Rockdale, Gujaga Park, sculpture

 This sculpture is located in a garden bed in Gujaga Park, along West Botany Street in the southern suburb of Rockdale. The frog is one of five large animal sculptures carved from sandstone.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, Saturday Critters.

Oatley, Boongarra Reserve

Boongarra Reserve is surrounded by Mulga Road and River Road, in the southern suburb of Oatley. The view is from the reserve, lined with Crepe Myrtle trees currently in bloom, towards the footbridge and lift tower at Oatley railway station.

Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

Waverley, mural

This is part of a mural on the side wall of a shop on the corner of Bronte Road and Judges Lane, in the eastern suburb of Waverley. Another section can be seen here.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Saturday Critters.

Oatley, bus shelter

A contemporary design bus shelter and nearby bicycle shelter are located near the entrance to Oatley railway station along Mulga Road, in the southern suburb of Oatley. They were installed in 2015 as part of an upgrade to the station entrance.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Millers Point, boats

These rescue boats and harbour pilot boats are moored at Moore's Wharf on Sydney Harbour in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. The Operational Headquarters of the Port Authority of New South Wales is located here. Pier 9 of the Walsh Bay wharves is on the right and in the distance are at North Sydney and McMahons Point.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, sculpture

"Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide" is a public artwork hanging above Exchange Square in the inner city suburb of Barangaroo. Created by Ghost Net Collective and installed in 2022, it consists of majestic eagle rays, each one measuring 2.8 metres in width and 3 metres in length. They are hand-stitched with colourful ghost nets (abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets) in unique patterns covering aluminium frame structures. A view of this artwork at night can be seen here.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Saturday Critters.

Oatley, railway station

 
The entrance to Oatley railway station along Mulga Road near the corner of River Road, in the southern suburb of Oatley. The original station opened in 1885 and was upgraded in 2015 with a pedestrian footbridge and lifts connecting the street to the platforms. It is served by Sydney Trains on the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Bexley, Fairmont

 
"Fairmont" is a heritage listed house along Dunmore Street North, in the southern suburb of Bexley. It was built in 1891 in the Victorian Italianate style for civil servant James Conley, JP. It is now the Fairmont Aged Care nursing home. 
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Bexley, Ercildoune

"Ercildoune" is a heritage listed house on the corner of Dunmore Street North and Monomeeth Street, in the southern suburb of Bexley. It was built in 1898 in the Victorian Italianate style for joiner John Newell Senior and his wife Margaret (nee Laverick).
Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

Eveleigh, The Foundry Tunnel

The Foundry Tunnel is located in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The travelator links the underground car park in The Foundry Building to the former Locomotive Workshops Building. The commercial office building with ground level retail takes its name from the foundry that was located at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops on this site. The images on LED screens in the tunnel celebrate more than 100 years of innovation and manufacturing history of Eveleigh.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Eveleigh, Cultural Landscape Garden

This public barbecue area is located in the Cultural Landscape Garden along Locomotive Street, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. It is near the former Engine Shop, Locomotive Workshops and behind a signage piece which features three large sculptural drums inspired by train driving wheels, consisting of weathered corten steel used as planters.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Barangaroo, Watermans Cove, sculpture

This sculpture of a giant octopus has been installed in Watermans Cove for the Sydney Festival, in the inner city suburb of Barangaroo. 'Wheke-a-Muturangi' was created by Māori artist Lisa Reihana and is gently animated by harbour breezes and shifting currents. In Māori mythology, Te Wheke is the giant octopus chased by Kupe, the legendary Polynesian fisherman and navigator who some say was the first to discover Aotearoa New Zealand.

 Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Saturday Critters.

Barangaroo, Crown Sydney

Crown Sydney is a skyscraper in the inner city suburb of Barangaroo. The building mainly comprises of a hotel, casino and residential apartments. This view is across Watermans Cove, where a giant octopus sculpture has been installed for the Sydney Festival. 

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Millers Point, shops and houses

This heritage-listed building is located on the corner of Argyle Place and Windmill Street in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. It is one of a row of terraces which have commercial on the ground floor with residential space above built around 1906 in the Federation style.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Barangaroo, Marrinawi Cove

 
Marrinawi Cove is located on the shore of Sydney Harbour, near the Towns Place entrance of Barangaroo Reserve. A netted swimming enclosure was created here in 2023. 
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Millers Point, houses

 This couple of terrace houses are located along Bettington Street, between Dalgety Road and Rodens Lane, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. The heritage listed buildings were built around 1900 in the Edwardian style.

