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| Transit by Leanne Thompson |
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| Baggage Tilt by Adam Galea |
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| Harvest by Rhonda Castle |
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| Red by Johann Tover Carrera |
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Kyeemagh, Outdoor Gallery
Monday, 30 March 2015
Customs Square, advertisement
This chalk artwork was created in Customs Square as a promotion for Scenic World, a tourist attraction at Katoomba, 100 kilometres west of the city. Visitors were invited to have their photo taken on this 3D drawing and enter their photo in a competition to win tickets to the attraction.
Sunday, 29 March 2015
Rookwood, Church of St Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church
The Church of St Athanasios is a Greek Orthodox Church built in 1992 which is located on the corner of Weekes Avenue and Carpenter Avenue in Rookwood Cemetery.
Saturday, 28 March 2015
Campbells Cove, Wangi Queen
Linked to: Weekend Reflections
Friday, 27 March 2015
The Rocks, Mining Museum
Thursday, 26 March 2015
The Rocks, phone booth
This phone booth is located outside a former warehouse, along Playfair Street at The Rocks. With the proliferation of mobile phones, many pay phones have been removed from the city and suburbs. Recently, some of the remaining phone booths have been repurposed to feature Wi-Fi hotspots, for access to the internet using smartphones and tablets. These phone booths have a pink cube on top with a white Wi-Fi symbol and promotional signs on the glass.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Campbells Cove, Southern Swan
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
The Rocks, warehouses
Campbell's Stores is a row of heritage-listed sandstone warehouses along Circular Quay West at The Rocks. The warehouses which overlook Campbells Cove, with views across Circular Quay to the Sydney Opera House, were constructed between 1839 and 1861. These former warehouses have been converted into restaurants with the Waterfront Restaurant adorned with nautical paraphernalia and a replica of a square rigged sailing ship mast above the outdoor terrace. The Australian Steamship Navigation Company building is on the left and Bushells Warehouse can be seen behind it.
Monday, 23 March 2015
The Rocks, Community Mural
This is part of the Community Mural which is on the walls of the King George V Recreation Centre along Cumberland Street at the Rocks. It depicts the history of the area and acknowledges the Gadigal people, the Aboriginal clan who originally inhabited the Sydney area. It was created by Peter Day in 1983 on the viaduct wall of the southern approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Painted in the Tromp L'Oeil technique which creates an optical illusion by an imagined landscape and arcades painted. In 2010 the mural was restored and extended with original residents and community groups helping to complete it.
Sunday, 22 March 2015
The Rocks, Cumberland Street
Saturday, 21 March 2015
The Rocks, Coroner's Court
This view of the former Coroner's Court building at The Rocks is from Circuar Quay West. It was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon and built in 1906, in the Federation Free Style of architecture. The building is built on sandstone which is partially exposed and on display under the arch here. Further up another arch now features a glass window which reflects the sky.
Friday, 20 March 2015
The Rocks Square, The Rocks Centre
The Rocks Square provides a civic forecourt to The Rocks Centre. The paved space includes a cascade water feature, a shade structure and seating areas surrounded by historic buildings. The Rocks Centre consists of Scarborough House built in 1994, which incorporates Penrhyn House along Argyle Street, between Playfair Street and Kendall Lane, which was built in 1918. The development houses a retail arcade, cafes, restaurants, apartments and The Rocks Visitors Centre.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Friday My Town.
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Haymarket, Rail Emergency Response Unit
The Rail Emergency Response Unit is located on the corner of Pitt Street and Eddy Avenue at Haymarket. The sandstone structure is part of the ramp which runs up to a bridge over Eddy Avenue connecting to Central railway station and Railway Square. The unit responds to emergency incidents involving the rail network such as derailments and automatic fire alarms within the underground rail network and nearby stations. This part of the structure houses the fire trucks.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Darling Harbour, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sea Guardian
The Sea Guardian is on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour. It was built in 1969 by Camper and Nicholsons of Southampton and was originally known as the RNLB R.Hope Roberts, during its rescue mission service in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It was sold to Australia, renamed the ANL Sea Guardian in 1993, the lifeboat was stationed in Wollongong in New South Wales and St Helens in Tasmania. It is best known for its rescue work in the tragic 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, where it pulled 10 yachts to safety and in 2007 it again rescued stricken Sydney to Hobart competitors caught in strong winds 43 nautical miles off Tasmania.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Darling Harbour, Australian National Maritime Museum
Monday, 16 March 2015
Glebe, mural
This mural is on the side of a terrace house that backs onto a small reserve on the corner of Glebe Street and Mitchell Street, in the inner city suburb of Glebe. This artwork was created in 2011 by Glebe Youth Services, Glebe Chamber of Commerce, Glebe Community Action Group and The Glebe Society. It features a large waratah, the state emblem of New South Wales.
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Ashfield, St John the Baptist Anglican Church
Saturday, 14 March 2015
World Square, The Challenge
"The Challenge" is a bronze sculpture of a bull created by Alan Somerville in 1999. It stands in the middle of the Hordern Arcade in World Square, with entry from the corner of Pitt Street and Liverpool Street. The plaque reads: The bull, a mythological beast, is the embodiment of spirituality and symbolises the qualities of strength, endurance and tenacity necessary in meeting the many challenges encountered in achieving success.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.
Friday, 13 March 2015
Sydney Terminal Building, Central Railway Station
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Friday My Town.
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Newtown, telephone boxes
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Balmain East, crane barge
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Glebe, Blackwattle Bay Park
This is one of two walkways in Blackwattle Bay Park, in the inner city suburb of Glebe. The rows of columns extend from the former Glebe Incinerator down to Blackwattle Bay. The promenades are an interpretation of council sheds, designed by Walter Burley Griffin which once stood here as part of his landscaping of the site. At the western end of each steel shed structure is a D-shaped sandstone wall. This southern one seen here is original but the northern one is a new addition, interpreting the lost original. Part of the Sydney skyline can be seen, in the distance.
Monday, 9 March 2015
Glebe, cafe
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Hurstville, St Michael's Catholic Church
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Cockle Bay, mooring posts
These mooring posts are located along the western foreshore of Cockle Bay at Darling Harbour. This view stretches across the bay to Pyrmont Bridge and the Cockle Bay Wharf building, on the eastern side of Cockle Bay.
Friday, 6 March 2015
Glasshouse, Sydney Tower
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Cockle Bay, Dockside Pavilion
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Balmain East, ferry wharf
The Balmain East Ferry wharf sits at the end of Darling Street, in the inner west suburb of Balmain East. This is a historical photo now, since the wharf was demolished recently and a new ferry wharf is currently under construction.The Sydney Harbour Bridge and Barangaroo can be seen in the distance.
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Anzac War Memorial
Monday, 2 March 2015
Marrickville, cafe
Sunday, 1 March 2015
Pyrmont, Terminus Hotel (Theme Day: Ageing)
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