Chippendale, One Central Park

 
Central Park Mall is bounded by Broadway, Chippendale Way, Central Park Avenue and Carlton Street, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. This shopping centre on six levels features fashion and lifestyle boutiques, supermarkets, eateries, cinemas and an outdoor space. One Central Park are the two apartment buildings which tower above. The vertical gardens were a collaboration between French botanist Patrick Blanc and the architects Ateliers Jean Nouvel. The native Australian plants, flowers and vines stretch over 50 metres high, making it the world's tallest vertical garden.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Words Welcome.

Blakehurst, Georges River, sunset

 
A sunset view across the Georges River over the southern suburb of Blakehurst.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Water Thursday.

Bardwell Park, war memorial

 
This war memorial is located at the Returned and Services League (RSL) Club along Hartill-Law Avenue, in the southern suburb of Bardwell Park. The obelisk stands in the middle of a memorial garden, dedicated in 1968 to the memory of departed comrades of World War 1, World War 2, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Today is ANZAC Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the World War 1 in 1915.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

Millers Point, Munn Reserve

Munn Reserve is located between Argyle Place and High Street, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. It sits on land which was part of a land grant to James Mann, who operated a shipbuilding yard with a floating dry dock in this area. It features sandstone blocks which are relics of demolished buildings.

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

Centennial Park, Federation Pavilion

The Federation Pavilion is located along the Grand Drive in Centennial Park and commemorates the inauguration of the Federation of Australia at this site on 1 January 1901. This rotunda was designed by Alexander Tzannes and erected in 1988, the Bicentennial year of European Settlement. It was constructed around the 'Commonwealth Stone' and features a glass domed ceiling with a colourful design. An inscription around the pavilion is from a 1901 poem 'Australia' by Bernard O'Dowd that reads: "Mammon or Millennial Eden". The building was renovated and plaques were added to celebrate the Centenary of the Federation of Australia on 1 January 2001.

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

Mascot, mural

This mural is on the wall of a wedding car hire supplier located along Sutherland Street, in the eastern suburb of Mascot.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Wolli Creek, Village Square, sculpture

This sculpture is in the middle of Village Square, accessed from Discovery Point Place and Brodie Sparks Street, in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. "Weave" was created in 2018 by industrial artist Geoff Farquhar-Still.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Parramatta River, ferry

This ferry operates on the Parramatta River from Circular Quay to Parramatta. It is seen here approaching the John Whitton Bridge which links Meadowbank to Rhodes.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Monterey, sunset

A couple walk along Lady Robinsons Beach, on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Ramsgate Beach, sign

 

This sign in Cook Park is where the walkway begins along Lady Robinsons Beach on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Water Thursday, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

The Rocks, Sailor's Home

The former Sailor's Home is located along George Street at The Rocks. The original block was designed by Weaver & Kemp and built in 1864 in the Victorian Italianate architectural style, as cheap, clean accommodation for sailors. The streetfront block seen here was designed by Spain & Cosh and built in 1926 in the Inter-War Free Classical architectural style. A continuous parapet in Classical Revival style links the blocks. It hosted sailors until the 1970s and is now the Billich Gallery and a restaurant. The previous colour scheme of the facade can be seen here.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Darlinghurst, cafe

This former corner shop with residence above is located on the corner of Liverpool Street and Bourke Street, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The building has been redeveloped with an extension behind the shop and an additional two floors added above for apartments. The shop on the corner is now The Mayflower cafe,
Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

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. Other sections can be seen here and here.

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

Ramsgate Beach, Botany Bay

A view of a rock groyne or sea wall that juts into Botany Bay from Lady Robinsons Beach, from a bench in Cook Park, in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach.

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

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: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Words Welcome.

Wolli Creek, Cooks River, sunset

 
This sunset view is from Tempe Recreation Reserve, looking towards apartments in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. It is low tide and rock oysters along the shore of the Cooks River have been exposed.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Water Thursday.

