Sunday, 31 July 2022

Darling Point, sculpture

This sculpture of a platypus on a rock is found in the gardens of McKell Park, in the eastersuburb of Darling Point.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saturday, 30 July 2022

Aquarium Wharf, Ocean Dreaming 2

 
Ocean Dreaming 2 is a ferry which is used for cruising and whale watching. The indigenous artwork was created by Warwick Keen which utilises the dendroglyph technique and features the names of clans in and around Sydney Harbour. It's seen here at Aquarium Wharf in Darling Harbour, in front of Pyrmont Bridge.
Linked to: Weekend ReflectionsAll Seasons.

Friday, 29 July 2022

Cockle Bay Wharf, boat


This colourful boat is moored at Darling Harbour Marina at Cockle Bay Wharf. The "Climate Action Now" project is designed not to focus on the problem but instead on actions we are taking or can be taking as individual towards a solution.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday. 

Thursday, 28 July 2022

Cockle Bay Wharf, lighthouse

This lighthouse artwork has been installed behind the Dancing Brolgas fountain and in front of the Cockle Bay Wharf building at Darling Harbour. A temporary hashtag sign #lovecbw stands in front of the fountain.
Linked to: Signs, SignsRuby Tuesday.

Wednesday, 27 July 2022

Darling Harbour, sculpture

"Whales x 2" is a sculpture by Terrance Plowright which hangs above the escalators in the Cockle Bay Wharf building in Darling Harbour. The skeletal structure was carved in dense polyurethane foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. The clear polycarbonate skin has stainless steel reinforcement and binding.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the World.

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Queen Victoria Building, stained glass

This stained glass window sits above the George Street entrance of the Queen Victoria Building, viewed here from the second floor above the escalators.

Monday, 25 July 2022

Milsons Point, mural

 
This mural is located above the ticket box office in the Luna Park amusement park, in the north shore suburb of Milsons Point. The expressions of the people featured match the expression of the famous Luna Park face at the entrance.
Linked to: Monday MuralBlue MondayThrough My Lens, Pink Saturday.

Sunday, 24 July 2022

Oatley, bench


This bench is located in Oatley Park, in the southern suburb of Oatley. Not a particularly remarkable bench but a great location amongst bushland overlooking Oatley Bay on the Georges River
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saturday, 23 July 2022

Lugarno, marina

Lugarno Marina is on the Georges River, viewed from the boardwalk in the southern suburb of Lugarno. The houses on the opposite shore of the river are at Illawong.

Friday, 22 July 2022

Pyrmont, wharf, sunset

A sunset view across Johnstons Bay to the silos at Rozelle, from the Pirrama Park wharf, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. Some of the benches around the bay have messages on them such as "A people called Guarangi".
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Thursday, 21 July 2022

Kogarah, pub


 The Bank Tavern is on the corner of Belgrave Street and Post Office Lane in the southern suburb of Kogarah. It was built in the 1890s in the Victorian Italianate style as a branch of the Commonwealth Bank. When the bank relocated to a new branch in the 1980s it was redeveloped into Red Martins Nightclub before becoming a pub.
Linked to: Signs, Signs.

Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Tempe, anchor

 
This anchor monument was once located at Tempe Recreation Reserve, in the inner west suburb of Tempe. It stood beside a walkway along the foreshore of the Cooks River. If there was a plaque here explaining its history it had disappeared just like the anchor has now.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the World, All Seasons.

Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Elizabeth Bay, marina

These luxury boats are moored at the Elizabeth Bay Marina, located at the end of Ithaca Road in the eastern suburb of Elizabeth Bay. The harbourside mansion behind Beare Park can be seen here.

Monday, 18 July 2022

Caringbah, mural

This mural of a frog is on the rear of a shop in Park Lane, in the southern suburb of Caringbah.

