Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Vivid Sydney (Theme Day: Bridges)

This view across Circular Quay to the Sydney Harbour Bridge was during the Vivid Sydney Festival last year. This view was from the walkway beside the Cahill Expressway above the Circular Quay ferry wharves.

Linked to: Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot, Theme Day.

I'm taking a break from blogging while I'm on a holiday for a few weeks, but I will be back next month.

Barangaroo, Crown Sydney and One Sydney Harbour

 

Looking across Darling Harbour to Crown Sydney and One Sydney Harbour at Barangaroo.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Banksia, market gardens

Arncliffe Market Gardens are located along West Botany Street, in what is now the southern suburb of Banksia. These heritage-listed market gardens have been occupied by market gardeners since 1892.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Circular Quay, boat

This Environmental Services work boat at Circular Quay is heading out into Sydney Harbour past the Sydney Opera House. ES6 is one of a pair of 12 metre long boats used by the New South Wales Government Maritime Authority since 2022.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome.

Camperdown, University of Sydney, walkway

A view of the main entrance to the Main Building which is part of the Quadrangle Group of buildings on the University of Sydney campus, in the inner city suburb of Camperdown. This view is towards UTS Tower and the Central Park buildings.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Haymarket, Christ Church St Laurence

 

A view of Christ Church St Laurence, an Anglican church located along George Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This heritage listed church was built in 1845 and designed by Henry Robertson and Edmund Blacket in the Old Colonial Gothick Picturesque and Victorian Free Gothic styles. A shop with residence above is located alongside it on George Street and the clock tower at Central Railway Station can be seen in the distance.

Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Shadow Shot Sunday.

South Hurstville, mural

 
This mural is located on a retaining wall along King Georges Road at Grosvenor Street, in the southern suburb of South Hurstville. It was created in 2022 by artist David Cragg in collaboration with Woniora Road School students and is inspired by local fauna. It includes a kookaburra, a superb fairy wren and two tawny frogmouths on branches. It replaces the Community Wall mural which was here.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Through My Lens, Good Random Fun.

Leichhardt, Presbyterian Church, hall

This former church hall, built in 1909, is located along Renwick Street, in the inner west suburb of Leichhardt. It is attached to the heritage listed former Leichhardt Presbyterian Church facing Marion Street, built in 1885 with a façade of Romanesque inspired details. The church functions ceased in 1980 and the buildings are now used as a child care centre.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Pyrmont, wharf

 
A view of the pylons of a former wharf which form a 'pole garden' beside Pirrama Park, in the inner west suburb of Pyrmont. A new pontoon wharf is located further back on the left, as well as a smaller concrete one at the front, on the right. The White Bay Cruise Terminal can be seen in the distance across Johnstons Bay.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Pyrmont, Johnstons Bay, bench

A sunset view across Johnstons Bay to the Anzac Bridge and silos at Rozelle from the Pirrama Park wharf in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This bench in front of the 'pole garden' has a message engraved on it, "A harbour to hunt and fish", in reference to the activities of the indigenous Guarangi people who inhabited this site.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Herald Square, sculpture

This sculpture is part of The Tank Stream Fountain in Herald Square, on the corner of George Street and Alfred Street near Circular Quay. The bronze fountain was created by Stephen Walker and presented to the City of Sydney in 1981 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper in 1831. The inscription reads: 1788: A stream flows into Sydney Cove. The European settlement of Australia begins along its sandstone banks. Soon drought strikes and storage tanks are carved from the stone, hence the name Tank Stream. The seasons pass. 1981: The tank stream fountain recalls mankind’s past dependence on this flowing stream and our links with life around this region.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome.

Eveleigh, Locomotive Workshop, substation

 
The heritage listed Locomotive Workshop is part of the former Eveleigh Railway Yards, located along Locomotive Avenue in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It was built in 1877, consisting of 16 bays originally used for one or more trades required to repair or manufacture locomotives and their components. It is now being redeveloped into commercial and retail space. The substation in front of Bays 5 and 6 has been covered in artwork which lights up at night featuring an employment record of a former railway employee.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Rozelle, White Bay Power Station

The White Bay Power Station is located along Robert Street, in the inner city suburb of Rozelle. The former power station is now used for exhibition space but some of the old equipment has been preserved.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Sydney Arcade, Lego Megastore

The Lego Megastore is at the Pitt Street entrance of Sydney Arcade. It features this mural of the Sydney Opera House built with 2989 Lego bricks.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Brighton-Le-Sands, Botany Bay

A late afternoon view of Lady Robinsons Beach, along the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands.​ A young girl drags a stick along the beach while seagulls otherwise have the beach to themselves on the sand and in the bay.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot, Saturday Critters.

