George Street, Lunar Lanterns, Dog

Lunar Lanterns have been installed around the city to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. This year is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. This Dog lantern is installed opposite the Pavilion on George Building along George Street. The Zodiac symbol of the Dog is characterised as loyal and honest, amiable and kind, although not always good at communicating.

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

George Street, Lunar Lanterns, Pig

 Lunar Lanterns have been installed around the city to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. This year is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. This Pig lantern is installed opposite the Queen Victoria Building along George Street. The Zodiac symbol of the Pig is characterised as honourable, philanthropic, optimistic, incredibly focused to achieve great things.

Linked to: Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Pictorial Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday, Pink Saturday, Travel Tuesday.

Clovelly, mural

This fun mural is on the side of a shop on the corner of Clovelly Road and Mount Street, in the eastern suburb of Clovelly. 
Linked to: Monday Mural, Blue Monday, Through My Lens.

Waverley, E. Vickery Memorial Building

 
The E. Vickery Memorial Building is a heritage listed building built in the Victorian style, located along Birrell Street in the eastern suburb of Waverley. It was built for Ebenezer Vickery, a merchant, manufacturer and philanthropist, who was a staunch Methodist. It is now part of the Uniting War Memorial Hospital campus and was the former home of the Vickery family, who gifted the home and grounds to the Methodist Church for use as a private hospital in 1919. The church added to the site by acquiring adjacent properties. In 1977, the Methodist Church became part of the Uniting Church of Australia.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, InSPIREd Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot.

Alexandria, Sydney Park, boardwalk

 
Sydney Park is a large inner city recreational area in the inner city suburb of Alexandria. It features a number of ponds and wetlands that attract many animals and birds. This boardwalk provides views of this pond in the south-east corner of the park.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, My Sunday Snapshot.

Alexandria, Sydney Park, wetlands

Looking across a pond in Sydney Park, a large recreational area in the inner city suburb of Alexandria. The former brickworks have been transformed into parkland and wetlands. Stormwater is collected and recycled from surrounding suburban streets to provide constant running water in the wetlands. Some of the ponds are currently covered in green plants. 

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

George Street, Lunar Lanterns, Tiger

 
Lunar Lanterns have been installed around the city to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. This year is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. The City of Sydney invited young talent to create the artwork with a design competition. The colourful artworks of six designs are featured on street banners, bus shelters and billboards. This is one of two designs which have also been transformed into lunar lanterns and installed at the front of Sydney Town Hall along George Street. The zodiac symbol of the Tiger can be characterised as enthusiastic, courageous, ambitious and a born leader.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday.

George Street, Lunar Lanterns, Horse

Lunar Lanterns have been installed around the city to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. This year is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. This Horse lantern is installed opposite the Queen Victoria Building along George Street. The Zodiac symbol of the Horse is characterised as animated, active and energetic.

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

George Street, Lunar Lanterns, Snake

Lunar Lanterns have been installed around the city to celebrate the Sydney Lunar New Year Festival. This year is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. This Snake lantern is installed outside the Queen Victoria Building on the corner of George Street and Druitt Street. It was created by Alexandra Sommer and Brad Clark and inspired by children's craft. The zodiac symbol of the Snake can be characterised as being sly or ruthless, however signifies wisdom and humour.

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

Surry Hills, mural

A colourful flower mural has been painted on the facade of this office building, on the corner of Riley Street and Devonshire Street, in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills. "The Flower House" was created in 2018 by artist Nico Nicoson, aka Nico. His inspiration sprung from the work of local textile designer Lola Phillips, giving a nod to the area's history as a textile district.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Blue Monday, Through My Lens, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Waverley, L.E. King Building

The L.E. King Building, built in the Victorian style, is located along Birrell Street in the eastern suburb of Waverley. It is part of the Uniting War Memorial Hospital campus and now houses the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children. The original hospital building was the former home of the Vickery family who gifted the home and grounds to the Methodist Church for use as a private hospital in 1919. The church added to the site by acquiring adjacent properties. In 1977, the Methodist Church became part of the Uniting Church of Australia.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, InSPIREd Sunday, Keep Calm and Carry On, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Eveleigh, The Foundry

The Foundry is located along Central Avenue, in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. This 8-storey commercial office building with ground level retail was built in 2019 at the Australian Technology Park. The building takes its name from the foundry that was located at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops on this site.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, My Sunday Snaps.