Sunday, 17 July 2022

Millers Point, Dalgety's Bond Stores


The entrance to Dalgety's Bond Stores along Munn Street, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. The heritage-listed former warehouse complex was built in 1875 in the Free Classical style, providing storage space for the nearby shipyards. The steep fall of the site reveals three more storeys below, addressing Hickson Road adjacent to the wharf. The warehouses were redeveloped in the 1970s and are now used for commercial office space
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saturday, 16 July 2022

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong

 

This is one of the sails of the Sydney Opera House, which stands at the end of Bennelong Point, on the eastern side of Sydney Cove. The point was named after Bennelong, a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal Australian people of the Port Jackson area. He served as an interlocutor between the Eora and the British, in the colony of New South Wales. Bennelong Point was originally a small tidal island known as Bennelong Island at the end of a peninsula. From 1818 to 1821, the tidal area was filled with rocks excavated from the peninsula when suitable stone was cut for the construction of Fort Macquarie. This sail sits above the Bennelong restaurant which is near the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Friday, 15 July 2022

Botany Bay, navigation mark

 
A navigation mark is located at the end of a rock groyne in Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach. The rock groyne is one of the sea walls along Lady Robinson Beach that have been built to protect the sandy foreshore. The clouds were beginning to clear after the rain.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday. 

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Reiby Place, Patchwork of Light

 
"Patchwork of Light" is an artwork which was installed on the side of a building along Reiby Place in 2013. It consists of an array of ten brightly coloured light boxes emblazoned with figures and phrases in the Sydney indigenous language and English bringing Aboriginal, European, political and sporting histories to life. It was created by Lara Schnitger and was developed with Wiradjuri/Yuin elder Aunty Bronwyn Penrith, whose journey has been dedicated to reclaiming the culture of and respect for Aboriginal women. You can see a daytime view here.
Linked to: Signs, SignsThankful Thursday, Dream TeamRuby Tuesday.

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Bexley, Italia

 
"Italia" is a heritage listed house on the corner of Harrow Road and Beaconsfield Street, in the southern suburb of Bexley.
Linked to: Wordless WednesdayMy Corner of the WorldFloral Friday FotoGarden Affair.

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Bexley, Esperanza

"Esperanza" is a heritage listed house along Harrow Road, in the southern suburb of Bexley.

Monday, 11 July 2022

Caringbah, mural

 
This mural is on the rear of a shop in Park Lane, in the southern suburb of Caringbah. The two seahorses are camouflaged by the Australian native flowers and foliage.

Sunday, 10 July 2022

Strathfield, sundial

This sundial is located in the grounds of Santa Sabina College, a Catholic Dominican private school located along The Boulevarde, in the western suburb of Strathfield. 
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saturday, 9 July 2022

Balmain East, wharf

A First Fleet Class ferry departs from Balmain East ferry wharf, which sits at the end of Darling Street, in the inner west suburb of Balmain East. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is peeking above the wharf.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Friday, 8 July 2022

Pyrmont, wharf, sunset

A sunset view across Johnstons Bay to Rozelle, from the Pirrama Park wharf, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Earlwood, park

This entrance to Girrahween Park is located on the corner of View Street and Sutton Avenue, in the inner west suburb of Earlwood. 
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Dream TeamAll Seasons.

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Eveleigh, pavilion


This public pavilion and sculptural landmark is located in the Village Square in the redeveloped former railway yards, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The Interchange Pavilion was created by by University of Sydney lecturer, artist and sculptor Chris Fox in 2020. It draws inspiration from the precinct’s rail history combining over 250 metres of stainless steel ground rails, 15 tonnes of robotically moulded glass reinforced concrete and 1400 pieces of router cut hardwood. This material is supported by a 14 tonne structure made up of over 1650 pieces of digitally fabricated aluminium to create a 350 square-metre public art installation.

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Lilyfield, TreeCycle


This sculpture is located along Canal Road beside Hawthorne Canal, in the inner west suburb of Lilyfield. "TreeCycle" was created by Graham Chalcroft in 2016 using recycled bicycle parts to form a tree canopy.

Monday, 4 July 2022

Marrickville, mural

This mural on the walls of a house on the corner of Renwick Street and Excelsior Street, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. It features singer Prince and was painted in his memory in 2016, soon after his death.

Sunday, 3 July 2022

Strathfield, Santa Sabina College

Santa Sabina College is a Catholic Dominican private school located along The Boulevarde, in the western suburb of Strathfield. It was originally built in 1894 as the Santa Sabina Convent, designed by Sheerin and Hennessy in the Dutch Renaissance style.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saturday, 2 July 2022

Wolli Creek, Cooks River

A view across the Cooks River at dusk from Tempe, looking towards the southern suburb of Wolli Creek.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Friday, 1 July 2022