Tamarama, Sculpture by the Sea

Splash by Tomas Misura, Australia

Entering The Exit by Braddon Snape, Australia

From Optimism To Hope by Andrew Rogers, Australia

The Amplitude by Christopher Vassallo, Australia

Everything Changes Everything Returns By George Andric, Australia

Sculpture by the Sea is the world's largest annual free public outdoor sculpture exhibition. It is located on the two kilometre coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama. The 14th annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition has been running from 28th October to 14th November 2010. These sculptures at Marks Park in Tamarama have Bondi Beach and North Bondi as a backdrop.

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Darling Harbour, Coming and Going

"Coming and Going" is a stainless steel sculpture created by Sasha Reid  in 2006, which depicts a chain of paper dolls and commemorates child migrants. It has been installed in an area behind the Australian National Maritime Museum in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont, where visiting school groups often gather. The plaque reads: This memorial is dedicated to the child migrants from the United Kingdom and Malta who had to leave their families and country of birth during the years 1912-1967. After arriving by ship, these children faced an unknown future in New South Wales. Many endured personal hardships, some experienced great suffering. They and their families have made and continue to make a valuable contribution to their communities and to Australia.  

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Darling Harbour, Cape Bowling Green lighthouse

The Cape Bowling Green lighthouse is located at the Australian National Maritime Museum, at Darling Harbour. It was originally built in 1874 at Cape Bowling Green, a low sandy spit 70 kilometres south of Townsville, Queensland. It was one of 22 identical lighthouses built on the North Queensland coast to guide vessels around the Great Barrier Reef, where many ships had run aground. The frame of this 22 metre high lighthouse was built from local hardwood and clad with iron plates from Britain. It was staffed by a keeper and three assistants and moved twice, in 1878 and 1908, when threatened by the sea. In 1913, an incandescent mantle was installed, fuelled by vapourised kerosene. It was destaffed in 1920 when an automatic acetylene light was installed, operated by a sun valve. It was replaced by a modern tower in 1987 and then transported to the north wharf of the maritime museum in Sydney in 1994.

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Darling Harbour, signal mast

This signal mast is located at Darling Harbour, beside the Australian National Maritime Museum. It was originally erected at the Royal Australian Navy's Garden Island Dockyard in 1912, with pennants or signal flags flown from it displaying messages to naval vessels in Sydney Harbour. It stood at 72 metres but in World War II had the middle section removed because it was a hazard to sea planes taking off from Rose Bay. It was reconstructed here in 1991 and now stands at 20.7 metres. The Australian national flag, the museum flag, the principal sponsor’s flag, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are flown from it every day. On special days, signal flags are flown from the mast to display messages.

Australian National Maritime Museum

The Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, viewed from the boardwalk beside Pyrmont Bay. The Australian National Maritime Museum was designed by Phillip Cox and opened in 1991. The museum houses exhibitions that explore Australia's links with the sea and how maritime activities and issues have shaped the lives of people in Australia. The Pyrmont Bay ferry wharf, the museum's Welcome Wall and the Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse can be seen from here.

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Millers Point, Holy Trinity School

This heritage sandstone building was originally the Holy Trinity School, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point. A school was begun at this site in 1844 and this school house was built in 1850. It was last used as a primary day school in 1942 and is now used as the parish hall for The Garrison Church that I featured yesterday. 

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Millers Point, The Garrison Church

The Garrison Church is a heritage building located at the corner of Lower Fort Road and Argyle Street, in inner city suburb of Millers Point. The church was built in the early 1840s from sandstone quarried in nearby Argyle Street, known as the Argyle Cut. It was officially called the Holy Trinity Church and was the colony's first military church for soldiers from the military garrison at Dawes Point.

Woolloomooloo, Finger Wharf, boardwalk

The Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf on Wooloomooloo Bay is the largest timbered-piled building in the world. The wharf and warehouse building were originally completed in 1915. This area was a working port until the 1970s. The wharf was redeveloped in the 1990s into a hotel, apartments, restaurants and marina. This boardwalk linked to the wharf by these little bridges provides an extended walkway.