Clovelly, Gordons Bay

These swimmers are at Gordons Bay, viewed from the eastern suburb of Clovelly, looking towards Coogee. 
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Ramsgate Beach, baths

 
A picnic table and benches overlooking Ramsgate Beach Baths, the tidal pool in Botany Bay in the southern suburb of Ramsgate Beach. 
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday.

Clovelly, Gordons Bay

A view of the Cliffbrook Parade walkway from Victory Street, in the eastern suburb of Clovelly. A pair of arriving surf rescue life guards stopped to chat to another pair who were departing after patrolling the beach. A group of divers can be seen heading down the walkway to dive from the rocks into the bay.

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

Dulwich Hill, substation (Theme Day: Power)

The heritage listed electricity substation No.238 is located along Ewart Street, in the inner west suburb of Dulwich Hill.
Linked to: Theme Day, Souvenirs, Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday.

Waterloo, mural

This mural of a motorbike is on the roller door of a workshop which builds custom motorcycles, located along Bourke Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Through My Lens.

Mays Hill, cemetery

 
Mays Hill Cemetery is located along the Great Western Highway in the western suburb of Mays Hill. This cemetery is made up of two distinct cemeteries appropriated for the Presbyterians and Baptists of the Parramatta area in 1839 and 1849 respectively.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, InSPIREd Sunday, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Sans Souci, marina, sunset

The sun sets behind the marina on the Georges River, in the southern suburb of Sans Souci.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Monterey, Botany Bay

The clouds roll in over Lady Robinsons Beach and Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Monterey.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Barrack Street, art

These art installations on lamp posts are along Barrack Street as temporary public artworks created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic to enliven civic spaces. "Giant Badges" was created by Adam Norton and features a series of slogans in the form of giant badges. The badges have an immediate sense of nostalgia to them, but their bright, pop construction placed in the present city centre creates new twisted meanings.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday.

Kurnell, wharf

This former ferry wharf is on the shore of Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Kurnell. A passenger ferry service operated between Kurnell and La Perouse from 1890 to 1974. Ferry services ceased following severe damage to both wharves after a major storm event. After some repairs, it is now used as a viewing platform. New wharves are currently under construction for a ferry service to resume. 

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

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.

Alexandria, mural

This mural is on the side of an office building along Bowden Street, in the inner city suburb of Alexandria. It was created by street artist Fintan Magee in 2015 when this former warehouse was redeveloped. 

Linked to: Monday Mural, Blue Monday, Through My Lens, Pink Saturday.

Matraville, Pioneer Memorial Park, First Fleeters Memorial

The First Fleeters Memorial is in Pioneer Memorial Park, which is part of the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, in the eastern suburb of Matraville. It was installed here in 2016 to commemorate twelve First Fleeters reinterred here with eleven granite panels on the perimeter etched with the ships’ names, each listing the names of those who sailed with the First Fleet. This statue is of Admiral Arthur Phillip, first Governor of New South Wales who led the British settlement and colonisation of Australia. The greyhound at his feet named Chara, was one of the greyhounds who came aboard the First Fleet ships and used in the new colony to hunt game.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, InSPIREd Sunday, Garden Affair, Floral Friday Foto.

Darling Point, yachts

 

These yachts are on Rushcutters Bay, near the marina at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, in the eastern suburb of Darling Point.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Wolli Creek, Cooks River

 
  A sunset view of the bridge linking to a pontoon on the Cooks River, in the inner west suburb of Tempe, looking towards the southern suburb of Wolli Creek.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Pink Saturday.

Bronte, lifeguard

 
This lifeguard stands in front of a rescue surfboard, watching out on the Pacific Ocean from Bronte Beach, in the eastern suburb of Bronte.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday.

Bronte, beachgoers

 

This couple has arrived at Bronte Beach, in the eastern suburb of Bronte. The man is preoccupied by his mobile phone to notice the beauty of the Pacific Ocean behind him as the sunbaking woman takes in the view. 

