Friday, 31 March 2017
Blakehurst, marina
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Ultimo, Broadway
This commercial building is located along Broadway, in the inner city suburb of Ultimo. The three storey building with Venetian style windows, was built in the Victorian Italianate architectural style. It originally housed a dentist, chemist and the offices of a chemist co-operative company.
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Birchgrove, pontoon
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Camperdown, University of Sydney, School of Physics
Monday, 27 March 2017
Marrickville, street art
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Bexley, Christ Church
Christ Church Bexley is an Anglican church located at the corner of Dunmore Street and Albyn Street in the southern suburb of Bexley. This heritage listed church was built in 1887 in the Gothic architectural style.
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Woronora, bridge
The Old Woronora Bridge crosses the Woronora River, between the southern suburbs of Sutherland and Woronora. The new Woronora River Bridge is a high level bridge which was completed in 2001 to eliminate the steep descents and ascents for traffic, located just north of the low level Old Woronora Bridge.
Friday, 24 March 2017
Wolli Creek, Cooks River
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Ultimo, payphone
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Pink Saturday
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Vaucluse, Shark Beach
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Customs House
Customs House, viewed from Customs Square along Alfred Street at Circular Quay. This heritage listed building was designed by Mortimer Lewis and built in 1845 in the Georgian architectural style for customs services. It was modified in 1887 by architect James Barnet with the original building partially dismantled and rebuilt to three storeys with side wings to form a U-shape in plan. By 1903, alterations W.L. Vernon architect resulted in the addition of two new floors and a wing in the rear courtyard forming a E-shape in plan. Further modifications were made by George Oakeshott in 1917 which saw the building enclosed on all four sides with a lightwell and the ground floor opened as a large space. Further modifications occured throughout the years including a major conservation and refurbishment project in 1997. Bounded by Young Street, Loftus Street and Customs House Lane, it houses the City of Sydney Library, Quay Bar, Young Alfred, Cafe Sydney and the Barnet Long Room.
Linked to: Our World Tuesday, Life Through The Lens, Travel Tuesday.
Linked to: Our World Tuesday, Life Through The Lens, Travel Tuesday.
Monday, 20 March 2017
Surry Hills, street art
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Hurstville, St Giles Presbyterian Church
St Giles Presbyterian Church is located on the corner of Park Road and MacMahon Street, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. This heritage listed church was built in 1955 in the Post-war Ecclesiastical architectural style.
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Pyrmont, old wharf
Friday, 17 March 2017
Brighton-Le-Sands, beach
Looking across Lady Robinsons Beach towards Brighton Baths in Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands. The beach volleyball court lies abandoned on this cool and grey day.
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Centennial Park, Taste of Sydney Festival
The Taste of Sydney Festival was held last weekend at Brazilian Fields, near Loch Avenue and Dickens Drive, in the centre of Centennial Park. This promotional display on the back of a ute for 666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka featured lemons, limes, tomatoes, chilli peppers and bottles of vodka in wooden barrels.
Linked to: Signs, Signs.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Campbells Cove, tall ship, Southern Swan
The Southern Swan is a tall ship in Campbells Cove at The Rocks, seen here preparing for an afternoon sail on Sydney Harbour.
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Arncliffe, house
Newstead, previously known as Wyndyknowe, is a heritage listed house located on the corner of Carlton Street and Wolli Creek Road in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. It was built in 1889 in the Victorian Italianate architectural style. It is currently used as a boarding house.
Monday, 13 March 2017
The Rocks, Harrington Street, mural
This is one of four murals that have been painted on the underpass of the Cahill Expressway where it crosses Harrington Street, at The Rocks. The award winning murals were created by Geoff Williams in 2011, depicting the city as it was in the past. "Spying on the Colony 1793" shows a panting by Italian Ferdinand Brambila who in 1793 joined a scientific and spying expedition by King Juan Carlos IV of Spain and led by Alessandro Malaspina to report on the English colony in Sydney. The view shows the three Spanish ships anchored off Bennelong Point and Bridge Street leading up to the Governor's residence. The three shops in the bottom left corner stood at the corner of what became the intersection of George Street and Grosvenor Street.
Sunday, 12 March 2017
Ultimo, Uniting Church
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Elizabeth Bay
Looking across Elizabeth Bay Marina on Sydney Harbour, in the eastern suburb of Elizabeth Bay.
Friday, 10 March 2017
Oatley Bay
Oatley Bay sits on the Georges River, providing a natural border for the southern suburbs of Oatley, Hurstville Grove and Connells Point. A crisp Autumn evening provides a clear and colourful sunset as the sky went from yellow to orange, purple and blue.
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Click here to view all participants of Skywatch Friday
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Ultimo, Broadway
These commercial buildings are located along Broadway, in the inner city suburb of Ultimo. The two buildings are both two storey Federation Free architectural style commercial buildings built around 1910. The one on the left is more ornate and originally housed a billiards saloon and refreshment rooms, later becoming a confectioners. The one on the right originally housed a grocery shop and from 1916 became part of Hoskings department store. They were redeveloped in 2002 as part of the Quadrant on Brooadway apartments and now house restaurants and a health food shop.
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Bondi Beach, pool
The Main Pool is an ocean swimming pool at Bondi Baths, part of the Bondi Icebergs Swimming Club along the cliff looking out on the Pacific Ocean, in the eastern suburb of Bond Beach. The Bondi Icebergs Winter Swimming Club was founded in 1929 by a group of committed local Bondi lifesavers who wanted to maintain their fitness during the winter months.
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Wolli Creek, Tempe House
Tempe House sits on the southern shore of the Cooks River, in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. This heritage listed house was designed by John Verge and built in 1836 in the Neo-Classical Georgian architectural style. The estate was owned by merchant Alexander Brodie Spark and named after the 'Vale of Tempe', a beautiful valley in ancient Greek legend set at the foot of Mount Olympus in Greece. The small hill on the eastern side is also known as Mount Olympus and the estate gave its name to the suburb of Tempe, on the northern shore of Cooks River. In 1863, philanthropist Caroline Chisholm ran an educational establishment for young ladies in Tempe House. From 1887, along with the nearby St Magdalen's Chapel, it was part of The Retreat, a charitable refuge for women known run by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.
Monday, 6 March 2017
Tempe, sports centre, mural
The Robyn Webster Sports Centre is located in Tempe Reserve, in the inner west suburb of Tempe. It features outdoor netball courts and indoor netball, volleyball and soccer courts. 'Gift Given' is a mural created by Bronwyn Bancroft which covers 3,800 square metres of the building. The Aboriginal art features fish, sand goannas, rainbow serpents, men and women in diamond formations. It is the largest mural in the Southern hemisphere and the detailed walls and roof are a landmark for planes landing at nearby Sydney Airport.
Sunday, 5 March 2017
The Rocks, street lamps
These heritage street lamps are located along Long's Lane, which links Cumberland Street to Gloucester Street in The Rocks.
Saturday, 4 March 2017
St Mary's Cathedral, fountain
Friday, 3 March 2017
Wolli Creek, Cooks River, sunset
Looking across Cooks River from Tempe Reserve to the southern suburb of Wolli Creek.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Dolls Point, Botany Bay
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Surry Hills, lane (Theme Day: Black and White in Colour)
This commercial and residential building is located on the corner of Albion Way and Bellevue Lane, in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. Located in the former Porter's Paints building, The Minamilist is the home and studio space of interior stylist, who sources unique, limited edition and designer made product from around the world.
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