Barangaroo, skyscrapers

A late afternoon view across Darling Harbour, to the wharves at Barangaroo. The tallest buildings in the background are Crown Sydney, One Sydney Harbour and the International Towers. The Sirius is a First Fleet Class ferry acquired in 1984 that is part of the fleet that operates on the Inner Harbour routes. It was named Sirius, after one of eleven ships of the First Fleet which sailed to Australia in 1787. 

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Monterey, Bado-Berong Creek, jetty

 
A view of the jetty on Bado-Berong Creek which runs through Scarborough Park, looking south from Barton Street, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Water Thursday.

Arncliffe, railway station

Arncliffe railway station is on the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. The original buildings on Platform 3 and 4 were built in 1884 and extended in 1923. This view is from the back of the concourse where lifts were installed in 2016 to these platforms and the Burrows Street entrance. 
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome.

Rockdale, Brighton Terraces

The entrance to the "Brighton Terraces" housing estate is located along West Botany Street, in the southern suburb of Rockdale. These terrace houses were built around 2000 in the Modern Victorian style. The buildings are clearly visible in the middle of winter, with the leaves fallen of many of the trees.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Brighton-Le-Sands, memorial court

This memorial court stands at the front of the Brighton-Le-Sands RSL Club, located along Bay Street in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands. It contains a contemporary sculpture depicting the obstacles soldiers faced at Gallipoli in World War 1. The plaque reads: This war memorial court is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Market Row, art

 
This artwork of colourful geometric patterns is on the back of a building along the Market Row laneway.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Auburn Botanic Gardens, sundial

 
This sundial is located in the Auburn Botanic Gardens, on the corner of Chiswick Road and Chisholm Road, in the western suburb of Auburn. Visitors can stand on the circle and their shadow cast towards the hour stones will indicate what time it is.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens, Japanese Gardens Lake

The Japanese Gardens Lake is located in Auburn Botanic Gardens, on the corner of Chiswick Road and Chisholm Road, in the western suburb of Auburn.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Maddens Plains, view

This view is from Panorama House, located along the Princes Highway at Maddens Plains, a mostly unpopulated area that stretches along the Illawarra escarpment between Thirroul and Stanwell Park. The view stretches to Wollongong, a city located 85 kilometres south of Sydney.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Wolli Creek, sign

A view of the bridge leading to a pontoon and water level sign on the Cooks River, in the inner west suburb of Tempe, looking towards the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. A seagull is caught mid-flight over the river, coming in to land.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Saturday Critters.

Circular Quay, ferry

 
This River Class ferry has departed from Circular Quay ferry wharf and is turning around in front of the Bennelong Apartments and Opera Residences. The ferry began operating in 2019 and was named after Margaret Olley, an Australian painter who held over ninety solo exhibitions during her lifetime.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Ramsgate Beach, Botany Bay

 
A view of Lady Robinsons Beach on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Newtown, mural

This is part of a mural on the side of a shop and residence on the corner of King Street and Camden Street, in the inner city suburb of Newtown. It was created in 2016 by artist Nic Green, aka Nico, but has been replaced by a couple of different murals since then.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Kingsgrove, Uniting Church

 
Kingsgrove Uniting Church is located on the corner of Kingsgrove Road and Moreton Street, in the southern suburb of Kingsgrove. It was originally the Kingsgrove Methodist Church. The Methodist Church became part of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Wolli Creek, Cooks River

 
Looking across the Cooks River from Cahill Park to apartments in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Pyrmont, weathervane

 This weather vane or weathercock is located on the community centre at Refinery Square off Bowman Street, in the inner west suburb of Pyrmont. This building was the former main office or administration building of the Colonial Sugar Refining (CSR) Co Ltd, which had a major sugar mill, sugar refinery, rum distillery and building products manufactured here. The site has been redeveloped with aparrment blocks like The Distellery rising high into the sky.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Saturday Critters.

Sydney Opera House, ice cream van (Theme Day: Fruit)

This food van is located along the promenade at Circular Quay West, at the Rocks. It is near the Overseas Passenger Terminal and opposite the Sydney Opera House. "Artsicle Ice Cream" sells artististic, popsicle style ice cream in iconic shapes. The flavours are vanilla Opera House, chocolate Harbour Bridge, salted caramel The Rocks ASNC Building, strawberry Sydney love heart, plus they also have a coconut Snow Man and mint-chocolate Christmas Tree.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Theme Day.

