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Lane Cove West
Posted: October 18, 2020 in Cafe, dogs, Sydney Harbour, Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, sydney dogs, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
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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.
The Rocks and Millers Point
Posted: March 31, 2019 in history, Sydney, Sydney HarbourTags: Local, Sydney, Sydney History
Another City of Sydney walk History Walk – Customs House to Millers Point
We went, for the first time, to Observatory Hill Park and went through the observatory. Was great. And free! Site of Sydney’s first windmill with beautiful views of Sydney to the east and west. We discovered Ferry Lane and The Paddock, had a drink at the Lord Nelson, found a still in use cast iron urinal and discovered the laneway below Lower Fort St.
The Bay Run
Posted: December 11, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney HarbourTags: bicycle, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
So, our last weekend in Sydney for the year and, perfect timing (luck, not design) we finished walking all the water west of the Harbour Bridge.
The iconic Bay Run at Drummoyne was the perfect place to finish up, too. A 7 km loop, it’s one of Sydney’s most well known and well used walkin/running/riding/training/fitness loops.
And so ends the year. Now, on to 2017 and a year of drinking in local hotels! Woohoo!
Lane Cove River
Posted: November 6, 2016 in Sydney Harbour, WalkingTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney History, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney
What a beautiful spring morning for a walk from the bottom of Mowbray Road along the northern shore of the lane Cove River towards Fullers Bridge Road.
This part of the Great North Walk takes you through the historic Fairyland Pleasure Grounds, made famous by the Swan family in the 1920s. It’s an easy walk in.
The Council has done a good job of identifying what used to be there, quite extraordinary to imagine women with parasols and man in boater hat’s and blazers picnicking and going on Ferris wheel and merry-go-round.
Plenty of historic pics here
Huntley’s Cove/Point to Gladesville
Posted: September 17, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour, WalkingTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekend, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
ANOTHER gorgeous Sydney spring day for a walk along another part of the Parramatta River… we’ve walked through the grounds of the old Gladesville Hospital before, but not this year.
Great to catch up with son Matt, who lives in Gladesville, for a coffee while we were there 🙂
Where Gladesville and Tarban Creek Bridges meet.
Looking from Banjo Patterson’s grandmothers cottage at Gladesville (now a restaurant) across the SHORE school’s rowing shed.
Banjo Patterson’s grandmothers cottage at Gladesville (now a restaurant)
The old (former) Henley Baths
The Nestle factory site (in the distance on the right) looking to the left to Chiswick
Gladesville Bridge
Site of the old Gladesville Bridge
Love it… gonna copy this!
Just east of Tarban Creek and Gladesville Bridges… what a hidden little pocket.
Mortlake to Rhodes
Posted: September 11, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour, WalkingTags: inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekends, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Glorious spring day for a walk from Mortlake to Rhodes, through Concord and the grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital, Thomas Walker Hospital near Concord Hospital and Yaralla.
Mortlake Point, Hilly Street, Mortlake
City in the background from the car ferry
Car ferry home from Mortlake to Putney
Ferrari owners club day at Brays Bay Reserve
In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital
In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital
Ferrari owners club day at Brays Bay Reserve
In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital
We tripped over a fair in Yaralla grounds
Looking back across to Mortlake
In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital
Path near Yaralla, along the mangroves
City views from Mortlake Point
Mortlake Point, Hilly Street, Mortlake
East Ryde to Hunters Hill
Posted: September 4, 2016 in Sydney HarbourTags: sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Fathers’ Day. A great start to the day, walking from Mowbray Rd to near the Hunters Hill Hotel before lunch at Skiffies At The Spit with kids +
Gorgeous weather again.
Riverview to East Ryde
Posted: August 27, 2016 in Sydney Harbour, WalkingTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, walk, walking inner Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Another beautiful Sydney day… spring is coming!
A great walk from Riverview school, around some very extravagant houses at Linley Point with amazing views of the harbour, through bushland up the Lane Cove River to Mowbray Rd.
Just bnelow Carisbrook House carisbrookhouse.com.au near Riverview School
Looking south from Linley Pt across the river to Hunters Hill High
Massive houses with amazing views being built at Linley Point
Massive houses with amazing views of the city being built at Linley Point
Linley Point
Bush track from Linley Point all the way to Mowbray Rd
Bush track from Linley Point all the way to Mowbray Rd
Bush track from Linley Point all the way to Mowbray Rd Looking north towards Mowbray Rd
Nice reflections over a polluted stream near the new Meriton apartments on Epping Rd
Drummoyne to Canada Bay
Posted: August 14, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney HarbourTags: cycle, cycleway, inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, walking inner Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Beautiful sunny Sunday morning for a bike ride around the waterfront of the inner west, through Drummoyne, Russell Lea, Chiswick, Abbotsford, Five Dock and Canada Bay.
Past the site of the old Nestle Factory too.The original house is still there as you can see in the pics below.
So, this weekend, we... 