Paddington, fountain (Theme Day: Bubbles)

This fountain is located in Strong Memorial Reserve along Oxford Street, where it once connected to Elizabeth Street, in the inner city suburb of Paddington. It was installed in 1968 and features the figure of a child sitting on an urn mounted on a pedestal. The sculpture is painted gold but it had previously been silver as seen here. The streams of water create bubbles in the basin of the fountain. 

Linked to: Through My Lens, Good Random Fun, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair, Theme Day.

Darling Quarter, fountain

This slow trickle fountain is located in The Playground, in the Darling Quarter at Darling Harbour.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot, Theme Day.

Chatswood, Mashman Park

 
This fountain is in Mashman Park, located along Victoria Avenue in the northern suburb of Chatswood. The park is named after William and Henry Mashman who operated Victoria Pottery on this site which produced terracotta and stoneware including chimney pots, urns, chicken feeders, bread crocks and storage jars. In 1959 the Royal Doulton Company bought the business but ceased trading in 2000. The factory was redeveloped into residential apartments in 2004 and palm trees were salvaged and relocated to this park. “Paydirt. A tribute to the Unknown Industrial Potter” is an environmental art design project by Peter Day and Jo-Anne Fuller which integrates the history of the site into the fountain's splash tiles and a brick bas-relief by Suzie Bleach and Andrew Townsend.

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

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.

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.

Chippendale, Central Park, Halo

 "Halo" is a wind activated kinetic sculpture in the middle of Chippendale Green, along O'Connor Street, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. The giant yellow ring measuring 12 metres in diameter is attached to a 6 metre long silver arm, which pivots off-centre atop a 13 metre high tilted silver pole. It was created in 2012 by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford.

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

Miranda, Christmas

 

The stairs connecting the two levels of outdoor restaurants at Westfield shopping centre, in the southern suburb of Miranda.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Ruby Tuesday, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Water Thursday.

Cockle Bay, Vivid Sydney

 







A view of Cockle Bay near Darling Harbour Marina and the W Hotel during the Vivid Sydney Festival, which ran from 26 May to 17 June 2023. "Elemental" was a show that featured lights, water shooters, flames, projection and pyro technics. 
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot.

Darling Harbour, fountain, Vivid Festival

"River Mouth" is an art installation which was located in front of a fountain at the Chinese Garden of Friendship Forecourt in Darling Harbour for the Vivid Sydney Festival. This set of hand-blown neon glass lines in two formations was created by Emma-Kate Hart. It is a topographic map of where Parramatta River meets Sydney Harbour but it is also two human profiles - one facing the sky, one the earth.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Rockdale, park

The middle section of the fountain in Rockdale Park, located along West Botany Street between Bryant Street and Ador Avenue, in the southern suburb of Rockdale. Some Autumn colours in the trees and plants in the park.
 Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

MLC Centre, forecourt

The forecourt of the former MLC Centre now just known as 25 Martin Place. The tower was designed by Harry Seidler and built in 1977 but the two fountains were installed here in 2022.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

Pullman Sydney Hyde Park

Pullman Sydney Hyde Park is a high rise hotel located along College Street, opposite Hyde Park. The facade of this hotel has been decorated with LGBTIQA+ colours for Sydney WorldPride 2023.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

MLC Centre, Christmas Tree

This Christmas Tree is located between two new fountains in the forecourt of the MLC Centre, a skyscraper which fronts Martin Place. The foyer and commercial areas have been undergoing renovations for the past few years and the building will now be just known as 25 Martin Place.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World.

Marrickville, house

This heritage listed building is located along Victoria Road in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. It was built in 1864 as a house for Robert Koll, a German migrant who established a tannery on this site. Scottish migrant John Vicars had established a successful woollen manufacturing business in Sydney and in 1894 his sons developed a new mill on this site. When the Vicars family took possession of the house, it was occupied by the families of William Vicars and Robert Vicars and became known as "The Mill House". The factory closed in the 1970s and the site was redeveloped in the 1980s into the Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre with the external walls preserved. The house was conserved and repaired to become the Centre Management Office.

Linked to: Souvenirs, Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Ruby Tuesday, Travel Tuesday.

Glebe, lamp

 
This lamp is part of the Jubilee Fountain, located on the corner of Glebe Point Road and Broadway, in the inner city suburb of Glebe. This drinking fountain was erected in 1909 to commemorate the golden jubilee of Glebe as a municipality. This  bronze coach light is surmounted on a sandstone column with Corinthian capital and ring banding with a floral motif. 

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Picture Perfect Party.

Rockdale, park

 This fountain is in the middle of Rockdale Park, located along West Botany Street between Bryant Street and Ador Avenue, in the southern suburb of Rockdale. The park was upgraded in 2020 with a new bridge across the rebuilt water feature, landscaping, playgrounds and amenities building.
 Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Bicentennial Park, fountain

 This fountain stands at one end of an avenue of plane trees, located at the highest point of Bicentennial Park, in the western suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. At the other end is the Treillage Tower, a 3 storey, 17 metre high viewing tower constructed with trellis. Treillage is a French word for lattice, which was commonly used in gardens in the 16th century. 

Linked to: Souvenirs, Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday.

Sydney Olympic Park, creek and fountain

 A view of part of the Northern Water Feature, in the western suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. A green algal bloom currently covers a large part of Haslams Creek rising up to The Pyramid. A view of the fountain in operation can be seen here.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Sydney Olympic Park, Haslam Pier

A view of Haslam Pier leading into Haslam Creek and part of the Northern Water Feature, in the western suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. A view of the fountain in operation can be seen here.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Sydney Olympic Park, fountain

A view of the Northern Water Feature beside Haslam Pier, in the western suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. A green algal bloom currently covers a large part of Haslams Creek behind it. A view of the fountain in operation can be seen here.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.