Elizabeth Street, Lawson Place

 

Lawson Place is a commercial building between Elizabeth Street and Phillip Street. This view is of Elizabeth Street which features a Piccolo Me cafe on the ground floor. The building next door was originally home to the Broughton Club which had become the United Services Club by 1907. It became the New South Wales Leagues Club from 1915, housing the rugby league offices and committee rooms, bars, billiards and card rooms and residential quarters. It expanded into this former warehouse building but the club closed in 2015 and it became a Mercure Hotel. After extensive renovations, it became The Sebel Sydney Martin Place hotel in 2024, with its main entrance in Phillip Street.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Barangaroo, ferry

A late afternoon view across Darling Harbour, to the wharves at Barangaroo. The tall buildings in the background are Crown Sydney, One Sydney Harbour and International Towers. Ocean Dreaming 2 is a ferry used for cruising and whale watching. It features indigenous artwork which utilises the dendroglyph technique and features the names of clans in and around Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Chatswood, Mashman Park

This artwork is on a wall at Mashman Park, located along Victoria Avenue in the northern suburb of Chatswood. It is a tribute to William and Henry Mashman who operated Victoria Pottery on this site which produced terracotta and stoneware including chimney pots, urns, chicken feeders, bread crocks and storage jars. In 1959 the Royal Doulton Company bought the business but ceased trading in 2000. The factory was redeveloped into residential apartments in 2004 and this park. “Paydirt. A tribute to the Unknown Industrial Potter” is an environmental art design project by Peter Day and Jo-Anne Fuller which integrates the history of the site with a fountain's splash tiles and a brick bas-relief by Suzie Bleach and Andrew Townsend.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Chatswood, Mashman Park

 
This fountain is in Mashman Park, located along Victoria Avenue in the northern suburb of Chatswood. The park is named after William and Henry Mashman who operated Victoria Pottery on this site which produced terracotta and stoneware including chimney pots, urns, chicken feeders, bread crocks and storage jars. In 1959 the Royal Doulton Company bought the business but ceased trading in 2000. The factory was redeveloped into residential apartments in 2004 and palm trees were salvaged and relocated to this park. “Paydirt. A tribute to the Unknown Industrial Potter” is an environmental art design project by Peter Day and Jo-Anne Fuller which integrates the history of the site into the fountain's splash tiles and a brick bas-relief by Suzie Bleach and Andrew Townsend.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Oatley, baths

This view of the Oatley Park Baths and the Georges River is from Sandy Beach on Oatley Bay. The baths were originally constructed in 1909 and are still utilised by the Oatley Amateur Swimming Club which was established in 1927. Across the river is the southern suburb of Como.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now.

Monterey, Bado-Berong Creek

A view of Bado-Berong Creek which runs through Scarborough Park, looking south from Barton Street, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Water Thursday.

The Rocks, Argyle Terrace

"Argyle Terrace" is a pair of heritage listed terrace houses along Playfair Street in the Rocks. They were built in 1883 in the Victorian Italianate style as two storey worker's cottages. They were combined in 1972 to form a larger space for a restaurant tenancy, now housing Caminetto Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria.

Linked to: Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Signs, Signs.

Circular Quay, ferry

This ferry has departed from Circular Quay ferry wharf and is travelling past Bennelong Apartments and Opera Residences, with Quay Apartments on the right. The Fantasea Joy is a 23 metre catamaran ferry which cruises around Sydney Harbour.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Circular Quay, ferry

This ferry has departed from Circular Quay ferry wharf and is travelling past Bennelong Apartments towards the Sydney Opera House. It is an Emerald class ferry operated by Sydney Ferries which entered service on Sydney Harbour in 2017. It is named Bungaree for an Aboriginal Australian from the Broken Bay area, who was known as an explorer, entertainer and community leader.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Mascot, mural

This mural is on the amenities building in Memorial Park in the eastern suburb of Mascot. It was created by street artist Tim Phibs in 2021, featuring native fauna and flora around the whole toilet block such as the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo and Rainbow Lorikeet.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Saturday Critters, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Leichhardt, Presbyterian Church

 

This heritage listed former Presbyterian Church is located along Marion Street, in the inner west suburb of Leichhardt. It was built in 1885 with a façade of Romanesque inspired details including coloured bricks which are now painted. The church functions ceased in 1980 and it is now used as a child care centre.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Barangaroo, skyscrapers

A late afternoon view across Darling Harbour, to the wharves at Barangaroo. The tallest buildings in the background are Crown Sydney, One Sydney Harbour, International Towers, No.1 Shelley Street and Westpac Place.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.