Pyrmont, Harlequin Inn

 

The Harlequin Inn is located on the corner of Ultimo Road and Harris Street, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont. This pub was built in the 1880s and was formerly known as the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel until it was renamed in the 1990s. It is known as a rugby union and sporting pub, which is why there is a giant rugby union ball on the awning.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Dulwich Hill, apartments

This commercial and residential building is located on the corner of Wardell Road and Ewart Street, in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill. 'Nea Zoi' was built in 2019 with shops on the ground floor and apartments above. This photo was taken a couple of years ago when Alevri, a Greek cafe and bakery was operating on the corner.

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

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 duck is one of five large animal sculptures carved from sandstone.
Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Saturday Critters.

Sylvania, mural

 This mural is on a wall at the entrance to Southgate Shopping Centre, in the southern suburb of Sylvania. It depicts the nearby Tom Uglys Bridge over the Georges River. 
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Monterey Beach

 
A view of Lady Robinsons Beach, on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Monterey. It's such a clear day that you have a perfect view of nearby Brighton-Le-Sands and the Sydney city skyline which is about 15 kilometres to the north.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Sydney Arcade, Lego Megastore

 
The Lego Megastore is at the Pitt Street entrance of Sydney Arcade. The 'Rainbow Gum Tree' built with 183,394 bricks, is a model of a eucalyptus tree with native Australian animals: a cockatoo, koala and kookaburra.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Words Welcome.

Georges River, Captain Cook Bridge

 
A late afternoon view of the Captain Cook Bridge from the St George Sailing Club in the southern suburb of Sans Souci. The bridge links Sans Souci to Taren Point, where the Georges River flows into Botany Bay.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Ramsgate Beach, walkway

 
A view of the walkway at the edge of Cook Park along Lady Robinsons Beach on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach.

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

Monterey Cook Park

A view of Botany Bay from a picnic table and benches in Cook Park, in the southern suburb of Monterey.  If you look closely you can see woman walking along Lady Robinsons Beach and there are swimmers around the sea wall or rock groyne. 

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

Monterey, Botany Bay

This sea wall or rock groyne is located on Botany Bay to protect the sandy foreshore of Lady Robinson Beach, in the southern suburb of Monterey. A woman is seen here tapping away on her laptop computer. I wonder if her boss thinks she is Working From Home but is actually Working From Beach.
Linked to: Senior Salon Pit Stop, Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Water Thursday.

Camperdown, mural (Theme Day: Medicine)

This mural is on the wall of the Institute of Academic Surgery in the inner city suburb of Camperdown. 'Human Form' was created in 2016 by Steven Nuttall, aka the graffiti artist The Ox King.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays, Theme Day.

Rookwood, sculpture

This sculpture stands outside the Eternal Rest Complex, a chapel on the corner of Barnet Avenue and Haslem Drive, in Rookwood Cemetery in the western suburb of Rookwood. "Victory" is a sculpture of Jesus Christ created by Linda Karfeld and dedicated in 2004.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Sydney Arcade, Lego Megastore

The Lego Megastore opened in 2023 at the Pitt Street entrance of Sydney Arcade. It features this model of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge built with 549,378 bricks.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Words Welcome.

Haymarket, Market City

Market City is located along Hay Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This complex contains a produce and flea market known as Paddy's Markets on the ground floor, the Market City shopping centre on three levels above, and a skyscraper apartment building called The Peak. The Vegetable Market building was built in 1909 in the Edwardian style with the façade preserved and restored in the 1980 redevelopment. A tram has stopped at the Paddy's Markets Light Rail Stop, which is on the Central to Dulwich Hill line of the Sydney Light Rail Network.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Haymarket, Station House

 
'Station House' is a heritage listed commercial building located on the corner of George Street and Rawson Place, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. It was designed by Ernest Lindsay Thompson and built in 1915 in the Federation Free Classical in style with Chicaoesque design elements. It was an investment property for Reuben Gardiner, a boot and shoe manufacturer who traded under the name of 'Joe Gardiner'. The building was occupied by the Station House Cafe and mixed commercial tenancies, including the Master Butchers Association, the Hellenic Philodramatic Society, the National Irish Association and Alfred Croaker and Daughters World's Lolly instructors who were chocolate and lolly makers. It is now home to a backpackers hotel and on the ground floor a travel agency and a takeaway kebab shop.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Haymarket, shop

This shop with residence above is located along George Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. It stands beside the Christ Church St Laurence. The clock tower at Central Railway Station can be seen here in the distance.

