We’ve walked by a hundred times, but never actually entered.
What a mistake!
Sydney Park is huge, with heaps of off leash areas, and an interesting history.
A plane! Rarely seen in COVID-19 during 2020!
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Sydney Park
Posted: July 26, 2020 in dogs, history, Inner West, Sydney StreetsTags: dog, Local, Sydney, walking inner Sydney
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We followed the Centennial Parklands History Walk app. It’s pretty well put together.
We started at the Federation/Paddington Gates, and learnt about… , ,
The Henry Parkes Statue
The Henry Parkes Statue
the Charles Dickens statue
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
The Federation Pavillion
The Federation Pavillion
the duck pond
the duck pond,
The Column and Rose Gardens
The Column and Rose Gardens
and more.
This weekend we went for a walk around Pyrmont.
A fascinating dip back into old Sydney, following The City of Sydney guide found here.
This is the guide we followed
This stunning view from Ways Terrace Flats, built by the City Council in the 1920s as workers’ affordable housing.
You know when you put 2 and 2 together and it clicks? Now we know why there’s a Quarryman Hotel at Pyrmont… we found the old quarry!
The original bit of the Electric Light station that remains near the Star casino.
Someone owns these old sites… yet they sit decrepitly, unused, uninhabitable.
ye olde Sydney Electric Light Company, adjacent to the Star casino
ye olde Sydney Electric Light Company, adjacent to the Star casino
Love the clothesline rope pulleys that come off everyone’s balcony or window at the Ways Terrace Flats.
Castle Hill Heritage Park
Posted: November 4, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, Sydney History, weekend
In 1801, Governor King established government farm at Castle Hill to provide grain for the colony within three years, 700 acres had been cleared.
It didn’t take long for convicts to try and escape and martial law was declared.
I’d heard of Australia’s Battle of Vinegar Hill but didn’t realise that the root of this battle was started here in Castle Hill.
It’s pretty remarkable that such a large tracts of parkland has been preserved for the future. Beautiful park to wander through.
This weekend we walked Willoughby Council’s Flat Rock Gully walking track which follows the creek down to the bay beyond Tunks Park.
Really well done.
We followed the Hunters Hill council’s walks… walk #2 from here
A lovely walk around the gorgeous older houses and estates.
Decosti
That View!
Lovely!
Irish Walk (Sydney)
Posted: September 16, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: irish, Local, sydney colony, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
So, this weekend, we followed a City of Sydney Irish walk which took as through some of the significant places where events concerning Irish immigrants in the young colony of Sydney occurred.
We learnt that
- about 20,000 people were in Hyde Park on St Patrick’s Day in 1878 when there was an anti-Catholic riot.
- that monument on the road at the top of the hill near St Mary’s Cathedral on the road to the Art Gallery was just a drinking fountain.
- There’s a significant Irish Famine memorial at Hyde Park Barracks. Really cleverly done, it shows a dining table divided by a wall.
- During the six years of great Irish Famine, when their potato crop was ruined by potato blight, about one million died and another one million left Ireland. The memorial remembers the 4114 orphan girls who were shipped to the Australian colonies. Some married, others were employed for different domestic work.
- The original Martin Place only ran between George and Pitt Streets.
Drinking Fountain
Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
State Library
The windows are inspired by the Book of Kells
St Mary’s Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral
Gladesville
Posted: August 26, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: Local, sydney harbor, Sydney History, weekend
A beautiful late winter’s day for a walk around Gladesville following one of Ryde Council’s Heritage Walks.
In 1963, Harry Triguboff built his first apartments at 20 Meriton St in Gladesville.
75,000 residential dwellings later, still building.
Indie is still getting used to the water.
At Looking Glass Point at the end of Wharf Rd.
(The chimney in the distance is at Burwood)
The old original pub building, still visible behind the buildings on Victoria Rd
Callan Park
Posted: July 21, 2019 in history, Inner WestTags: dog parks, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
We went for a walk with the pup around Callan Park, 60ha site in Lilyfield near the Iron Cove Bridge.
It became famous as a psychiatric hospital (Callan Park Hospital for the Insane) which was in use until 1994.
Thne buildings are now occupied by the Sydney College of the Arts.
The Bay Run runs through the park along the foreshore of Iron Cove.
Lots of off leash dog area to roam. Some beautiful old buildings in what was a very sad place for so many people. You’d like to think we are a bit better these days at caring for those struggling with mental health.
Blue’s Point Rd, North Sydney
Posted: June 22, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney History, Sydney Streets, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Our new pup Indie’s first proper walk. We forgot to take a pic of her first cafe outing!
A wander down this lovely strip this afternoon, following this guide from North Sydney Council.
We’ve walked down this street before and never noticed the former Presbyterian School Hall
1976! 1976! This chimney standing beside the fence at 126 Blues Point Rd belonged to a small cottage built in the 1860s. It was the last in the municipality to have electricity connected in 1976.
So, this weekend, we... 