Darlinghurst, St Vincent's Hospital

St Vincent's Hospital is a public hospital on Victoria Street, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The hospital was originally established in 1857 by five Irish Sisters of Charity, who had migrated to Sydney with a mission to help the poor and disadvantaged. This main building was designed by Wardell and Denning and built in 1921, in the Inter-War Free Classical style. The facade features verandas, integrated into free classical colonnades.

Darlinghurst, Taylor Square

This building stands on the corner of Oxford Street and Flinders Street at Taylor Square, in Darlinghurst. In recent years, it has had its painted exterior sandblasted to reveal the original brickwork. Some of the the paint that has seeped into the bricks remains, to give the exterior a rustic look. The tenants in the building include Coco Cubano on the ground floor, a Cuban style café and bar. The billboard on the roof is in a prime position, above one of Sydney's busiest traffic intersections. AussieBum is an Australian underwear and swimwear brand, with a cheeky name, that has become big overseas in recent years and has now expanded into surfwear, sportswear, loungewear and leisurewear.

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Darlinghurst, Camp Stonewall

Camp Stonewall is an art installation at Taylor Square, off Oxford Street, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The artwork is part of the Taylor Square Plinth Project, which has had three temporary art projects installed from 2009 to 2011 to enliven the square and make people think about art. Camp Stonewall, by Annie Kennedy, celebrates the achievements of the gay rights movement and people who campaigned for change. The name refers to the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, where the gay riots on  28th June, 1969 sparked an international response, including protests in Sydney’s Oxford Street. The lamp post on the plinth in the staircase of a disused underground gentlemen's convenience, reinterprets the original post from the early 1900s, which carried street signage and illuminated the square. The tiles on the wall feature messages and stories written by the contemporary gay and lesbian community of Sydney. This artwork is on the route of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras which is on tonight.

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Darlinghurst, Sacred Heart Catholic Church

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is located at the corner of Oxford Street and Darlinghurst Road, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. The original church built on this site opened in 1850, with the adjacent Sacred Heart School featured yesterday built in 1880. The old church was demolished and the foundations used for this larger church which opened in 1911. The University of Notre Dame took over the site in 2004 and restored the church in 2008 for use by the university and as a local parish.
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Darlinghurst, Sacred Heart School

This former school building is located on Darlinghurst Road, in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Originally known as the Sacred Heart School, it was originally built in 1880 and is adjacent to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.It had remained in use as a school until 1984. The site was taken over by the University of Notre Dame and the building was restored in 2006. It is now used as a medical library for the university and nearby hospital.

Dawes Point, fog signal and navigation light

This fog signal and navigation light is located at Dawes Point, close to the southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across Circular Quay from the Sydney Opera House. It was built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1948 to provide warnings to shipping on Sydney Harbour.
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Sydney Harbour (Theme Day: Your Favourite Part of Town)

Sydney Harbour is my favourite part of Sydney. This view of the harbour is from Mrs Macquarie's Point, looking towards the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Marrickville, police station

This heritage listed building is the former police station in Gladstone Street, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. This brick building with a sandstone front and slate roof was built in 1896 at a cost of 2,369 pounds. In the early days, it was known as the Marrickville Lock-Up and consisted of six cells, a padded cell, three yards, an Officer in Charge's office, a muster room and a store room. It remained in use until 1997 when a new police station opened in Despointes Street. This building is now the May Murray Neighbourhood Centre which provides community services.

Chester Hill, Nugent Park

These curious structures are located in the middle of Nugent Park, beside the railway station, in the western suburb of Chester Hill. I couldn't find any information about these monuments apart from a local council information sheet on the suburb which reads: Nugent Park serves as a place of remembrance to Australia's fallen as well as a place of rest. Apparently these structures are remnants of slippery slides in a children's playground that were decomissioned for safety reasons and had the metal slide removed.
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Anzac Bridge, Rozelle Bay, sunset

This sunset view from the Anzac Bridge over the inner west suburbs of Annandale and Leichhardt is also reflected off Rozelle Bay. This photo was taken a bit further along the bridge from yesterday's sunset shot and a little bit later on when the colours were more vivid.

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Anzac Bridge, sunset

Sunset over the inner west suburbs of Glebe and Annandale, viewed from Anzac Bridge.

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Woolloomooloo Bay, Queen Mary 2

The Queen Mary 2 is the luxury ocean liner that was berthed at Garden Island dockyard yesterday. This view is from the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay. It made a grand entrance into Sydney Harbour on Tuesday morning, with its sister ship the Queen Elizabeth. The skies were a glorious blue, compared to the dreary grey skies we had the day before. What a difference a day makes.

Circular Quay, Queen Elizabeth

The Queen Elizabeth is the luxury ocean liner currently berthed at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay. This view is from the viewing platform beside the Cahill Expressway, above Circular Quay railway station. It made quite a spectacle cruising up Sydney Harbour yesterday morning, alongside its sister ship the Queen Mary 2, which is berthed at Garden Island dockyards.

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Petersham, church

This shop and residential building built in the Federation architecture style is located on the corner of Audley Street and Trafalgar Street, in the inner west suburb of Petersham. It has been used as a church by the Petersham Assembly of God since 1965. 

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Marrickville, house

This house built in the Victorian architecture style is located on Livingstone Road, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville is now used by Public Welfare Services.

Wattle Grove, Anzac Creek

Anzac Creek runs through Anzac Village, a locality in the south western suburb of Wattle Grove.

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Laiki Bank House, Castlereagh Street, night

 

Laiki Bank House in Castlereagh Street is enhanced by coloured lights reflected off the facade at night. This is a heritage listed building which was once housed the City South Telephone Exchange, built in 1922 and designed by commonwealth architect John Smith Murdoch, in the Commercial Palazzo style. It now houses the Consulate of Greece, as well as a bank branch and the Australian headquarters of Laiki Bank (Popular Bank of Greece).  A daytime view of this building can be seen here.

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Darling Harbour, sculpture

This contemporary sculpture sits high above the end of a footbridge that links Darling Harbour to the central business district at the intersection of King Street and Sussex Street.

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Westpac Place, barometer

Westpac Place is a 33 storey commercial building on Kent Street, which is the Australian headquarters for Westpac Bank. The roof features a weather beacon barometer inside an illuminated white glass tower. The eight red, light emitting diode (LED), illuminated bars on the north and south faces represent 990 hPa to 1025 hPa, in 5 hPa increments. As pressure rises or falls, the LED  bars ripple in an upward or downward direction to provide real time information on barometric pressure changes. Low pressure usually indicates inclement weather and high pressure usually indcates clear weather. The illumination level of the LED bars and tower is controlled by a roof mounted photosensor, with the brightest levels in the middle of the day, dimming at dusk and reaching the lowest level after dark.

Darling Harbour, fountain

This fountain has been incorporated into the wall of Sydney Wildlife World at Darling Harbour.

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