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

Bronte, baths

Bronte Baths are located at the southern end of Bronte Beach, in the eastern suburb of Bronte. Rough waves and dangerous currents forced the beach and this tidal pool to be closed yesterday, as a lifeguard looks in.
Linked to: Souvenirs, Our World Tuesday, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday.

Clovelly, mural

This mural is on the side of a shop on the corner of Clovelly Road and Fern Street, in the eastern suburb of Clovelly. 
Linked to: Monday Mural, Blue Monday, Through My Lens.

Kensington, church hall

Jubilee Hall is a church hall for Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, located along Roma Avenue in the eastern suburb of Kensington. The adjacent heritage listed church was built in 1906, with the original hall on the right built in the Federation style. The extension on the left was built much later. 
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, InSPIREd Sunday.

Darling Point, marina

 
A view of the marina on Rushcutters Bay at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, in the eastern suburb of Darling Point.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Wolli Creek, Cooks River

  A sunset view of a boat moored at a pontoon on the Cooks River, in the inner west suburb of Tempe, with apartments in the background in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday, Pink Saturday.

Barrack Street, art

 This art installation on a lamp post along Barrack Street is one of the temporary public artworks created as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic to enliven civic spaces. "Giant Badges" was created by Adam Norton and features a series of slogans in the form of giant badges. The badges have an immediate sense of nostalgia to them, but their bright, pop construction placed in the present city centre creates new twisted meanings.

Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday, Pink Saturday.

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.

Centennial Park, Column Garden

These flowers and shrubs surrounding palm trees are in the Column Garden in Centennial Park, in the eastern suburbs. The garden is named for two, nine metre high Corinthian sandstone columns which support the statues "Sunrise" and "Sunset".

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

Bronte, bay

A couple of swimmers in the calm waters of Bronte Baths at the southern end of Bronte Beach, as the rough surf pounds Nelson Bay in the eastern suburb of Bronte.

Linked to: Blue Monday, Through My Lens.

Kensington, terrace houses

These terrace houses are located along Doncaster Avenue in the eastern suburb of Kensington. The historic building is located near Randwick Racecourse and was refurbished and redeveloped in 2016 as part of an apartment complex after adjacent stables were demolished.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday.

Darling Point, yacht club

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is located on the shore of Rushcutters Bay, in the eastern suburb of Darling Point. The club is home to the annual Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which begins nearby on Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Wolli Creek, Cooks River, sunset

 A sunset view of the Cooks River from the inner west suburb of Tempe, looking towards the southern suburb of Wolli Creek.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Wolli Creek, walkway

This footbridge from the entrance to Cahill Park in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek, carries a shared walkway and bike track over the Cooks River to the inner west suburb of Tempe. The former utilities bridge was redeveloped in 2014, to provide a safer crossing away from the road lanes on the Tempe Cooks River Bridge beside it.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Thankful Thursday.

Wolli Creek, Cahill Park

 This barbecue area is located in Cahill Park, in the southern suburb of Wolli Creek. It has great views of the Cooks River to the Giovanni Brunetti Bridge and Sydney International Airport. A fluoro orange share bike has been abandoned here. 

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

Sandringham, seagulls

 These three seagulls are perched on the fence along the walkway beside Sandringham Baths on Botany Bay, in the southern suburb of Sandringham.

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

Darling Harbour, Christmas Baubles

These giant Christmas baubles were floating on Cockle Bay near Pyrmont Bridge at Darling Harbour.

Linked to: Blue Monday, Through My Lens, Pink Saturday.

Queen Victoria Building, Christmas Lights

This view of the Queen Victoria Building is from the corner of Park Street and George Street. The Druitt Street facade features a Christmas light installation made up of more than 7000 bulbs.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, Ruby Tuesday, Shadow Shot Sunday.

Bronte Beach (Theme Day: Photo of the Year)

Bronte Beach is a popular beach in the eastern suburb of Bronte. The signs declare that the beach is closed to swimmers due to rough conditions but life guards keep watch on surfers. The swimmers sunbaking on the sand were swimming in the nearby Bronte Baths. I featured a similar photo during the year which was taken minutes earlier and can be seen here.

Linked to: All Seasons, Theme Day.