Lewisham, school

This heritage listed school building is part of Eileen O'Connor Catholic College located along Thomas Street in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. It was originally built as the St Thomas Becket Church in 1855 but became the school when the new church was built.

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

Lewisham, art

This street art is on the side wall of a take-away shop along Victoria Street, in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. Although the artwork is not signed, it looks like it was created by notable graffiti artist Phibs.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Sutherland, Woronora cemetery, pergola

The Woronora General Cemetery is located in the southern suburb of Sutherland. This pergola, near the Woronora Crematorium, is one of many found in the landscaped gardens at the cemetery.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Rose Bay, water airport

These sea planes are at the Rose Bay Water Airport, in the eastern suburb of Rose Bay. Sydney Seaplanes is Australia's largest seaplane operator with flights over Sydney Harbour and a number of destinations like Palm Beach, Whale Beach, Cottage Point, Berowra Waters, Pittwater and the Hawkesbury River. This photo was taken fifteen years ago so this terminal has been upgraded since then.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, Watermans Cove

Looking across Watermans Cove to Crown Sydney casino in Barangaroo at sunset.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Lewisham, sculpture

This religious marble statue is located in the grounds of the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College at the front of the former Saint Thomas Presbytery,  in the inner west suburb of Lewisham.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Lewisham, Saint Thomas Presbytery

 
Saint Thomas Presbytery is located along Thomas Street, in the inner city suburb of Lewisham. This heritage listed building was built around the 1870s as the presbytery for nearby St Thomas Becket Catholic Church. It was restored in 2020 to provide offices, meeting rooms and aminities for the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Lewisham, railway station (Theme Day: Travel)

A train arriving on platform 2 at Lewisham railway station in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. The station opened in 1886 and is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and occasional T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services. The Waratah A-Set trains in the Sydney Trains network were built between 2011 and 2014.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Theme Day.

Cronulla, car park, art

This artwork is on the wall of a stair well of the roof top car park along Croydon Street, in the southern suburb of Cronulla. It was created by street artist Cameron Marbus aka Emors in 2019 as part of the Walk the Walls Street Art Festival where established and emerging street artists were recruited to paint murals, as part of a large crime prevention program to stop graffiti and vandalism.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Kogarah Bay, canal

The canal which carries Kogarah Bay Creek to Kogarah Bay, in the southern suburb of Kogarah Bay. This view is from the Carlton Crescent bridge and these palm trees which line the canal are in Carss Bush Park.

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

Mascot, Twin Arch Bridge

An illuminated Twin Arch Bridge, which carries Airport Drive over Alexandra Canal between the eastern suburb of Mascot and the inner west suburb of Tempe. It is part of the new Sydney Gateway road interchange built in 2024 to link the Sydney International Airport to the Sydney Domestic Airport and the M8 Motorway.

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

Mortlake, pub

The Palace Hotel is located on the corner of Tennyson Road and McDonald Street in the inner west suburb of Mortlake. It was built in the 1920s and replaced the original Palace Hotel at the end of the road built in 1886, on the shore of the Parramatta River.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Earlwood, shops

These shops and residences above are located on the corner of Homer Street and View Street in the inner west suburb of Earlwood.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Lewisham, church

St Thomas Becket Church (also known as the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury) is a heritage listed Catholic church located along Thomas Street, in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. The original church on this site was built in 1855. This church building was completed in its current form in 1888 in the Pugin Neo-Gothic style, it is recognised as Sydney's second oldest church.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday.

Kingsgrove, church

Kingsgrove Gospel Chapel is an independent church along Moorefields Road, in the southern suburb of Kingsgrove.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Travel Tuesday.

Hurstville, art

This artwork is located on the side of an apartment building along Treacy Street, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. This indigenous map is an aerial view of the immediate surrounding area, created by artist Darren Charlwood, who is also an Aboriginal educator and national parks ranger.