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Potts Point, Woolloomooloo Bay, HMAS Newcastle

The HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) is an Adelaide class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy which is docked at the the Garden Island dockyard, the home port of the naval fleet based on the east coast of Australia. It is named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia. It was the last ship of the class to be constructed and entered service in 1993. Garden Island is a marine engineering and refit centre for the Royal Australian Navy and Thales Australia with the docks extending along Woolloomooloo Bay from Potts Point to Woolloomooloo. This shot was taken from the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf on Woollomooloo Bay.

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Woolloomooloo, mall

This view of the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo is from Cowper Wharf Road, close to the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf. Forbes Street has been blocked to traffic and converted into a mall. An old warheouse on the left is now the Artspace Visual Arts Centre. A recent development of flats, restaurants and shops with a clock tower has been built on the right, in a style to match the historic buildings in this area. The tall building in the distance is Horizon Apartments at Darlinghurst.

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Woolloomooloo, Frisco Hotel

The Frisco Hotel is a pub in the inner city suburb of Wolloomooloo. This heritage building in Dowling Street was originally built in 1854. 

Woolloomooloo, boardwalk

This boardwalk on Wolloomooloo Bay provides a link from Wolloomooloo to The Domain. In the background is the Garden Island dockyard on Sydney Harbour, which is the home port for the naval fleet.

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Waterloo, monument

These monuments are located in a small reserve along Powell Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, beside a new residential development called Mondrian Apartments. Waterloo was developed by small businesses in light industry such as tanning and wool scouring in the late nineteenth century. It remained an industrial suburb throughout the twentieth century. Luke Muras and Company, a blacksmithing and engineering firm, built a factory on this site in 1915. The elements of a truss roof from this building, which was demolished in 2001, are displayed here to commemorate the association of light industry with the suburb.

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Sydney Opera House, Sydney Ferries (Theme Day: Public Transportation)

Sydney Ferries operate on Sydney Harbour and its connected waterways. These ferries make their way past the Sydney Opera House arriving at or departing from the Circular Quay ferry terminal, at the edge of the city. The Supercat Class ferry is part of the fleet that primarily services the Eastern Suburbs. It was acquired in 2000 and named after Susie O'Neill, an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist.

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Pyrmont Bridge, Global Illumination

The Pyrmont Bridge has been illuminated in pink during the month of October for the National Breast Cancer Foundation to support breast cancer research. The Global Illumination campaign puts the spotlight on breast cancer awareness by illuminating buildings, monuments and landmarks around the world. This was the first time that the bridge was illuminated in colour, in keeping with this year's theme 'Bridging the Gap in Breast Cancer Research'.

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Pyrmont Bridge, Harbourside monorail station

The Harbourside monorail station at Darling Harbour is located beside this pylon and lamp of Pyrmont Bridge. The Sydney monorail connects the city with Darling Harbour and Chinatown. Sydney Tower is reflected in the glass of the monorail station.

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Dolls Point, Cook Park

These Norfolk Island Pines are located on the edge of Cook Park, overlooking Lady Robinsons Beach, in the southern suburb of Dolls Point. The clouds were rolling in from Botany Bay to threaten the sunny day.

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Brighton-Le-Sands

This view from Lady Robinsons Beach in the southern suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands is dominated by the row of Norfolk Island Pines in Cook Park. The Novotel Hotel on The Grand Parade dominates the skyline in the suburb from other angles. I've featured many photos from around this area but usually looking out towards Botany Bay. This time I'm showing the view back from the bay. If you look closely in the park, on the left, you can see the sculpture of an olympian that I use as my avatar or profile photo.

Lugarno, Georges River

This boardwalk along the Georges River is located in the southern suburb of Lugarno, close to the marina. The houses in the distance, on the opposite shore of the river, are at Illawong.
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Prince Alfred Park, Oh Alfred!

Prince Alfred Park is a park in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills which is currently being reconstructed. A new children's playground, tennis and basketball courts have opened but the new swimming pool is still to be completed. The 'Oh Alfred! Reflections of Prince Alfred Park' was an art project that was part of the Art and About Sydney festival. The Surry Hills community of residents and school children worked with artists to turn the fences around the construction area into artwork.

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