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

Mascot, St Therese's Catholic Primary School, mosaic

This mosaic is on the facade of the administration building of St Therese's Catholic Primary School located along Sutherland Street, in the eastern suburb of Mascot.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Mascot, St Therese's Catholic Primary School

The administration building for St Therese's Catholic Primary School is located along Sutherland Street, in the eastern suburb of Mascot. It stands near St Therese's Catholic Church and features a religious mosaic on the facade. Come back to see the mosaic tomorrow.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens, Japanese Gardens Lake

The entrance to the Japanese Gardens Lake in Auburn Botanic Gardens, in the western suburb of Auburn. The botanic gardens were established in 1977 and cover an area of 9.7 hectares (24 acres).
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Sans Souci, St George Sailing Club

St George Sailing Club is located along Riverside Drive in the southern suburb of Sans Souci. This view is from the waterfront restaurant and private wharf to the Captain Cook Bridge at the mouth of the Georges River on Botany Bay.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Sans Souci, St George Sailing Club, boatsheds

St George Sailing Club, located along Riverside Drive in the southern suburb of Sans Souci, is at the mouth of the Georges River on Botany Bay. It was founded in 1897, making it one of the oldest sailing clubs in Australia. In the early 1960s the clubhouse had to relocate to the east to make way for construction of the new Captain Cook Bridge. It was redeveloped in 2022 with a new clubhouse with sailing facilities, a waterfront restaurant and two bars. These are the storage boatsheds for the 13ft and 16ft skiffs used by club members.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

Waverley, shops

 

These shops with residences above are located along Bronte Road, in the eastern suburb of Waverley. The historic buildings have recently been restored and redeveloped as offices for a physiotherapist, real estate agent and law firm. The gated entrance leads to new apartment buildings behind them.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Mascot, bank

The former National Bank of Australasia on the corner of Botany Road and Coward Street, in the eastern suburb of Mascot. It is now home to law firm Pryor Tzannes & Wallis Solicitors & Notaries.

Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, 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.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Saturday Critters.

Sans Souci, wharf

A private wharf at the St George Sailing Club, located along Riverside Drive in the southern suburb of Sans Souci. This view is at the mouth of the Georges River on Botany Bay.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Surry Hills, Dove & Olive

The Dove & Olive is a pub located on the corner of Devonshire Street and Waterloo Street, in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. This heritage listed building was built in 1876 in the Victorian Style and was formerly known as the Clarendon Hotel.
 Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now.

Woollahra, apartments

"Hillside Apartments" dominate the skyline along Edgecliff Road, in the eastern suburb of Woollahra. They were designed by architects Eric Clarke Pitt and Aaron M. Bolot and built in 1936 in the Gothic Revival and Art Deco styles.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Surry Hills, Madison Hotel

 
The Madison Hotel, built in the Inter-War Style, is located on the corner of Devonshire Street and Randle Street, in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. The CBD and South East Light Rail Service runs along Devonshire Street with trams on the L2 Randwick Light Rail line and L3 Kingsford Light Rail line from Circular Quay via Central. 

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Telstra Shop

This heritage listed shop is on the corner of George Street and King Street. It was originally built in 1863 in the Victorian Exotic style for wholesale and furnishing ironmongers Ashdown & Co. After it was burnt down in 1866, it was rebuilt the following year according to the same plans. It became the flagship store for Darrell Lea Chocolates in the 1920s until the business collapsed in 2012 (although the brand relaunched and products sold in supermarkets with an expanded range). The surrounding commercial tower at 400 George Street was built around this historic building and incorporated the restored Sydney Arcade façade, as the Sydney headquarters for Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company. In 2014 this building was refurbished and became the flagship Telstra Shop with a technology hub.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Paddington, shop and houses

These terrace houses and former corner shop are located on the corner of Jersey Road and Melrose Lane, in the inner eastern suburb of Paddington. The corner shop is now home to I Maccheroni, an Italian restaurant and one of the terrace houses is home to Blomfield real estate agent. This photo was taken in 2020 so there have been some changes since then.

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

Circular Quay, light rail stop (Theme Day: Photo of the Year)

 
The Circular Quay Light Rail Stop is located at the northern end of the Central Business District on Alfred Street, between Pitt Street and Loftus Street, beside Circular Quay railway station. It is the final destination on the CBD and South East Light Rail service and this tram will soon be departing for the eastern suburb of Randwick. I featured a similar photo during the year which was taken seconds earlier and can be seen here.
Linked to: Theme Day.