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

Lewisham, house

 
This house built in the Victorian style is located on the corner of Victoria Street and Toothill Street in the inner west suburb of Lewisham.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens, reflection pool

This reflection pool is in the grounds of Auburn Botanic Gardens, in the western suburb of Auburn. 
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, sunset

A ferry moored at Barangaroo ferry wharves at sunset.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Waterloo, sign

This sign is on the fence of a workshop which builds custom motorcycles, located along Bourke Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club

 
The Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club sits on the cliff above Tamarama Beach, in the eastern suburb of Tamarama. The club was established in 1906 and this club house was built in 1939 in the art deco style, to replace the original wooden building which was destroyed by fire. It was restored and renovated in 2024 by Chrofi Architects.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Saturday Critters.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens

This structure is located in the 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: Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday, Happy Tuesday, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Haymarket, mural

 
This mural is on the wall of a restaurant along Hay Street in Chinatown at Haymarket. The artwork features noodles and dumplings rising from a bowl.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Mascot, bridge

A cyclist travels on the bridge which carries the walkway and bicycle track over Alexandra Canal from Tempe to Mascot. This view is towards the Sydney Airport Domestic Terminal and the higher bridge on the left carries Airport Drive traffic over the canal.

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

Westpac Place and No.1 Shelley Street

Looking across Darling Harbour at dusk to King Street Wharf and the buildings straight behind it are Lime Street apartments, No.1 Shelley Street and Westpac Place. The First Fleet Class ferry is the Borrowdale, acquired in 1985, as part of the Sydney Ferries travelling out of Circular Quay.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Sylvania, sunset

A view of the sunset from the rooftop car park of Southgate Shopping Centre in the southern suburb of Sylvania.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Cabarita, wharf

These life preservers sit on either side of the entrance to Cabarita ferry wharf, on the southern side of the Parramatta River, in the inner west suburb of Cabarita.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured, Water Thursday.

Blakehurst, wharf

A private wharf on the Georges River at Blakehurst, looking towards the southern suburb of Carss Park. An Australian Pied Cormorant sits at the end of the wharf, which rests on a pontoon. 

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Saturday Critters.

Barangaroo, Shellwall

'Shellwall' is a seven-storey public art installation on the southern facade of the Alexander residential building at Barangaroo. It was created in 2015 by Bidjigal elder Esme Timbery and Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, to honour indigenous shell-work traditions and historic local shell middens.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Travel Tuesday.

Barangaroo, Mercantile Walk

 
A view of Mercantile Walk at Barangaroo. These planter box troughs are used as barricades to traffic from Barangaroo Avenue. They are seen here decorated with temporary artworks featuring flowers, birds and butterflies.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Saturday Critters, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Barangaroo, ferry

A MiniCat ferry moored at Barangaroo Wharf. The Me-Mel MiniCat ferry is a small catamaran built in 2019 to operate as an On-Demand ferry service. Me-Mel is an indigenous word for Goat Island, an island in Sydney Harbour.

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

Barangaroo, Darling Island Wharf

Looking across Darling Harbour, past a life preserver located on Darling Island Wharf, in the inner west suburb of Pyrmont. The tall buildings are Crown Sydney, One Sydney Harbour and one of the International Towers.

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

Barangaroo, Monuments for Fishes, sunset

These kinetic sculptures in Watermans Cove at Barangaroo at sunset. 'Monuments for Fishes' were created by artist Mikala Dwyer in 2026, paying homage to the Indigenous women who fished along the cove well before colonisation. The five 23-metre sculptures are crafted from carbon fibre, fibreglass and steel - the same materials used for yachts and they sway with the tides, winds and currents.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Barangaroo, Watermans Cove

Looking across Watermans Cove at Barangaroo to Crown Sydney and One Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Napoleon Bridge, Sussex Street

Napoleon Bridge is a footbridge over Sussex Street linking Napoleon Street to Shipwrights Walk in Barangaroo.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Barangaroo, art

This art installation hangs above Mercantile Walk in Barangaroo. "Upside-Down Garden" was created by Indonesian Australian artist Jumaadi in 2025. The artwork is activated with a soundscape and lighting program developed with musician and composer Michael Toisuta which changes at dawn, midday, dusk and midnight. It features entwined woman's hair, an outstretched arm overgrown by vines, an exotic pineapple, a birdman carrying the landscape, a tree inside a wedding gown, a foot print and a foot seat.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Crows Nest, mural

This mural is on side wall of music shop on the corner of Alexander Street and Ernest Street in the northern suburb of Crows Nest. It was created by Sid Tapia and features Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters singer and guitarist and former Nirvana drummer.

