Hyde Park, Archibald Fountain

The Archibald Fountain is an art deco style fountain in Hyde Park, near College Street, designed by French artist Francois Sicard and unveiled on 14 March 1932. The fountain is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin, a newspaper which later became a magazine that encouraged writers to write about Australia.

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Hyde Park, Archibald Fountain

The Archibald Fountain is an art deco style fountain in Hyde Park, designed by French artist Francois Sicard and unveiled on 14 March 1932. The fountain is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin, a newspaper which later became a magazine that encouraged writers to write about Australia. He bequeathed funds to build it to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. The fountain features mythological characters of ancient Greece. The central pedestal features a bronze sculpture of Apollo with the fan-like shape of water formed by jets rising behind it, representing the rising sun.

Today marks the twenty year anniversary of the first photo I posted on this blog which was also a photo of this fountain and can be seen here. To celebrate, I returned this week for another look at the fountain; this time with St Mary's Cathedral as a backdrop. A view at the ten year anniversay can be seen here.

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

Dulwich Hill, GreenWay

Some of the amenities and artwork along the GreenWay in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill. There is a bike repair station, water bubbles, picnic tables and benches. The GreenWay is a walking and cycling corridor which follows the route of the Inner West light rail and Hawthorne Canal. 
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto, Saturday Critters.

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.

Darling Harbour, Tumbalong Park

 
This fountain runs through the middle of Tumbalong Park at Darling Harbour. Children are often seen playing here but sometimes adults use it to cool down.
Linked to: All Seasons, Water Thursday, Words Welcome, Thankful Thursday.

Bondi Beach, water fountain

 
This water fountain is located along the walkway at the beach in the eastern suburb of Bondi Beach. It doubles as an advertising structure, currently promoting a hydration electrolyte drink mix.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday.

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.

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.

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.