. John Baptist established the Baptist Gardens in Redfern, the first pleasure gardens which attracted visitors in the days before public parks. This fountain was originally installed there in the 1860s and was donated to the trustees of Hyde Park in 1888. It was moved during construction of the underground railway in 1920 and restored as a working fountain in this location in 2012.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Hyde Park, monument
This monument consisting of a 104-millimetre gun standing on a sandstone plinth is located at the south-eastern entrance of Hyde Park. It comes from the SMS Emden, a German light cruiser warship in World War I. It was a raider in the Indian Ocean and after engaging the HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos Island it was run aground to prevent her from sinking. The monument stands near the corner of Liverpool Street and College Street and points towards the start of Oxford Street.
Monday, 6 May 2013
Darlinghurst, murals
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Strathfield, council chambers
The Strathfield Council Chambers building is located along Homebush Road in the inner west suburb of Strathfield. It was designed by John Sulman and built in 1887 but has undergone many additions including first floor additions in 1922 and town hall in 1923, designed by Harry Chambers Kent. A war memorial to World War 1 of a globe of the world erected on a granite pillar sits at the front and casts a shadow on the wall in the mornings.
Saturday, 4 May 2013
Pyrmont, Anzac Bridge
The view across Blackwattle Bay to Anzac Bridge at dusk is from the marina at the Sydney Fish Markets, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont.
Friday, 3 May 2013
La Perouse, Frenchmans Bay
Frenchmans Bay is a small bay that opens up to the larger Botany Bay, in the eastern suburb of La Perouse. The Boatshed restaurant, off Anzac Parade, sits right on the beach. This view is from a lookout in Botany Bay National Park.
Thursday, 2 May 2013
La Perouse, museum
The La Perouse Museum is located in the Botany Bay National Park, in the eastern suburb of La Perouse. The museum opened in 1988 and tells the story of the expedition led by Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse, its arrival in Botany Bay in 1788, the encounter with the First Fleet and eventual shipwreck in the Solomon Islands. It contains maps, scientific instruments and relics recovered from French explorers. This heritage listed building was designed by Colonial Architect James Barnett and built in 1882 as a Cable Station, It housed the operation of the first submarine telegraph communications cable laid between Australia and New Zealand and provided accommodation for staff.
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Alexandria, The Grounds (Theme Day: Creative Artisan)
"The Grounds of Alexandria" is an artisan bakery, an in-house coffee roastery and café, located on the corner of Bourke Road and Huntley Street, in the inner city suburb of Alexandria. It is located in a former pie factory from the early 1900s in the Alexandria Creative Park, which also contains the redeveloped factory, chimney and silo of a former linseed oil factory. This site also features a garden of organic herloom vegetables and fragrant herbs which supplies the kitchen. The truck loaded with hay bails acts creates a unique sign, with the logo painted on the side.
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