Sunday, 31 January 2016
Newtown, school
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Haymarket, Memory Lines
Friday, 29 January 2016
Ultimo, Dalgety Woolstores warehouse
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Ultimo, Farmers and Graziers warehouse
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Circular Quay, fast ferry
This fast ferry is waiting at the Circular Quay ferry wharves with the Sydney Opera House in the background. Manly Fast Ferry is a privately owned company which provides ferry services from the northern beaches suburb of Manly to Circular Quay and Darling Harbour.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Loftus Street, monument and flag
This sandstone plinth with a flagpole is located along Loftus Street, outside Customs House and opposite Jessie Street Gardens at Circular Quay. The plinth contains a plaque unveiled on the 26th January 1988 to commemorate the bicentenary of the founding of the colony of New South Wales while the flagpole flies the Union Jack flag. The plaque reads: This Flag Mast Was Erected To Commemorate The Location At Which The First Ceremony of Saluting The Flag By Captain Arthur Phillip R.N. And His Company Took Place To Mark The Foundation Of Australia On 26th January 1788. I chose to show this photo today because it is Australia Day, which celebrates this event.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Enmore, street art
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Brighton-Le-Sands, St Thomas More Catholic Church
St Thomas More Catholic Church is located along Bay Street, in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands. The parish was established in 1937 and this church was built in 1964.
Friday, 22 January 2016
Darling Point, Sea's Nest
Rushcutters Bay, Elizabeth Bay
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Hunters Hill, Masonic Temple
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Woolwich, pontoon
This bridge leading to a small pontoon on the Parramatta River is located at the marina at the end of Margaret Street, in the lower north shore suburb of Woolwich. Cockatoo Island can be seen in the near distance while the Sydney skyline is in the far distance towards the left.
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Woolwich, school
Monday, 18 January 2016
Woolwich, Marist Sisters' Convent
The former Marist Sisters' Convent is located along Woolwich Road in the lower north shore suburb of Woolwich. It was built in 1908 in the Federation architectural style and is now part of the Marist Sisters' College, a Catholic secondary school for girls.
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Woolwich, theatre
The Hunters Hill Theatre is located along Margaret Street, in the lower north shore suburb of Woolwich. The heritage-listed building was originally St John's Anglican Church, designed by Cyril Blacket and built in 1908 in the Victorian Free Gothic architectural style. The Hunters Hill Theatre began in 1930 and staged productions in various locations including the Town Hall, church halls and little Stables Theatre. In 1978 they found a permanent home in the timber church hall behind St John's until 1993 when it was destroyed by a fire lit by vandals. In 1995, it took over the deconsecrated St John's Church.
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Gymea Bay
A view of Gymea Bay, on the Port Hacking estuary, which gives its name to the southern suburb of Gymea Bay.
Friday, 15 January 2016
Circular Quay
This view of Circular Quay is from the Overseas Passenger Terminal, as a couple of ferries at the ferry wharves. This was taken a while ago when a crane had been brought in to refurbish the wharves. The city skyline rises above Circular Quay railway station and the elevated Cahill Expressway above it.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The Galeries, Wrapped
Linked to: Signs, Signs.
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Barangaroo, boat
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Newtown, cinema
This former cinema is located King Street in the inner city suburb of Newtown. In the early 1900s the site was occupied by the original Hub Theatre. This art deco-style building operted as a cinema until 1965 when it was converted into a community hall and renamed the Burland Community Hall. From 1986 to 1995 the upper floor of the hall was the Newtown branch library. After the library moved to new premises the building was redeveloped into offices and retail space.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Woolloomooloo, corner shop
Sunday, 10 January 2016
Wolloomooloo, Finger Wharf
The restored interior of the Wolloomooloo Finger Wharf, located in the eastern suburb of Woolloomooloo. This former wool and cargo dock on Wolloomooloo Bay was built in 1915 and remained part of the working port until the 1970s when container ports and airports reduced the need for wharves. It was restored in the 1990s and redeveloped into a hotel, apartments, commercial offices, restaurants and a marina. This space between industrial conveyor-belt relics is used for functions such as the recent centenary gala dinner and cocktail party.
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Woolloomooloo, wharf
The Wolloomooloo Finger Wharf is located in the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo. It was a working wharf on Wolloomooloo Bay until the 1970s. It was redeveloped in the 1990s into a hotel, apartments, commercial offices, restaurants and a marina. The additional apartments were built at the northern end of the wharf are some of the most expensive in Sydney with the marina along the western wharf for residents.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections
Friday, 8 January 2016
Sydney Tower
Sydney Tower, the Stockland Piccadilly Complex and the MLC Centre, viewed past a palm tree in Hyde Park South. Sydney Tower is Sydney's tallest structure standing at 309 metres tall. It was completed in 1981 above what was then known as the Centrepoint shopping centre, now Westfield Sydney.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
The Galeries, Wrapped
Linked to: Signs, Signs.
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Botanic Gardens, trees
These palm trees, growing at different angles, are located in the Royal Botanic Gardens, with Farm Cove on Sydney Harbour as a backdrop.
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
Botanic Gardens, flowers
Monday, 4 January 2016
Enmore, graffiti art
Sunday, 3 January 2016
Camperdown, University of Sydney, Statue of Gilgamesh
The Statue of Gilgamesh is located along Western Avenue, on the University of Sydney campus, in the inner city suburb of Camperdown. The 2.5 metre statue was created by Lewis Batros on behalf of the Assyrian community and unveiled in 2000. It depicts the fictional Gilgamesh, king of Uruk and Enkidu from The Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem from ancient Mesopotamia.
Saturday, 2 January 2016
George Street, Christmas Tree
This nine metre tall gold and silver bauble Christmas Tree has been installed in the middle of George Street, between King Street and Market Street. The location was only possible because parts of George Street closed for the construction of the city's new light rail link.
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Friday, 1 January 2016
Sydney Harbour Bridge
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