Breakfast Point, gates

The main entrance to the inner west suburb of Breakfast Point. Just inside the gates is the historic gate house for the former Mortlake Gas Works of the Australian Gaslight Company on this site from 1884 to 1998. The site was redeveloped to create a high density residential area with houses and high rise apartments. The historic gate house and offices have been retained and reused.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Breakfast Point, gate house

These hedges are in front of the main entrance to the inner west suburb of Breakfast Point. Just inside the gate is the historic gate house for the former Mortlake Gas Works of the Australian Gaslight Company on this site from 1884 to 1998. The site was redeveloped to create a high density residential area with houses and high rise apartments. The historic gate house and offices have been retained and reused.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Breakfast Point, club

The gatehouse at the main entrance of the Breakfast Point Country Club in the inner west suburb of Breakfast Point. The club complex features recreational facilities for members and their guests.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, Communal Global, Signs, Signs.

Breakfast Point, gate house (Theme Day: Breakfast)

The main entrance to the inner west suburb of Breakfast Point, which was named to honour the point of contact between Europeans and Aborigines. Captain John Hunter's expedition were exploring the Parramatta River and having breakfast here on 5th February 1788 when they encountered the traditional owners of the land, the Wangal Clan. John Hunter, later became the Governor of New South Wales. This was once the site of the Mortlake Gas Works of the Australian Gaslight Company from 1884 to 1998. Located beside the Parramatta River,  it was ideal for the shipping of coal used in the process of carbonisation to obtain gas. The process was discontinued in 1971 when natural gas from the interior of Australia began being piped here, processed by giving it an odour for safety reasons and then distributed to consumers throughout the Sydney area. The site was redeveloped to create a high density residential area with houses and high rise apartments. The historic gate house and offices have been retained and reused.
Linked to: All Seasons, Theme Day.

Haymarket, Lunar New Year, paifang

 
This busker performs at a paifang along George Street where it meets Campbell Street, beside the Capitol Square Hotel. A paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of architectural arch or gateway structure which has been installed to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. The saxophone player displays a QR code so fans can learn more about him and purchase his music.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Communal Global.

Haymarket, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of architectural arch or gateway structure which has been installed to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. It stands along George Street, at the end of Campbell Street, beside the Capitol Square Hotel.

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

Pyrmont, marina

The entrance to Wharf 9 Marina from the boardwalk alongside Wharf 9/10 of Sydney Wharf, in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Sydney Olympic Park, Athletic Centre

 
The entrance to the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, in the western suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. It was built for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Senior Salon Pit Stop.

Saint Mary McKillop Reserve

A decorative entrance to Saint Mary McKillop Reserve, located on the corner of Canterbury Road and Berna Street and beside the Cooks River, in the southwest suburb of Canterbury. Mary MacKillop was an Australian religious sister who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross in 2010. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best, My Sunday Snapshot, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair. 

Chinatown, gate (Theme Day: Virtue)

 

This gateway is located at the northern end of the Dixon Street pedestrian mall in Chinatown in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. This traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure is known as a paifang or pailou. The arch features the words "Understand Virtue and Trust".

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

Chinatown, Lunar New Year, Rabbit

 
These two giant Rabbit Lanterns are located along the Dixon Street pedestrian mall, at the corner of Little Hay Street in Chinatown in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. They have been installed to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Rabbit. Standing in front of a contemporary arch or gate structure, they were created by artists Yuxiao Wang and Meilun Gao. The pair of luminous rabbits are decorated with translucent perspex strips that dispel colourful lights when illuminated.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday.

Pyrmont Bridge, gate

This is one of four gates on the Pyrmont Bridge, a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The bridge was designed by Percy Allan and opened to traffic in 1902. It was one of the largest spanning swing bridges in the world and one of the first to be powered by electricity. It was closed to traffic in the 1984 when freeways south of Cockle Bay were built but was restored and reopened as a pedestrian bridge with the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in 1988. The swing bridge opens for tall ships and yachts and the gates keep pedestrians back from the opening. This view features the Sydney Convention Centre, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour Hotel, Star of the Show Ferris Wheel and the Harbourside shopping centre.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, Sunday Best.

Pyrmont Bridge, gate

This is one of four gates on the Pyrmont Bridge, a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. The bridge was designed by Percy Allan and opened to traffic in 1902. It was one of the largest spanning swing bridges in the world and one of the first to be powered by electricity. It was closed to traffic in the 1984 when freeways south of Cockle Bay were built but was restored and reopened as a pedestrian bridge with the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in 1988. The swing bridge opens for tall ships and yachts and the gates keep pedestrians back from the opening. This view features the Sydney Convention Centre, Star of the Show Ferris Wheel, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour Hotel and the Harbourside shopping centre.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Saint Mary McKillop Reserve

Saint Mary McKillop Reserve is located on the corner of Canterbury Road and Berna Street and beside the Cooks River, in the southwest suburb of Canterbury. This decorative entrance features a cross in the centre. Mary MacKillop was an Australian religious sister who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross in 2010. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint.
Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, My Corner of the World, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Stanmore, park

The pergola entrance to Stanmore Reserve, located along Douglas Street, in the inner west suburb of Stanmore. The columns have been painted in bold colours to match the nearby library.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens, Torii Gate

This Torii Gate is located in the Japanese Gardens section of the Auburn Botanic Gardens, in the western suburb of Auburn. A torii (literally bird abode) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday, Fences Around The World.

Martin Place, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure which was installed in Martin Place, to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. Behind it, along George Street, are the former Commercial Banking Company Head Office now a Burberry store and the former Bank of New South Wales Head Office now a Westpac Bank branch.

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

Customs House, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. It has been installed in Customs Square, in front of Customs House, to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival.

Linked to: Wordless Wednesday, Pink Saturday, My Corner of the World, Over the Moon.

Queen Victoria Building, Lunar New Year, paifang

This paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. It has been installed outside the Druitt Street entrance of the Queen Victoria Building to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Chippendale, pub and gate

The Clare Hotel and the former entrance of the Carlton and United Brewery are located along Broadway, in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. The heritage listed Hotel Clare was built in 1941 in the Inter-War Functionalist style on the corner of Broadway and Kensington Street. It has also been known as the Kegroom Tavern, County Clare Inn and County Clare Hotel over the years. The Old Clare Hotel is a boutique hotel which stretches across the pub and the former Carlton & United Breweries Administration Building. The heritage listed gate of the former Kent Brewery, later Tooth's Brewery and then Carlton Brewery, stands next to the pub leading to Carlton Street. It still bears the logo and trademark of brewer Tooth and Co, Invicta the rampant stallion. 

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Fences Around The World.