Elizabeth Street, hotel

This historic building is a boutique hotel with commercial space between Elizabeth Street and Phillip Street. This view is of Elizabeth Street which features access to the hotel, an Anthony Squires men's outfitters store and entrance to an Anytime Fitness gym on the lower ground floor. The Sebel Sydney Martin Place hotel, which opened in 2024, has its main entrance in Phillip Street. The building was originally home to the Broughton Club which had become the United Services Club by 1907. It became the New South Wales Leagues Club in 1915, which housed the rugby league offices and committee rooms, bars, billiards and card rooms and residential quarters. It closed in 2015 and then became a Mercure Hotel .

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

Barangaroo, Nawi Cove

 

A bridge links the boardwalk to a pontoon in the inner city suburb of Barangaroo, looking across Nawi Cove to Barangaroo Reserve, Hotel Palisade and Dalgety's Bond Stores.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Monterey, sunset

Looking across Botany Bay with waves crashing on the shore of Lady Robinsons Beach in the southern suburb of Monterey. The sunset colours are reflected off clouds above the container terminals and bulk liquid & gas storage facilities in the eastern suburb of Port Botany.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Sans Souci, St George Sailing Club

St George Sailing Club is located along Riverside Drive in the southern suburb of Sans Souci, is at the mouth of the Georges River on Botany Bay. The outdoor dining area is popular on a sunny winter day.
Linked to: Generic, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Water Thursday.

Pyrmont, bar

The "Maho Magic Bar" is a neon pop-up venue which has been installed in Pyrmont Bay Park. It hosts a magic show which features charismatic master magicians from Japan.

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

Market Row, art

 

This tiled artwork in intricate patterns and lush colours is on a laneway fire exit along Market Row. "In Through the Out Door" is a series of three artworks created by Callum Morton in 2024. 

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

Australian National Maritime Museum, art

This mural is located on the forecourt of the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. "Shallow Iridescence" was created by local artist InkHunter in 2023. It features a giant blue-ringed octopus in a flared up posture, warning and warding off interference, signalling the need to give the ocean space to recover.

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

Sydney Harbour, cruise ship

 
The Pacific Adventure is a Grand-class cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia. It was previously named Golden Princess when built in 2001. It is seen here turning around to depart Sydney Harbour, assisted by the PSA Marvel, a tug boat built in 2020. The office buildings in the distance are in the northern suburb of North Sydney.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Barangaroo, water taxi

A water taxi passes a ferry in Darling Harbour, near the wharves at Barangaroo. This River Class ferry began operating in 2019 and was named after Olive Cotton, a pioneering Australian modernist photographer. 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.

First Fleet Park, Vivid Sydney

Looking at First Fleet Park at The Rocks, near Circular Quay, during the Vivid Sydney Festival. "Embrace" was an art installation that takes inspiration from children's paper chains. The circle of life-sized silhouettes respond to human touch, creating striking light patterns. "Samsung Chorus of Light" is an immersive art installation that unites humanity through our hopes for the future. The technology manufacturer is a major sponsorship partner of the festival. The office building and hotels rising above have also been illuminated.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Wordy Wednesday.

Darling Harbour, Tumbalong Boulevarde, Vivid Sydney

This installation was located outside the International Convention Centre Sydney, along Tumbalong Boulevarde at Darling Harbour for the Vivid Sydney Festival. "Kia Kaleidoscope" has the body of the car transformed into a literal kaleidoscope of pattern, colour and movement using light projections. The car manufacturer is a major sponsorship partner of the festival.

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

Darling Harbour, Tumbalong Boulevarde, Vivid Sydney

"Neuron" was an installation located along Tumbalong Boulevarde at Darling Harbour for the Vivid Sydney Festival. This light sculpture represents our neurons and their branches at large scale and is crafted from translucent material and LED light filaments which are motion responsive.

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

Darling Harbour, Tumbalong Park, Vivid Sydney

"Fireplaces" were installations located in Tumbalong Park at Darling Harbour for the Vivid Sydney Festival. "Omnivisu" uses a view finder in Tumbalong Park, where cameras film the eyes of visitors and project them onto a distant building.
Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Cockle Bay, Vivid Sydney

A view of Cockle Bay near Darling Harbour Marina during the Vivid Sydney Festival, which ran from 25 May to 16 June 2023. "Hika Rakuyo" was a holographic light and laser show which is a Japanese concept that uses flowers and falling leaves as a metaphor for the transient beauty of life. Here, native Australian flowers bloomed across the dark water of the bay.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

Darling Harbour, Tumbalong Park, Vivid Sydney

Looking at various light and music installations in Tumbalong Park at Darling Harbour for the Vivid Sydney Festival, from 24 May to 15 June 2024. "Neolithic" is a homage to both Neolithic-era architecture and the cosmos with geometric patterns reminiscent of ancient art, dancing in time to the music performed on the nearby Tumbalong Stage.

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

Barangaroo, International Towers, Vivid Sydney

The International Towers at Barangaroo are illuminated in pink and blue for the Vivid Sydney Festival, from 24 May to 15 June 2024. Captain Cook Cruises conduct sightseeing tours around Sydney Harbour during the festival.

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

Ramsgate Beach, moonlight

A moonlight view of a man and boy fishing off a rock groyne in Botany Bay, off Lady Robinsons Beach in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Macquarie Street, heritage plaque

This commemorative plaque is located on the footpath along Macquarie Street near Sydney Hospital. These brass heritage plaques around the city commemorate heritage buildings, lost buildings from the past and some proposed buildings that were never built. Sydney Hospital, built in 1816, was colloquially named the Rum Hospital because it was funded by the trade in rum. The central block featured here was demolished in 1876 to build the current Sydney Hospital.

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