Bondi Beach, Bondi Pavilion

A view of the courtyard of Bondi Pavilion, a venue for arts, culture and events, in the eastern suburb of Bondi Beach.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Bondi Beach, Surf Bathers Life Saving Club

The Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club is located in the eastern suburb of Bondi Beach. The Bondi Surf Club was founded on 21st February 1907 and is officially recognised as the oldest surf lifesaving club in the world. This heritage clubhouse building was designed by Ross and Rowe and built in 1934 in the art deco style.

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

Bondi Beach, mural

This is all that remains of an extensive mural in the northern courtyard of Bondi Pavilion in the eastern suburb of Bondi Beach. "Bondi the Beautiful" was created in 1980 by David Humphries, Rodney Monk, Wayne Hutchings and Kristine Ammitzboll. It featured 1920s imagery of lifesavers, beach belles and Bondi characters.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun.

North Bondi, war memorial

This war memorial is located in Scarborough Crescent Reserve, along Ramsgate Avenue in the eastern suburb of North Bondi. The large S-shaped memorial sculpture is made of marine grade stainless steel, glass and stone with four bronze pillars in the middle with the words “Endurance”, “Mateship”, “Courage” and “Sacrifice” inscribed. There are 20 descriptive plaques of each war Australia has been in and one plaque dedicated to peacekeeping. Constructed in 2011, the war memorial was designed by Bryan Bathgate of Curtain Bathgate & Somers Architects and the commissioned sculpture is by Di Emme Creative Solutions.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

North Bondi, beach

Looking across the beach to the rock pools in the eastern suburb of North Bondi. A group of young men show their athletic prowess, kicking a soccer ball on the beach.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

North Bondi, North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club

North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club is located along Campbell Parade, in the eastern suburb of North Bondi. The club was formed in 1906 but this clubhouse designed by architects Durbach Block Jaggers was built in 2013. Two surf boats on trailers are at the front, ready for action.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Woolloomooloo, sculpture

This sculpture is located at the entrance to the Ovolo Hotel, in the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo. The Ovolo Hotel logo features this sphere design, replicated in this sculpture. It seems they might have had trouble with visitors touching the sculpture so they've installed an amusing sign which reads: Please don't touch our balls, and we won't touch yours.

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

Woolloomooloo, Finger Wharf

These spring flowers add some colour to the Finger Wharf, in the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Martin Place, astronaut

 
This giant inflatable astronaut was installed in Martin Place to promote the 76th International Astronautical Congress held in Sydney last week.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Customs House, mural

This mural has been painted on the wall of the exhibition space in Customs House near Circular Quay as part of Art & About Sydney. The current exhibition is Little Sydney Lives, featuring photographs taken by children aged 5 to 12.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun.

Customs Square, Meeras Pavilion

'Meeras Pavilion' is a large-scale, interactive artwork in Customs Square, in front of Customs House near Circular Quay. It is part of Art & About Sydney and was co-designed by Rohingya and Australian artists which celebrates creativity, culture and existence beyond narratives of victimhood and statelessness. The taro leaves arch out from the centre of the pavilion, echoing the form of a banyan tree native to Myanmar. This tree symbolises Rohingya’s long connection to the motherland and provides familiar shelter for community gathering.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

King Street Wharf, ferry

This ferry makes its way past King Street Wharf. The Borrowdale is a First Fleet Class ferry that was acquired in 1985 and is part of the Sydney Ferries fleet that operates services on inner harbour routes. It was named Borrowdale, after the one of eleven ships of the First Fleet that sailed to Australia in 1787.

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

Lilyfield, wharf

 
This wharf is on Iron Cove on the Parramatta River, viewed from the foreshore at Sensory Park at sunset, in the inner west suburb of Lilyfield.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Hotel Coronation

Hotel Coronation was built in 1930 and is located along Park Street. The original pub occupied the corner of Park Street and George Street opposite Sydney Town Hall. It was demolished in 1928 when these streets were widened. This hotel will be demolished again for the Town Hall Square development in 2028.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Sutherland, Pavilion Performing Arts Centre (Theme Day: Glass)

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre is located along Eton Street, in the southern suburb of Sutherland. The original Entertainment Centre building was designed and built in the 1970s but it was redeveloped in 2023. The redevelopment is composed of a grid of mass laminated timber and glass, designed by Chrofi and NBRS.

