At Nth Epping, Ron Payne Park is the old Woods Reserve.
It’s a fenced football oval that’s off leash for dogs when not in use (i.e. the entire year during COVID-19!
We had a great run on the oval, and then a nice walk around the streets.
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So, we finally were in the Grafton area so were able to wander down Challinor St, knocking off one of the few streets left from 2018.
(I know, the spelling isn’t perfect, but the NBN site spells it with a double L, as does the sign in the other pic, as well as Google Maps. Hey, it’ll do for now.)
Lynne would feel right at home here… the gaol is just down the road hehe!
Lived in this area for years and didn’t know about this lovely little sanctuary, littered with possum boxes, bird nesting boxes and more.
Running just near the train line, opposite Sommerville Oval.
Gorgeous.
We’ve walked around Clarkes Point many times, but, still under the COVID-19 stay at home and travel less in full swing, local exercise options were allowed so we went back for another walk around Hunters Hill and Clarkes Point.
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
Woolwich Dock
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
A walk around Woolwich and through the Dock
There’s a good loop walk from Rhodes, over the (newish) pedestrian bridge to Wentworth Point, then back to Rhodes via the mangrove and bird-watching path.
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
The walk through Rhodes and Homebush Bay
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.
We walked around Manly and enjoyed the markets on a Saturday morning, doing the Heart of Manly heritage walk.
Opposite the Manly Oval grandstand on Sydney Road is a huge stone wall, all that survives of Dalley’s Castle. I’ve driven past it hundreds of times and never looked up to see the Gargoyles, all that survives of what became the Camden Grammar School.
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
So, this weekend, we... 