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

Haymarket, Christ Church St Laurence

Christ Church St Laurence is 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.

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

Sylvania, mural

 
This mural is on a wall at the entrance to Southgate Shopping Centre, in the southern suburb of Sylvania. It depicts the houses, cafes and wharves around the Georges River in this suburb.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.

Dolls Point, wharf

 
This wharf is at Lady Robinsons Beach on the shore of Botany Bay in the southern suburb of Dolls Point. The shifting sands have silted around most of the wharf. A man is sunbaking at the far end.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot, Water Thursday.

Pitt Street, Sugar House

 
This heritage listed building was built on the site of Sydney's first sugar exchange, on the corner of Pitt Street and King Street. It was built in 1879 in the Victorian Italianate style as a hotel for Sydney businessman, William Mears. It was first managed by Edward Trickett, a world champion sculler, and known as "Trickett's Hotel", later renamed "Kings Hotel". It was adapted to commercial use after its closure and renamed "Sugar House" with various tenants. It was restored and redeveloped in 2023 to become a Ralph Lauren boutique over four floors and a private rooftop. 

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

Monterey, beach

An autumn sky over Lady Robinsons Beach, on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Monterey.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Ramsgate Beach, shower

This outdoor shower is located near the Ramsgate Beach Baths, the tidal pool in Botany Bay in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach.

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

Hyde Park, Busby’s Bore Fountain

The Busby’s Bore Fountain is located in northwest corner of Hyde Park North. It was designed by John Byrom and installed in 1962 to commemorate the Busby Bore, a tunnel built to bring water from the Lachlan Swamp (now Busby's Pond in Centennial Park) to Hyde Park. John Busby, a mineral surveyor and civil engineer identified the Lachlan Swamp as a potential source of water for the city after completing a survey of existing and potential sources of water in 1825.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, Floral Friday, Garden Affair.

Cahill Expressway, Sydney Harbour

Looking across the Cahill Expressway above Circular Quay Railway Station to Sydney Harbour. A cruise ship is moored at the Overseas Passenger Terminal and another is almost passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. A number of ferries are arriving and departing from the Circular Quay Ferry Wharves. This view is from the balcony at Cafe Sydney, which is a rooftop restaurant in Customs House at Circular Quay.

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

Cronulla, art

This artwork is on a roller door protecting the entrance to a bar called The Blind Bear, along Cronulla Street in the southern suburb of Cronulla.

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

The Rocks, George Street

A view of George Street at the Rocks looking north towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was before street dining was introduced in front of the historic shopfronts, hotels and restaurants opposite the police station and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

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

Haymarket, McKell Building

 
The McKell Building is bounded by George Street, Rawson Place, Pitt Street and Barlow Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This 23-level tower was built as a state government office building in 1979 in the Brutalist style. It was named after Sir William John McKell, GCMG, QC who was the 12th Governor-General of Australia from 1947 to 1953 and had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Monterey, beach

 
A view of Lady Robinsons Beach, on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Monterey.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Water Thursday.

Queen Victoria Building, shop

 
Country Road is a clothing retailer which was established in 1974. This store is located in the Queen Victoria Building, a shopping centre bounded by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. The entrance to the shop is on the first floor at the northern end of the arcade.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Hurstville, corner shop

This former corner shop and residence is located on the corner of Woniora Road and Gallipoli Street, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. It is now only used as a residence.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Hurstville, Cornerstone Grace Presbyterian Church

The Cornerstone Grace Church is a Presbyterian Church located along Woniora Road, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. At a time when a lot of old church buildings are being abandoned or repurposed, this is a newly built one.

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

South Hurstville, mural

This mural is located along King Georges Road, 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.

The Rocks, First Impressions, The Convict

"First Impressions" is a sculpture located in Playfair Street in The Rocks. This sandstone relief was created by Bud Dumas in 1979 as a memorial to the convicts, soldiers and settlers who made up the original settlement at The Rocks. This side of the sculpture features "The Convict". The First Fleet arrived in 1788 with 780 convicts, along with soldiers and settlers. This monument also features "The Settlers" and "The Soldier".
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.