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

Sutherland, Entertainment Centre

The Sutherland Entertainment Centre is located along Eton Street, the southern suburb of Sutherland. It was designed and built in the 1970s as a multi-purpose venue used for exhibitions, conferences, presentations, dinners, product launches, community and professional theatre and concerts. This is a heritage photo from 2007 before the building was redeveloped in 2023. I will share a photo of the redeveloped building tomorrow.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Kirrawee, mural

This mural is on a supporting column in the food court of South Village shopping centre, in the southern suburb of Kirrawee. The Galah or Pink and Grey Cockatoo is one of many Australian animal artworks in the shopping centre created by street artist Mulga the artist, who is Joel Moore. 

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun, Saturday Critters.

Sutherland, fountain

This marble and sandstone fountain, surrounded by a pergola, is located in Peace Park, in the southern suburb of Sutherland. The inscription on the fountain reads: Peace is a sense of community.

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

Darling Harbour, Australian National Maritime Museum

Looking across Darling Harbour towards the W Hotel and the Australian National Maritime Museum at night. The blue cranes in front of the Sofitel Hotel are part of a new development which is replacing Harbourside. The James Craig is a Tall Ship moored outside Wharf 7 of Sydney Wharf, as part of the permanent display of the museum.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Bexley, sunset

The sun sets behind trees in the car park between Forest Road and Stoney Creek Road, in the southern suburb of Bexley.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Sutherland, council chambers

The Sutherland Shire council chambers is located along Eton Street, in the southern suburb of Sutherland. The council is displaying a Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks banner, supporting the local rugby league club which is currently playing in the national rugby league (NRL) finals.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Sutherland, Peace Park, Chuo City Garden

Chuo City Garden is located in Peace Park along Eton Street, in the southern suburb of Sutherland. is a Japanese-style garden, named after the sister city of the Sutherland Shire, which opened in 1993.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Anzac Bridge

 
A view across Blackwattle Bay to the eastern pylon of the Anzac Bridge at sunset from the inner west suburb of Glebe. The apartment buildings directly behind it are in Pyrmont.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Cronulla, mural

This mural of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is on the wall of a car park along Croydon Street, in the southern suburb of Cronulla. 
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun.

Mascot, Canal Viewing Area

 A shelter over a bench at the Canal Viewing Area in the inner west suburb of Tempe. Looking The redirected Airport Drive crosses across Alexandra Canal from Mascot to Tempe. A shared walkway and bicycle track runs into a subway and then along the canal.

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

Glebe, marina

This marina on Rozelle Bay is on the foreshore of Federal Park, in the inner city suburb of Glebe.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Centennial Park, Busby's Pond, sunset

Looking across Busby's Pond, in the middle of Centennial Park at sunset.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Saturday Critters.

Waterloo, metro station

Waterloo metro station is an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. This is the entrance on the corner of Raglan Street and Cope Street.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Waterloo, metro station

 
Waterloo metro station is an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. This is the underground concourse entrance which leads to the platforms further below.

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

Rozelle Bay, Anzac Bridge

Looking across Rozelle Bay towards the Anzac Bridge from Federal Park, in the inner city suburb of Glebe.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Marrickville, mural

This mural is on the back of an apartment building bounded by Marrickville Road, Silver Street and Marrickville Lane in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. 'Hestia' was created in 2021 by street artist Steven Nuttall, also known as The Ox King. The artwork celebrated the 200 anniversary of Greek independence and the Greek community which made its home in the suburb. Hestia was the Goddess of hearth and home. Other depictions are: Saint Nicholas, who is a patron saint and the name of the church that immigrants built in the 1960s, Patris, which was the name of a ship which brought a huge majority of the Australian Greek immigrant population, Lamia, which is the name of a Greek deli with Greek food and φιλότιμο (Filotimo), which means love of honour and represents taking someone into your home and showing respect without asking for anything back. The Australian gum leaves represent the new land.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun.

Tempe, walkway

This shared walkway and bicycle track runs alongside Alexandra Canal in the inner west suburb of Tempe. On either side, are the Approach Lighting System structures for a runway at Sydney International Airport, with two of them seen here, behind a fence on the left and on a bridge in the canal on the right.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Tempe, bridges

A sunset view of bridges over Alexandra Canal between the eastern suburb of Mascot and the inner west suburb of Tempe. Billy's Bridge is a restricted bicycle and pedestrian bridge at the front, although a couple of cars parked on it illegally, can be seen here. The Twin Arch Bridge behind it, carries Airport Drive over the canal.

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

Georges River, pontoons, sunset

A sunset view of pontoons floating in the Georges River between the southern suburbs of Blakehurst and Sylvania.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Saturday Critters.

