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.
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.
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.
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 akookaburra, asuperb fairy wren and twotawny frogmouthson branches. It replaces the Community Wallmural which was here.
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 listedformer Leichhardt Presbyterian Churchfacing 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.
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.
A sunset view across Johnstons Bay to the Anzac Bridge and silos at Rozelle from thePirrama 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 theInternational 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.
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.
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 soldiersfaced 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 createdin 2016 by artist Nic Green, aka Nico,but has been replaced by a couple of different murals since then.
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.
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 apartment blocks like The Distellery rising high into the sky.