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

Birchgrove, ferry wharf

A late afternoon view of Birchgrove ferry wharf, located at the end of Louisa Road, in Yurulbin Park, in the inner west suburb of Birchgrove.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Barangaroo, ferry (Theme Day: Purple)

This River Class ferry​ is moored at Barangaroo Wharf. The ferry began operating in 2020 and was named after Cheryl Salisbury, a former Australian soccer player.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday, Theme Day.

Barangaroo, Wharf 1

The entrance to Wharf 1 of Barangaroo ferry wharves at twilight.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Barangaroo, Scotch Row

A view of the shops and restaurants along the Scotch Row walkway at Barangaroo,lit up at twilight.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Sutherland, Horizon Church

 
The Horizon Church is located on the corner of Stapleton Avenue and Merton Street in the southern suburb of Sutherland. The church was founded as Sutherland Assemblies of God denomination church in 1949. Over the years it has rebranded itself as the Christian Growth Centre, then the Shire Christian Centre and then in 2006 it was Shirelive, a Pentecostal Christian church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches. The church has been at this site since the early 1950s but this convention centre building was built in 2017 featuring an auditorium, offices and a youth centre.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Cronulla, Oak Park Pavilion

Oak Park Pavilion is located along The Esplanade, on the edge of Oak Park, in the southern suburb of Cronulla. It was built in 1939 by W.F. Foster and Co. in the art deco style overlooking a small beach and rock pool. This beach pavilion has change rooms, showers and public toilets.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Talkin' About It Tuesday, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Marrickville, art

 
This flower mural is on the wall of a building on the corner of Victoria Road and Chalder Street, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. The building houses a coffee roaster and a clay art studio.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Bexley, council chambers

The former Bexley council chambers is located on the corner of Queen Victoria Street and Northbrook Street, in the southern suburb of Bexley. The heritage listed building was built in 1901 in the Federation style. The suburb was originally part of the Municipality of Hurstville, from 1887. Bexley formed its own local government council in 1900 but became part of the Municipality of Rockdale in 1949, which then became Bayside Council in 2016. It is now the Jack and Jill Pre-school.

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

Barangaroo, Monuments for Fishes

These kinetic sculptures have been installed on the waterfront of Watermans Cove at Barangaroo. 'Monuments for Fishes' were created by artist Mikala Dwyer in 2026, paying homage to the Indigenous women who fished along the cove well before colonisation. The five 23-metre sculptures are crafted from carbon fibre, fibreglass and steel - the same materials used for yachts and they sway with the tides, winds and currents.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday, Saturday Critters.

Barangaroo, sunset

A couple of ferries departing from Barangaroo ferry wharves at sunset.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Barangaroo, bench

A bench in the shape of a giant upturned foot is located outside Sydney Barbers, on the corner of Mercantile Walk and Scotch Row at Barangaroo. It is part of an art installation called "Upside-Down Garden" created in 2025.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured, Signs, Signs.

Napoleon Bridge, escalators

These escalators and stairs are at the end of Shipwrights Walk in Barangaroo leading to Napoleon Bridge, a footbridge over Sussex Street, linking to Napoleon Street. The bridge was designed by Wilkinson Eyre and Arupand and opened in 2015.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday.

Glebe, Broadway Shopping Centre, Deadly

‘Stay Deadly’ is an indigenous artwork by Jessica Johnson which has been installed in the four storey void of Broadway Shopping Centre in the inner west suburb of Glebe. NAIDOC Week 2026 which ran from Sunday 5 July to Sunday 12 July, with this year's theme 50 Years of Deadly celebrating 50 years of NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee). Deadly means excellent, fantastic or cool. The artwork features the rainbow serpent made up of various colourful elements.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.