Tempe, Airport Viewing Area

 
A shelter over a bench at the Airport Viewing Area in the inner west suburb of Tempe. Looking across Alexandra Canal to Mascot, the Sydney Airport Domestic Terminal is on the left and the Sydney Airport International Terminal is on the right.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Tempe, bridge

 
This bridge juts into Alexandra Canal from the inner west suburb of Tempe. It supports one of the Approach Lighting System structures for a runway at Sydney International Airport, located directly across the canal at Mascot.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Kingsford, Kingsway Church

Kingsway Church was built in the inter-war style and is located along Houston Road, in the eastern suburb of Kingsford. It is also known as the Indonesian Presbyterian Church, an English-speaking congregation established in 1988 as a congregation in the Presbyterian Church of Australia.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Cronulla, mural

This mural of a beach scene is on the wall of a car park along Croydon Street, in the southern suburb of Cronulla. It was created by street artist Mulga the artist, who is Joel Moore.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun, Saturday Critters.

Haberfield, paths

A crossroad of shared walkways and bicycle tracks, in the inner west suburb of Haberfield. The Green Way on the right is on the Lilyfield Road Footbridge heading to Lilyfield, which can be seen in the distance. The Bay Run on the left takes you to Five Dock. The runner is heading down Hawthorne Canal Shared Pathway which goes under the bridge to Haberfield.

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

Lilyfield, wharf

This wharf is on Iron Cove on the Parramatta River, viewed from the foreshore at Sensory Park, in the inner west suburb of Lilyfield.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Lilyfield, sunset

 
A sunset view of Iron Cove on the Parramatta River, viewed from Sensory Park in the inner west suburb of Lilyfield.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Bondi Beach, sign

A view of the beach in the eastern suburb of Bondi Beach. Although it was still Winter, the warm weather attracted surfers and swimmers to the beach. A "Dangerous Currents" sign is clearly displayed beside the Lifeguard surfboard.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

Paddington, newsagency

This historic building is located along Oxford Street in the inner city suburb of Paddington. It was originally built as a retail and residential building. It now features a newsagent on the ground floor, a cosmetic medicine practice on the first floor and a residence on the second floor. With the demand for physical newspapers and magazines dropping off in recent years, many newsagencies across the country have closed. The newsagencies which survive rely on sales of lottery tickets, stationery and gifts to stay in business these days.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Arncliffe, houses

These houses are located at the end of View Street, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. "Terrace Views" is a complex of terrace-style units and townhouses.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Tempe, water pipeline (Theme Day: Vanishing Point)

Looking at the water pipeline which runs along a walkway and bicycle track in Tempe Recreational Park along the shore of Alexandra Canal, in the inner west suburb of Tempe. The pipeline transports up to 250 million litres of desalinated drinking water each day from the plant in Kurnell to Sydney Water's Erskineville supply network. 'Naggangbi' (Greetings) is a large scale First Nations mural created in 2024 by Carmen Glynn-Braun and Dennis Golding. It is inspired by the land, sea and stories of the Bidjigal, Gadigal and Dharawal clans.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Theme Day.

Arncliffe, Princes Highway, footbridge

This view of the Princes Highway is from the southern suburb of Arncliffe, looking south towards Rockdale. The highway was carved out of sandstone and footpaths have been created on either side. The footbridge is located between Arncliffe Public School and St Xaviers Catholic School, allowing students and pedestrians to safely cross over the road. This photo was taken this week in 2025 but you can compare it to the heritage photo from 2007 which I posted last week. Some changes include views of some of the seven high rise apartments built along the highway and other high rise buildings in the distance. The median strip has been removed and lane bollards are now used to change the lane configurations for peak hour traffic. The school has a new shelter and canvas has been installed along the fence for privacy. If you look closely, the sandstone walls are covered in grime and there is now graffiti on the road sign further along.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Anzac Bridge

 
A view across Blackwattle Bay to the eastern pylon of the Anzac Bridge at dusk from the inner west suburb of Glebe.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Happy Now, Water Thursday.

Glebe, boats

 
Looking at boats moored on Blackwattle Bay at dusk from the inner west suburb of Glebe.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Glebe, Blackwattle Bay, pontoon

The Blackwattle Bay Pontoon with a backdrop of the Sydney skyline, in the inner west suburb of Glebe. A MiniCat ferry has moored here and is waiting to depart.

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

Glebe, Blackwattle Bay, crane

This crane is located beside a walkway which runs along the foreshore of Blackwattle Bay, in the inner west suburb of Glebe. It is a remnant of Stride’s ship-breaking yard which was located where Blackwattle Bay Park is today.

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